Earthrace: The Coolest Boat on the Planet


	Earthrace: The Coolest Boat on the Planet

TwilaMarie

1-8-2008 10:33 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/de339b4c-6b08-460b-a5d8-49c25b4d4c67/61A7D932-20C6-42D1-8CA4-39B3B6E3C944/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.earthrace.net/index.php?section=48" href="http://www.earthrace.net/index.php?section=48" style="font-size: 11px;">www.earthrace.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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