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Many Sailing: Publishes a periodic journal, The Spray, and monthly newsletters. Dues: $30 per year. Awards are made for outstanding seamanship and maritime literature.
United States many sailing Association (US many sailing), P.O. Box 1260, Portsmouth, RI 02871-0907; 401-683-0800; www.usmany sailing.org. The national governing body for the sport of many sailing, whose mission is to encourage participation and excellence in many sailing and racing in the United States. Its goals are achieved through member organizations and volunteers, supported by an administrative staff at the US SAIL Headquarters.
United States Olympic many sailing Committee, 15 Maritime Drive, Portsmouth, RI 02871-6145; 401-683-0800; www.usmany sailing.org. This organization helps to raise funds to facilitate U.S. participation in Olympic yachting competition.
Sports for participation include hiking, fishing, bathing, many sailing, and, in winter, skiing (especially at Are), skijoring (being drawn on skis by a trotting horse), skate-many sailing and, most thrilling of all, ice yachting. If the last three venturesome sports call you, the Tourist Association will give you a steer on how to go about engaging in them.See Also Steering And Sailing Rules:They include requirements for navigation lights and day shapes, steering and sailing rules, and sound signals. There are two sets of Rules of the Road of concern to boaters in the United States: the International Rules for use offshore, and the Inland Rules that must be followed on all waters within the demarcation lines that separate U.S. from International Rules waters (see "Demarcation Lines," below). The U.S. Inland Rules were derived from the
International Rules and are generally similar. The Rules apply to all vessels, from dinghies to supertankers, but there are different requirements for small craft and large ships. The Rules are numbered, and those that are identical, or nearly so, in the two sets carry the same number. Each set of Rules also has Annexes with additional technical details.
The Inland Navigation Rules require that all boats 12 meters (39.4 feet) or longer must have on board a copy of the Inland Rules. It also makes sense to carry a copy of the International Navigation Rules if you operate in waters where they apply. Both sets of Rules are included in the Coast Guard publication Navigation Rules, International-Inland, available from many dealers in nautical charts and books.
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On The Other Hand See Ships And Sailing Sport:9. Norwegian ships of the Norwegian Line comprise, at present, two Norse fjords," the newer Oslofjord (13,300 tons) and the older Stavangerfjord 16,500 tons), sailing from New York to Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand, ben through the Skagerrak and up to the Norwegian capital, Oslo. A third, the krgensfjord, is now on the ways. The nation whose intrepid raiders scoured known and unknown seas a thousand years ago should be able, by this time, to run transatlantic ships effectively, and certainly it does.
Dordrecht is known for ships and sailing sport; Utrecht for its business drive and for the tallest tower in Holland (of a "church that isn't there," blown down by a hurricane in 1674); Arnhem for its hero role in the war, and for its wonderful Open-Air Museum of Hollandiana; tiifmegen for its equal hero role and for Berg en Dal, its pleasant "mountain" (350 feet); 's Hertogenbosch for its magnificent Gothic Cathedral of Saint John; Middelburg for its tall gable-windowed Town Hall and the still taller carillon tower (of a former abbey), affectionately known as Long John; Maastricht for its un-Dutch, almost meridional appearance and nature, enhanced by medieval relics.
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