CS Submerged??

Galveston, Oh Galveston........

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March 7th 2009
CS: 5th March 2009: After a bit of lumpy travelling from the Caribbean into the Gulf of Mexico our passage to Galveston was cruisy (as usual, dare I tempt fate to say). We anchored off when we arrived to await the coast guard. We had a lengthy drill before arriving and also came across the first yacht we have seen in open sea. It was a ketch with its large headsail flying but strangely it looke ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more