About/General Information in North America

• About Alaska - Juneau

  Location: North America, USA, Alaska Categories: About/General Information

  Perhaps better known as the capital city, Juneau lies in the Gastineau Channel in the Alaskan Panhandle. Like many other southeast cities, Juneau was inhabited by the Tlingit people for thousands of years before the first European settlers arrived. There is a rich history behind the city that harkens back to the late 19th century when it was put on the map on account of the discovery of gold on nearby…

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• About Alaska - Ketchikan

  Location: North America, USA, Alaska Categories: About/General Information

  Ketchikan is located on Revillagigedo island, 90 miles north of Prince Rupert, British Columbia and 235 miles south of Juneau Alaska. As part of the largest temperate rainforest in the world, Ketchikan is one of the wettest towns in SE receiving upwards of 150 inches of rain a year. Ketchikan’s economy is largely based on tourism and fishing, and is often referred to as the "salmon capitol of the…

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• About Alaska - Sitka

  Location: North America, USA, Alaska Categories: About/General Information

  Sitka is located on Baranoff Island, and one of the few "outer coast" communities in Southeast Alaska. Often referred to as “Sitka by the Sea”, it is one of the most beautiful and scenic towns in Southeast. While the Tlingit people originally settled in Sitka some 10,000 years ago, it wasn’t until 1799 that the Russians arrived, and made it the Capital of Russian America. As out of the way as…

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• About Bermuda

  

  Location: North America, Bermuda Categories: About/General Information

  Uniquely positioned on the cruising route between North America, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, the sheltered deep-water harbours of Bermuda have provided a safe haven and convenient stop for vessels on passage in the North Atlantic for hundreds of years. The Bermudians are extremely friendly and always willing to help or welcome your vessel. They will also be hosting the 2017 Americas Cup,…

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• About Boston

  

  Location: North America, USA, Boston Categories: About/General Information

  Boston continues to draw the Superyachts coming to New England , and has long been a gateway for yachts sailing up the East Coast of the States.

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• About Bristol Rhode Island

  

  Location: North America, USA, Bristol Categories: About/General Information

  Bristol is located to the north of Portsmouth – and is proud to be the home of the Herreshoff brothers who began building sailboats here in 1878. As a result, Bristol definitively enjoys a time served reputation (and historical pedigree) for its lineage of beautiful classic yachts….and many consider Bristol to be the cornerstone of Rhode Island’s boatbuilding community. The Herreshoff…

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• About Cape Cod

  Location: North America, USA, Cape Cod Categories: About/General Information

  FalmouthFalmouth is renowned for the warmest water, beautiful public beaches and some of the finest restaurants on the Cape. One of the nicest harbors in Cape Cod –Falmouth - is an ideal stopover between Newport to Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Provincetown or Boston. It has a protected harbor with an accessible entrance. Falmouth is located in the southwestern part of Cape Cod and encompasses…

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• About Connecticut

  

  Location: North America, USA, Connecticut Categories: About/General Information

  Connecticut is a quintessential New England State, which has a beautiful coastal region including lovely historic towns with white church steeples rising above the horizon, as well as being the southern gateway to New England. It is a small State that offers a lot of variety for yachts sailing up the coast, with full service boatyards for major refit works, and marina facilities with all the modern…

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• About Fort Lauderdale

  

  Location: North America, USA, Fort Lauderdale Categories: About/General Information

  A yachting hub, with seven miles of beaches and 165 miles of local canals and waterways; watersports activities are the area’s most popular form of recreation.

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• About Georgia & South Carolina

  

  Location: Hilton Head, Charleston, Savannah, Georgia & South Carolina Categories: About/General Information

  North Florida, Georgia and South Carolina make up the Southern Atlantic region of the USA, with the following major stop off points for Superyachts. Savannah, Georgia was founded in 1733 by James Edward Oglethorpe. It is known as America’s first ‘planned city’, as it is laid out in the now customary grid system that has made for such ease of orientation and navigation in all later…

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