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Chart Datum and GPS 101
Where you are depends on where you measure from Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 A chart datum is a reference from which data or information displayed on a nautical chart is measured. One type of chart datum, the vertical datum, is the reference used for the charted water depth. A common water-depth reference datum is

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Keel/centerboard evolution
Movable appendages went almost full circle Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 In the early history of yachting there were two distinct types of sailing craft, keelboats and centerboarders, and at the time, as the saying goes, “Never the twain shall meet!” As discussed in my piece on cutters and sloops (“What is a Cutter?” November

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The Morgan 34 . . .
. . . and two fellow CCA keel/centerboarders Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 I have to admit to having a prejudice toward keel/centerboarders — possibly due the fact that I own one — so I’m pleased to be looking at three CCA keel/centerboarders, this time from the mid- to late 1960s. In July 2012, we

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O’Tay Too, a Morgan 34
A fine example of Morgan Yachts’ debut design Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 In July 2011, Dave Pickard of Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida, was walking out of the locker room having just won another race in the Thursday night series sailing his Morgan 24. On the club bulletin board was a poster

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Journeys with no end
Every step is an accomplishment in itself Issue 98: Sept/Oct 2014 I didn’t know this when I was younger. I haven’t been young for 20 years now, but some things, the best things, have no end, no finale, no point of termination. My acoustic guitar was the first to illuminate this principle for me. I

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