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X-OTIC ADVENTURES' LOOKER 30 - Alexis Harrigan’s company, X-otic Adventures, specializes in providing experiences that formerly were available only to skilled divers or snorkellers. X-o...
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| Hi-Speed Heroics |
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THE BOAT BATTLES AT BRANDYWINE BAY - You’ve seen them or perhaps heard them—that high-pitched buzzing, roaring sound coming at you from the waters of Brandywine Bay some random Sunday. If ...
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| ALL POWERED UP |
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LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, START YOUR ENGINES - In the BVI, sailing capital of the world, there is very little talk about power boating. That’s something those other people do. Or it’s so...
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| ENTREPRNEUR |
 | THE WATERING HOLE - The business of helping people have fun is an enormous one here in the BVI. Entrepreneurs have developed niches for all kinds of ventures, selling goods and services to charter guests, villa guests and sailors - taking away their trash, renting them fishing gear and scuba tanks, driving them around the island and plying them with frozen concoctions. The list goes on almos...
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| Electronic Hotspot |
 | SATELLITE TELEPHONEY GOES MAINSTREAM - Communications are crucial to the voyaging yachtsman. As the technologies develop and costs fall, formerly unimaginable convenience and security are readily available. Consider the GlobalStar Satellite Phone: at an expected retail price of $849 for the handset and with monthly plans offering airtime at between 9 cents and 30 cents per minute, it’s a ser...
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| Charlie the Chandler |
 | ITS ALL IN THE STROKE - In 1905 Cameron Waterman Beach had a plan to stick a motorcycle engine on the back of his boat as he was tired of rowing. A few years later, Ole Evinrude launched a range of outboards for racing. Thus, the most competitive of all marine businesses was born.It took Mercury until the 1950s to launch a range of superior engines that were lighter and less incl...
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| SKIPPERS TIPS |
 | DONT LEAVE THE DOCK WITHOUT IT - A few months ago, I was part of a charter group that took a catamaran from a well-regarded first-tier charter company. As part of our inspection of the boat we noticed that the navigation lights weren’t working and we brought this fact to the attention of one of the company’s supervisors. “Don’t worry about that,” he said. “You w...
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| buying in the BVI |
 | FINDING A BOAT - is only the beginning. When considering a boat, the prospective buyer has many options to mull over. Foremost, though, is the question of purpose: why am I buying this boat, what will I use it for?If you’re thinking of a few leisurely day sails with minimal facilities, then a 40-foot steel cruiser might not be the best bet. Likewise, if it’s deep-sea fishing you’...
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