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	<description>Contemplating all things naval.  A radio call-in show</description>
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		<title>Boattalk Cruise 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back by popular command, the 2010 Boattalk Semi-dinner Cruise will happen this year on Saturday June 26 leaving the Northeast Harbor Town Dock at 6pm.  On board the Sea Princess, we&#8217;ll first take a little toodle around N.E. Harbor to check out whatever vessels of note that may be there, before heading out to turn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chummy&#8217;s latest wood boat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bass Harbor boatbuilder Chummy Rich is building a wooden &#8220;weekender&#8221; power boat for another MDI resident.  I stopped by on Monday April 12 and talked with the owner, and took these pictures of the progress and office staff.  We will try to talk with Chummy live on our show April 13 at 10 am.  Chummy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boattalk.org/chummys-latest-wood-boat/</link>
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		<title>nautical radio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Come Boating in Belfast sent two teams down to the south shore of Mass. to participate in the first rowing event of the year.  It sounded like a fun time and the event was covered by radio journalist Capt. Lou and can be heard on his website  www.nauticaltalk.com WERU&#8217;s own Jim Bahoosh is part of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boattalk.org/nautical-radio/</link>
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		<title>iceboatting 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Among other things on the Feb 9 show, we will be talking about hard water sailing and where you can see it when. We will post the information here after the show. In the meantime here are some pix.  a.s. Feb. 18  Here is the phone number for current conditions and locations for iceboating in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boattalk.org/iceboatting-2010/</link>
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		<title>Trouble circulating for gyres.  Feb. show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the February 9 show we will be talking with Jo Royle who will soon be sailing an interesting boat from San Francisco to Sydney, right through the Pacific garbage patch.  The boat is brand new, made from recycled materials.  Check it out at  www.theplastiki.com   Joining us in the studio will be Larissa Curlik from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nantucket Sliegh Ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You only get so much in a life, time making love or having a sail like we did the other day. I&#8217;m thinking of the almost 24 hours from Block Island, R.I. to Sandy Hook, N.J.where we have been sitting 36 hours now on a storm tossed mooring behind a breakwater that is facing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tums down for ethanol gas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the topics we will be mixing in on the Tuesday Nov. 10 show will be the effects on ethanol in gasoline. We talked with Paul Bowden of Bowden Marine on Mount Desert Island. For more information he has a website Suggestions for solutions (pi) are welcome. a.s.   bowdenmarine.com]]></description>
		<link>http://boattalk.org/tums-down-for-ethanol-gas/</link>
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		<title>Oceans of plastic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our October show we talked with friend of boattalk Peter Neill of the World Ocean Observatory (there&#8217;s a link to them at the bottom right of our home page) about the ocean gyres and the garbage patches they are becoming. Its a bad situation that is receiving little attention, but is something we can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boattalk.org/oceans-of-plastic/</link>
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		<title>Tidal Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our October show we talk with John Ferland vice president of the company here in Maine that is developing tidal power projects here and in Alaska. It was an interesting discussion. If you are interested in tidal power it is worth while to listen to that show. Just click on the oct. show in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://boattalk.org/tidal-power/</link>
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		<title>Two Giffy niffties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of times on past shows Giffy Full has mentioned his &#8220;pot deflectors&#8221; as a friendlier way of minimizing getting lobster trap rope wound-up in your propeller. Friendlier than cutters, one trap costs about $50. So a picture is worth a thousand dollars. Here&#8217;s 2K. The forward pin is smaller than the aft pin [...]]]></description>
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