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UNITED STABIS OF AMERICA
The Captain’s crew is in Garibaldi, Oregon, on the US Pacific Northwest coast — on a trio of Stabicrafts. Huge mountain ranges covered in tall timber peer over the rugged coastline. Icy rivers meander out to bays where creaking timber trawlers and newer steel ones are...
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DEEP HEAT
The Captain dives below in a quest to discover all there is to know about the sneaky world of submarines. A submarine, aka “sub”, is any naval vessel that can propel itself above and below the water. They had their first serious outing in naval warfare during...
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SURFACE SLAYER
Anyone can slide a pilchard onto a paternoster rig and pull hard on a snapper, but not many can lay claim to catching snapper on topwater stick baits. Mike Bonnici can. It’s time for The Captain’s crew to find out how this renowned surface slayer rolls. Yep, it’s time...
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BAIT BALLIN’
Discover the dirty little secrets of the South Coast bait ballers. When he heard that Grant Shorland had put up Glenn McGrath-like figures of 16 from 21 in a single session off Mallacoota, The Captain was impressed — and more than a little intrigued....
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BRUCE ALMIGHTY
If John Haines Sr is the father of Australian monohulls then Bruce Harris surely owns the title for Australian Cats. What’s more, Bruce doesn’t owe anything to the Yank designers for his achievements — he did it all with good ol’ Aussie ingenuity, designing and...
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GUAM’D & DANGEROUS
Raf Vargas paddles the drop-offs around his island home of Guam, fishing to depths of 1500M. The day he captured a donkey dogtooth he become an instant yak god. Guam, part of the Mariana Islands chain in the equatorial Pacific, is a top spot for kayak...
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LOBSTER PAELLA
With lobbys fresh from King Island on the menu, we figured it was time for Miguel to pull one of our favourite salty recipes from his locker of watery wonder — his signature seafood paella. It’s a visual feast as well as a damn tasty one. And it’s perfect for cooking...
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CEVICHE: CITRUS-CURED KINGFISH
Kingfish are great to catch and awesome to eat. If you’re reading The Captain, you probably knew that. But did you know just how versatile kingfish flesh is? No, you didn’t. I reckon kingfish is the black angus of the ocean, full of Omega 3 fatty acids and ideal for...
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LIFE’S A VEITCH!
The numbers on Roger Veitch's new 27ft Hardtop are so sexy we had to check the specs twice - and when it pulled into port it proved an absolute face melter! What's more, beneath that white gelcoat is a laminate that leaves most Australian boat builders in Roger's...
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