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| Women on the Water |
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“Speeding and singing, I shall seek the place
Where all the shining threads of water race”
−Aldous Huxley, “The Reef” While reporting on Reef Check last spring, I met skippe...
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| Shoreside Review |
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Brisani's: From Breakfast to Bedtime After hobbling on my crutches across Prospect Reef Resort's gravel parking lot, I entered the dining room of Brisani’s at the Reef, and a smile lit u...
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| Reef Check |
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For the next few months leading up to BVI Reef Check 2010, each issue of Yacht Guide will highlight an organism from the Reef Check Indicator Species Checklist. The Global Coral Reef Crisis: Trends an...
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| Editor's Notes |
 | Welcome to BVI Yacht Guide and our first issue as we move forward into 2010. Happy New Year, and if you are sailing in the Sweethearts Regatta in Tortola’s West End, good luck and good racing to you. Since the beginning of Yacht Guide, we have diversified into many aspects of the yachting world we know. I am delighted that we can now place “Women on the Water” as a cover feature....
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| IT at Sea |
 | Adapting small business practices to running charter yachts with Windows Small Business Server 2008
Many charter yachts are essentially small businesses wanting to do more and respond better to their clients and business partners but are scared of the investment both in time and money that they believe it will take to have the benefits that larger companies already enjoy. The cost factor has practi...
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| EDGE |
 | America's Cup Inspires Young Racers - If you haven’t heard by now, the 33rd running of the America’s Cup will be decided between two boats; BMW Oracle Racing’s 90-foot trimaran called BOR 90, and Alinghi’s 90-foot catamaran called Alinghi 5. This represents the very pinnacle of skill, talent, experience and money that sailing has to offer. With ex-Olympians ...
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| Yard Talk |
 | Slings and Arrows: Avoiding a Nuclear Haul-Out - Of all the inevitabilities of life, Death and Taxes get the most attention. A close third must be Haul-outs. Essential to the life of just about every boat, the haul-out is the time for repairs and refurbishment to the underwater bits; painting and checking through-hulls and gear. Most boatyards are well equipped to handle most boats, an...
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| Provisioning |
 | Table for Two Under the Stars - Love is in the air as Valentine’s Day approaches on February 14. This month’s Yacht Guide provisioning column is mainly for the gentleman, especially if your significant other tends to do most of the cooking in your household or on your boat. Many men feel pressure to pull out all the stops to create a memorable evening on Valentine’s Da...
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| Skipper's Tips |
 | Don't Lose the Plot - The chart plotter is one of the most under-utilised tools the skipper has at his/her disposal. Not only will it show you where you are, if properly calibrated, but it can show where you have been, where you are going to, and most important, where you are relative to a known position. This last aspect is very useful when you are attempting to carry your plotter...
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