His company, based in Irvine, Calif., publishes several magazines and Web sites about boating and fishing, including Boating World.
"We've won the maxi-boat world championship several times with Larry doing the driving and he's enjoyed it so much he's decided to do the America's Cup," Dickson said.
George Nammack, editor of Long Island Boating World magazine, said he thinks boat clubs are a brilliant idea.
His graphic works are inspired by the French Revolution, classical art and literature, boats, World War II and his renowned garden.
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He writes about his exploits in a fishing column in Long Island Boating World, a Copiague-based publication, and several weekly newspapers.
Goetz and his competitor down the street, Barry Carroll of Carroll Marine, have transformed Bristol into the Maranello of the fast-boat world.
The Nautical Mile once housed some of Long Island's largest boatyards, meeting every demand from oyster boats to rumrunners to government boats for World War II, including PT boats, then moving on to pleasure boats, Al Grover said.
Even Libya is piling in: it plans a new resort with 150 boat slips.The world's marinas are booming, driven by a surge in yacht sales.
Krancke joined the German navy in 1912 and served on a torpedo boat during World War I, rising to the rank of lieutenant.
