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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving Smorgasboard: Formula, Wavesailing, SUP

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This Thanksgiving holiday has been awesome. It started last weekend with Rhonda's sister Andrea and brother-in-law Jon coming down from ...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Strong Offshore Winds make Weak Waves Fun

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Windsurfing yesterday gave me flashbacks to my former life in Nahant, Massachusetts. The weather was a bit chilly (I had to wear a shorty we...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Estuary Horror Story Comic by Justin Jimenez

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I teach a class at FGCU called "Marine Systems." It's a basic oceanography course targeted at non-science majors who need to t...
Sunday, November 3, 2013

Wind and Small Waves with WindSUP 11'8" and Cross 106

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It's official. The (relatively) windy season has started in Southwest Florida. Yesterday I left my formula board in the van and took out...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Fixing Cracks, Making Tracks

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I had some bad windsurfing luck the other day when the used 490 cm mast I bought from Ace Performer to replace the one I broke in June , bro...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Marine Biology Study Abroad... In Florida

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Last summer I helped organize and teach an undergraduate marine biology course. That in itself isn't any different from what I do during...
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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Smart Blog Readers, Limiting Factors

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Those who predicted how my windsurf repairs would hold up got it right. The boom didn't break my first time out (lame, non-planing ses...
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James Douglass
I'm a marine biology professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. My professional page is here, my personal blog is here, and my no-longer-maintained science blog is here.
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