| Not exactly the words the ship and air-wing leadership wanted to hear with the blue-water certification process underway. |
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| My first mistake was applying a blue-water mentality to a littoral environment. |
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| The Chinese navy is determined to fulfill its blue-water ambitions, even if it takes a generation or more. |
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| The new doctrine's emphasis on blue-water, extra-regional naval operations further accentuates these perceptions. |
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| In the case of a homebuilt yacht built for blue-water cruising, the builder typically buys the engine and the navigational instruments. |
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| They are the furthest islands offshore and generally offer blue-water diving. |
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| While the 450 Coastal Commander may not be built for blue-water cruising, her construction is sound and comparable to the average houseboat. |
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| From the sublime you can go to the ridiculous, such as fishing for blue-water pelagics off wind-surfers and jet-skis, as they do in Hawaii. |
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| Beach anglers in Australia and South Africa also use kites for purposes other than catching blue-water pelagics. |
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| Oceanic navigation was with some exceptions forbidden, out of a not unreasonable conviction that all blue-water sailors in these days were potential pirates. |
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| By 2010 the transition to a blue-water navy would be complete. |
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| They are a key part of Beijing's plans to transform its navy from an obsolete coastal force to a blue-water fleet capable of power projection far afield. |
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| Those numbers are not impressive by hard-core, blue-water standards, but unless a better reason comes to mind than any already there, they're enough. |
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| The blue-water warships were generally unsuited for blockade duty, so the indirect approach represented by the privateers and commerce raiders failed to raise the blockade. |
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| He also continued in reserve assignments for the Navy and competed in blue-water sailing events. |
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| This range of sail boats excels at coastal as well as blue-water cruising with maximum comfort and space. |
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| However, in the transition zone front blue to brown water, the perception of blue-water operations leads many aircrew to forgo thorough consideration of the divert option. |
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| But he has nevertheless acquired some serious blue-water credentials. |
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| We are headed out for a nighttime blue-water scuba dive in search of salps off the Pacific coast of Panama. |
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