Publication: E
Publication Date: 01-NOV-07
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Gilbert, Troy
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More than 200 children from around the country traveled to New Orleans in June of 2006 to compete in a two-day youth sailing championship on Lake Pontchartrain. The kids, some as young as eight, launched their seven-foot sailboats and sailed out to the course, dodging the nearly 200 derelict, foundered sail and powerboats still littering the city's largest marina, the Municipal Yacht Harbor at West End.
The forest of masts rising from the dark, brackish waters only hint at the environmental hazards concealed below. The Municipal Yacht Harbor has yet to be cleaned up from the worst effects of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, highlighting a disconnect between all levels of government that still continues. This past summer, another youth sailing championship was held at the same marina, with work only...
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