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The Deadly 1983 New Orleans Lightship Race
Published – Southwinds ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert — In light of the horrific and tragic events that fell on the 57th running of the Dauphin Island Race this past April, it is important...
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Katrina +10
Published – Southern Boating ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert “I’ve got ¾ inch nylon lines that I use for storms and the boat gets so much pressure on it with the ropes getting so tight that...
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West End’s Katrina
Published – GulfLatitudes.com ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert Immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina – West End – New Orleans “I’ve got ¾ inch nylon lines that I use for storms and the...
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Rigs to Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico?
Published – Southern Boating ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert By some estimates there are more than 450 decommissioned oil and gas platforms offshore of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of...
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The Pogey Boats…
Published – Southern Boating ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert Recreational fishermen and charter boat captains are a relaxed crowd on the Gulf Coast and in many ways are kin to duckhunters...
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The Coastal Picket Forces of WWII
Published – BoatU.S. Magazine ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert During a hot summer night in June 1942, the German submarine U-166 took aim at a U.S. Coast Guard patrol vessel escorting the...
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Viper 640 Wins GYA Capdevielle
Published – Sailing World ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert On September 5, 33 Gulf Coast commodores assembled at Mississippi’s Bay-Waveland YC for a long awaited and contentious vote, a...
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Pirate Loot
Published – Southern Boating ©2016 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert Mel Fischer knows all too well how Columbian officials felt about their recent discovery of what is likely the Spanish galleon...
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Marine Conservation
Published – Asia-Pacific Boating ©2016 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert From great yachts to small sailing dinghies, boat builders sell the idea of the beauty, freedom and adventure of the world’s...
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Google Waterways
Published – Asia-Pacific Boating ©2016 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert Google is taking their highly successful StreetView to the world’s rivers, lakes and coastlines. The giant American search...
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