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Loose Ships Sink Sailboats
by Darrell Nicholson on October 18, 2017
Two different harbors suffered almost the same fate as Hurricane Irma raked South Florida with hurricane force winds. In both places, tens of thousands of dollars in damage might have been prevented had the owners of large vessels better secured their boats.
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