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July 27, 2013 Noel Swanson

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Boat Type
- Drogue
  - Buckets
  - BUORD – 9' diam
  - Galerider
  - Jordan Series Drogue
  - milk churns & similar items
  - Para-Tech Delta
  - Parachute – 5' diam
  - Parachute – 9' diam
  - Plastic cones
  - Rigged sail
  - Sea cone – 18" – 24" diam
  - Sea cone – 36" diam
  - Sea cone – 4' diam
  - Seabrake
  - SeaSquid
  - Shewmon
  - Warps, tires & misc objects
- Sea Anchor
  - BUORD – 12' diam
  - BUORD – 9' diam
  - Parachute – 10'-14' diam
  - Parachute – 15'-19' diam
  - Parachute – 20'-24' diam
  - Parachute – 25'-29' diam
  - Parachute – 30'-34' diam
  - Parachute – 9' diam
  - Sea Cone – 7' diam
  - Shewmon – 5' diam
Length of Boat
- Catamaran
  - Bailey
  - Catalac
  - Catana
  - Crowther
  - CSK
  - Edel
  - Gemini
  - Island Spirit
  - Kelsall
  - Lagoon
  - MacGregor
  - Other
  - Prout
  - Searunner
  - Shuttleworth
  - Stiletto
  - Wharram
- Monohull
  - AeroRig
  - Cal
  - Camper Nicholson
  - Canoe
  - Carter
  - Contessa
  - Contest
  - Ericson
  - Gulf Island
  - Hinckley Bermuda
  - Hunter
  - Irwin
  - Islander
  - J-30
  - Mason
  - Morgan
  - Nor'Sea 27
  - Norseman
  - Other – Bermudan Cutter
  - Other – Bermudan Ketch
  - Other – Bermudan Sloop
  - Other – Gaff Rigged Ketch
  - Other – Schooner
  - Other — Yawls
  - Pilot Cutter
  - Roberts Motor Sailing Ketch
  - Rowing boat
  - Superstar
  - Tayana
  - Vancouver Cutter
- Power Vessel
  - Fishing Vessel
- Trimaran
  - Condor
  - Cross
  - Custom built
  - Farriar
  - Horstman Tristar Ketch
  - Kantola
  - Kelsall
  - Kismet
  - Newick Val
  - Other – Racing
  - Piver
  - Searunner
  - Shuttleworth
  - Simpson
Keel Style
- 20'-24'
- 25'-29'
- 30'-34'
- 35'-39'
- 40'-44'
- 45'-49'
- 50'-54'
- 55'-59'
- 60'-64'
- 65'-69'
- 70'-74'
- 75'-79'
- Fin – shallow, wide
- Fin – standard
- Full
- Full, cutaway forefoot
- Lifting centerboard / daggerboard
- None
- Swing keel

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