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The graceful Skipjack - sailing into history

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5:46 AM Mon 14 Mar 2011 GMT
'Skipjack on a leisure cruise' .
In the Third World sailing boats are still a familiar sight, used for transport and fishing. Their delicate sails enliven the horizons of many a coastal waterway. In the Western World they have long been relegated to the field of pleasure and sport - except for a few hardy survivors, and the whimsically named Skipjack is one of them. A century ago, hundreds of skipjacks plied the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland on the eastern shores of the USA, sailing her waters and dragging dredges in search of oysters so lucrative they were called ...


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by Lee Mylchreest





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