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Waterway Guide Beats ActiveCaptain

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As some of you know, I publicly asked the owner of ActiveCaptain (AC) to nuke my account after witnessing some of his actions on my favorite forum: Sailnet. I wanted nothing further to do with it. Continue reading Waterway Guide Beats ActiveCaptain