Windward Passage First to Bermuda in 700-Mmile Race
Robert N. Johnsons Windward Passage won the Newport to Bermuda race reducing time to 3 days 16 hours 3 minutes 47 seconds with 50 miles to go. Baccara, Southern Star, American Eagle, and others followed as handicaps and final placings awaited later in the week.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
UPI
Robert N. Johnson
Windward Passage
Newport
R.1
Freetown
Grand Bahamas
Johnson
George Coumantaros
Baccara
Southern Star
James Mullens
Heathsville
R. E. Turner
American Eagle
Atlanta
Black Fin Holds Lead in Transpacific Yacht Race
The 73-foot ketch Black Fin led the Los Angeles to Tahiti Transpacific Race at midcourse, about 1,619 miles from the mainland. Owned and skippered by Kenneth De Meuse of San Francisco, Black Fin was followed in elapsed time by the 78-foot ketch Air, skippered by George O'Brien of Vancouver, B C, about 1,546 miles out.
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Los Angeles
National Safe Boating Week Begins June 1B 1970
President Nixon designates June 18 1970 as National Safe Boating Week urging year round safety through boating knowledge and courses. He invites governors Puerto Rico officials and organizations to observe the week and promote safe practices on the water.
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Nixon
Richard Nixon
United States of America
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
United States
Trout Plant List and Boating Safety Note From Bay Area Coast
A lengthy list details planned trout plant locations across Riverside San Bernardino Mono and surrounding counties including Big Creek Huntington Lake Edison Lake and Shaver Lake. The piece also urges safe boating with mentions of pilots filing flight plans and warns skippers to prepare a boating plan before outings. It notes upcoming regattas at Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club Seat Beach YC West Coast YC and Newport Bay YC among others.
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Eutral California
Sthrlet
East
North Fork
Riverside
Fulmer
Hemet Coat Vale
Cranny Lakes
Sen Wires
San Luis Rey
Baer
Eise Ishae
South Ork
South Lake
Sabrinaorth Lake
Rock Creek
Rock ‘Creak
Twin Lakes
Lake Mary
Lake George
Little Walker Lake
South Fork
Eleby Lake
Tioga Lake
Virginia
Trumbull Lake
Green Creek
East Walker River
Bridgeport
Robinson Creeks
Bower
Bridport
Puchekayerea
Little Walker Rver
Chris Flo
Bickel and
Leavill Meadows
Amabbra
Marmot. Lakes
Ndaret
Middle Fork
Sandea
Redwood Lake
Stone Creek
White River
Tyler
Woodiward Creek
Kern Tuolumne
Basin Creek
Chevy Vaile Creek
Lyons
Canals
Moccasin Creek
Powerhouse
Stanislaus River
North and
Sain Forks
Tuolumne
Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club
Seat Beach YC
West Coast
King Harbor
Santa Monica Bay
Newport Bay
Newport Harbor
Santa Barbara
Bahia Corinthian YC
PHR
Donnell Culpepper
Fishin Pfacts: record catches across multiple harbors
Anglers across Oceanside Redondo Belmar and other ports report totals of barracuda, calico bass, yellowtail, rockfish and mackerel. Counts show hundreds of barracuda and calico bass, plus notable halibut, lingcod and sculpin catches among many boats and anglers.
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Bonito
San Diego
Berga i
Tan Pins
Belmo ’ Pirat
Arracuda
Tarracuda
Fishing notes and rail ride lure in Sierra Nevada area
The column details Pete Talmadge's brown trout catches at Lyons Lake and a nearby creek, and praises Ted Bandley’s Lyons Lake Resort terminal for a historic logging railroad ride between Sierra Village and Long Barn. It notes ticket prices, Sonora State Park, KOA sites, Sonora Pass elevations, and the broader California travel outlook. It also covers Salton Sea conservation efforts, a Eureka fishing net seizure, and outdoor briefs from Wally Bockenhauer to Long Beach anglers.
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Pete Talmadge
Twain Harte
Highway 108
Lyons Lake
Ted Bandley
Ted
Pete
Sierra Village
Long Barn
California
Sonora
Old West
Nik-Nak-Nook
Columbia State Park
Sonora Pass
Sierra Nevada
Merced
Bridgeport
Fresno
Bakeffeld
Interstate 6
Sequoia
Yosemite
Kings National Parks
Tioga Pass
Lee Vining
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Lake Henshaw
Trailer Park Camp Ground
Yeabel
San Diego Ty. Calif
the Man
Roberts
Ais
Rae
Muirhead
Long Beach
Pfacts
Zarmstrong
Kingsbury Tire CO
Anahelm
Lomita
Bill & Frank's
Narbonne
Lomita Blvd
Lynwood Morton
Beach Wd
Norwalk
Rosecrans
Pioneer
Ulah
Lake and Browns
Salton Sea
Ocean Fish Protective Assa
Indio
OFPA
Congress
Washington
Don Brown
Palm Springs
Daniel Cantu
North Shores
la Verité Beaty
Salton Sea Beach
Phyllis Berweller
Salton City
Eureka
Humboldt Bay
Guy Sovereign Jr
Department of Fish and Game
U. S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
U. S
Klamath River
Wally Bockenhauer
Cypress
Lo-An
Dick Gaydosh
Glen Canyon
Stan Jones
John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum
Th Ave
Page
Ariz
John Greenwood
Sportsman’s Club
Canada
Harry Yann III
Appleton St
Jack Edwards
Elsinore
Lake Elsinore
Yann
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