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  2. America (yacht) - Wikipedia

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    America was built on the lines of Mary Taylor (1849) America 1851, by James Bard. America was designed by James Rich Steers and George Steers (1820–1856) (See George Steers and Co). Traditional "cod-head-and-mackerel-tail" design gave boats a blunt bow and a sharp stern with the widest point (the beam) placed one-third of the length aft of ...

  3. Panga (skiff) - Wikipedia

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    The name comes from the panga fish, which is commonly netted. The upswept bow of the boat resembles the machete or knife called a panga. Photo of pangas at Tiburón Island by Steve Marlett. [citation needed] Photo of pangas at La Antigua River, Mexico, by Philo Nordlund. [citation needed] Photo of a panga in the Comoros Islands by M. Wanasimba.

  4. Caribbean Sailing Yachts - Wikipedia

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    Caribbean Sailing Yachts (CSY) is a company which built heavy-displacement recreational sailboats built during the 1970s and 1980s in Tampa, Florida.CSY was one of the first companies to recognize the impending growth of the Caribbean charter industry and although the company went out of business in the early 1980s, the well-founded boats have continued to sail the world's oceans for the past ...

  5. Seafaring in the Pre-Columbian Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    The first Caribbean island to have been settled was Trinidad, where the earliest archaeological finds date from 8000 BCE. [11] Given the lower sea levels in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene it is likely that Trinidad was close enough to the South American mainland to allow settlement that would not have necessarily required a watercraft ...

  6. List of crossings of the Atlantic Ocean - Wikipedia

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    In 1952, Ann Davison was the first woman to single-handedly sail the Atlantic Ocean. In 1956, the sail-equipped raft L'Égaré II crossed from Newfoundland to England, after the failure of L'Égaré I. [12] In 1965, Robert Manry crossed the Atlantic from the U.S. to England non-stop in a 4.1-metre (13-foot) sailboat named Tinkerbelle. [13]

  7. 13 of best Caribbean cruises for a holiday on the water in ...

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    Departs: Bridgetown, Barbados Arrives: Southampton, UK P&O Cruises offers a 13-night transatlantic cruise to bask in the Caribbean sunshine, transporting you straight into the holiday spirit from ...

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  9. List of sailboat designers and manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable sailboat designers and manufacturers, which are described by an article in English Wikipedia. Sailboat design and manufacturing is done by a number of companies and groups. Notable designers