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NEW YORK YACHT CLUB DECOMMISSIONS ‘DEFIANT’
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CALIFORNIA BOATING NEWS SINCE 1971
NO. 1139
OCT. 16 – OCT. 29, 2020
NEWSOM’S EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLS FOR COASTAL CONSERVATION
SAN DIEGO PORT DISTRICT DELAYS DISCUSSION ON ILLEGAL CHARTERS
AVALON HARBORMASTER JJ POINDEXTER RETIRES
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11TH HOUR RACING PREPS FOR THE OCEAN RACE 2022-23 WITH NEW IMOCA 60
T county establishes
Re -open
protocols to
Recreational Boating
T
he Covid-19 pandemic has us all year ning to return back to the way thin gs used to be – and there is one corner of Cali fornia where normalcy appears to be returning (at least in some form). The San Die go County Board of Supervisors app roved a set of protocols to allow for recreati onal boating to return in full swin g. P. 8
he crew of 11th Hour Racing will have a new vessel for The Ocean Race 2022-23. A group of designers and builders are building an IMOCA 60, which is expected to be on the water and ready for competition in 2022. P. 20
STANDING WATCH
STATE HOPES TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS FOR COASTAL PLASTIC POLLUTION
T
he Ocean Protection Council wants to spearhead a policy discussion on efforts to reduce or prevent marine debris. What policy actions need to be implemented to put any sort of dent in marine debris and plastic pollution? P. 6
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