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...high, the weather clear and, according to the National Weather Service, likely to stay that way for several days. Salvatore "Sam" Favaloro, 60, should be out at Georges Bank, some 160 nautical miles from his home port of Gloucester, Mass., fishing for cod and haddock in his 70-ft. trawler Cara Lyn. Instead, he is tied up at a dock in Gloucester's inner harbor, worrying about how he is going to pay for the parts he needs for Cara Lyn's engine...
Gloucester's men have been suffering for years as declining stocks and stringent regulations have cut down on their catches. But the fishermen who are staying in port these days are doing so because they cannot get or afford insurance for their boats and because, in most cases, they cannot sail without it. "I don't know what to do," says Favaloro, spreading huge hands scarred by a lifetime of handling nets and lines, and relating how the cost of his insurance has doubled since 1981. "Either I borrow on my house to buy insurance or I leave my boat...
...coverage for his 50-ft. Stella G. After spending more than $20,000 converting the craft from a side trawler to a more efficient stern trawler, he was told that his premiums were rising by 70%. "That just put me on the beach," he said. Godfried bought a port-risk policy, which covers his boat only as long as it remains tied to a dock, and took a job ashore...
...believe that we are today crossing the Rubicon in South Africa. There is no turning back." That was State President P.W. Botha's assessment last week, but hardly anyone outside the South African government could find much evidence to support it. Speaking in the port city of Durban before the Natal provincial congress of his ruling National Party, Botha described his remarks as a "manifesto for the future of our country," ostensibly laying out guideposts for significant change in the racially divided nation. But rather than a hoped for watershed, Botha's speech was an international and domestic disappointment, creating...
POWER POD Made by Earhugger in Utah, it charges any phone with the power source most convenient: a computer USB port, a car cigarette lighter, a 9-volt battery or a wall plug. --By Jeninne Lee--St. John