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Wind Power Is Awesome

May 9th, 2012

By Dan Miller It is a proven technology and has many untapped potentials. Wind power has been used successfully for many years; it may predate the employment of galley slaves (those who row, probably not those who cook in the galley). Even now, wind power has important uses. It makes sailing, correctly known as the […]

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Tags: electricity, energy, green, quixotic, sailing, satire, wind power, windmill
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Success Is Great!

January 21st, 2012

By Dan Miller If at first the jerks try to stop you, try again. Laura Dekker, a then thirteen year old young lady from the Netherlands, had long wanted to sail solo around the world in her twenty-six foot sailboat Guppy. Although delayed by Dutch officials she didn’t yield and was eventually able to do […]

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Tags: around the world, Laura Dekker, Netherlands, record, sailing, teenager
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Tales of the High Seas

June 3rd, 2010

By Dan Miller After retiring from his law practice in 1996, Dan and his wife cruised the Caribbean in their sailboat, the Namaste, until 2001. Then they settled inland on a finca in rural Panama. This article was first published back then in Caribbean Compass. The stories are fictional; the photos are real. When you […]

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Tags: Caribbean, hurricane, sailing, sea stories, storms
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