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...maintain and often sturdier. Sample: the 24-ft. Raven sailboat, a new racing class which has caught on fast, is now being made of Fiberglas, permanently impregnated with paint ($2,885 without sails). Light, low-priced planing sailboats are coming into their own. Simplest of all is the surfboard-like Sailfish, from 10 ft. to 14 ft. ($179 to $295, or in a kit, $139.50 to $179.50). Roberts Industries has a tiny 8-ft. sailing pram, the Guppy, for $117.50 ($225 assembled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Ship Ahoy | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

...first few kills of Harry's career were easy ones, but one day a wounded whale charged his dory and sent him swimming for his life through a sea full of sharks. Another time, his broken boat was kept afloat like a surfboard as the whale dragged it along at top speed at the end of a harpoon line. On a third occasion, young Harry was bounced overboard into a school of whales, which amused themselves by playing a none-too-gentle form of soccer with Harry as the ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Thar She Used to Blow | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

...fifteen lessons cover all lifesaving topics from personal safety in the water to surfboard rescue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red Cross Class Opens Next Week | 7/12/1951 | See Source »

...Town. Superlively musical, with Youth on a surfboard and Pleasure at the helm (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway, Jan. 22, 1945 | 1/22/1945 | See Source »

...aware that in contests for a public office," 21-year old Kerins thundered, "there are political opponents who seek to ride the surfboard of public indignation to the safe and secure shores of public office. Important issues are often obstructed and made obscure by this type of political barnacle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sophomore Office Seeker Pulverizes Political Enemies | 2/1/1939 | See Source »

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