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How to Sail a Boat : Steering with the Tiller & Rudder: Free Online Sailing Lessons

March 12th, 2010


Learn how the tiller is used to turn the rudder and steer the boat in this free online video lesson on sailing. Expert: Tyler Pierce Contact: offshoresailing.com Bio: Tyler Pierce is the Northern Regional Operations Manager and Sail Instructor of the Offshore Sailing School at Liberty Landing in Jersey City, New Jersey. Filmmaker: Tom didonato

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KMS Scharnhorst Keep on Sailing

March 12th, 2010

Originally posted 2009-07-01 07:45:21. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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(3/10) Battlefield II The War Against the U-Boats Ep2 World War II

March 12th, 2010


World War II SUBSCRIBE TO EXCELLENT WORLD WAR II VIDEOS The crisis of the Battle of the Atlantic came in early 1943. Dönitz, by this time commander of the German Navy, now had 200 operational U-boats. British supplies, especially of oil, were running out, and it became a question of whether Allied shipyards could build merchant ships fast enough to replace the tonnage that was being sunk. Mass production of Liberty Ships in US shipyards, however, helped to ensure that the Allies would win this race. ‘By April the U-boats were clearly struggling to make an impact.’ At sea, the situation was saved by aggressive anti-submarine tactics, by new technology – better weapons and radio, the long-range aircraft Liberator being equipped with centimetric radar – and, eventually, by a revived Ultra intelligence. By April the U-boats were clearly struggling to make an impact. Even worse, from Hitler’s point of view, was the fact that Allied sinkings of German submarines began to escalate, with 45 being destroyed in the months of April and May. Dönitz, recognizing that the U-boat’s moment had passed, called off the battle on 23 May 1943. This was not the end of the threat in the Atlantic, but thereafter it was greatly diminished. After his withdrawal, Hitler insisted on keeping troops on the Baltic coastline, even after they had been cut off by advancing Soviet troops, in order to maintain possession of a testing ground for new types of U-boats. By the end of the war, the Germans had

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Setting square sails

March 12th, 2010

How to set sails on a tall ship. Star of India

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Business Products That Make Sense.

March 12th, 2010

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Originally posted 2009-12-06 19:06:52. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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