For one, it is an excellent way to savour sea-bound, lake-dappled Seattle and its luscious parks.

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Forget standing in line: the 85-slip marina will have you yacht-loaded and sea-bound in record time.

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But killing even a few of the charismatic sea lions is bound to stir passions in the animal rights community.

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Last week, America's coastguards repatriated around 500 Florida-bound Haitians they had intercepted at sea.

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Moments after I boarded my Seattle-bound plane, I began to realize that the Sea Gals were much more than mere pom-pom shakers.

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Due to a lack of permanent freshwater on most of the islands, it is likely the Ngaro lived in mainland Australia, venturing across the sea on canoes made from three diamond-shaped pieces of bark bound together with fibrous roots.

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