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Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
BoatingOS: A New Operating System for Chartplotters
Irish marine technology company, Raceix, in association with Beneteau has just announced a new operating system for chartplotters, meant for boaters and sailors alike. The developers of the ...
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Charter Chatter 0
Sunsail’s Yacht Ownership Program May Work for You
You may have been chartering year after year but have you ever thought to own a boat that is in charter? This can be an excellent way to ...
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Boat Reviews 0
European Yacht of the Year Award Winner Announced
At the world’s largest boat show, commonly known as “boot”, which is being held this week in Dusseldorf, Germany, the annual European Yacht of the Year winners were ...
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Dock Talk 0
Sailboat Found Drifting in Malacca Strait With No One Aboard
(Maritime Bulletin) – While fishing in waters in northeast Sumatra, Malacca Strait, fishermen found a sailboat drfting with no one aboard. Not much is known about the boat ...
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Dock Talk 0
Treaty Signed to Protect the Titanic in Perpetuity
(The Scotsman) – The Titanic has been lying underwater for over 100 years and the U.S. and UK have just signed a treaty that gives the countries the ...
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Dock Talk 0
Piracy on the Rise in Singapore
(Asean Today) – There was nearly double the number of incidents of piracy in The Straits of Malacca and Singapore last year versus 2018. There is some speculation ...
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Man Thought to Have Drown While Untangling Line From His Propeller
(Somerset Live) – Last summer a sailor left on his yacht, Egoist, from his mooring in Watchet, UK. Fifteen days later his body was discovered. An inquest has ...
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Dock Talk 0
Owner Used His Superyacht to Smuggle a Painting Out of Spain
(Forbes) – Spanish billionaire Jaime Botin will be spending 18-months in jail as well as paying $60 million for smuggling Picasso’s Head of a Young Woman out of ...
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Just Cruising with George Day 0
What Does It Cost to Go Cruising?
The dream of buying a blue water boat, cutting ties and heading over the horizon toward new and exotic landfalls is very real for a lot of us. ...
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Just Cruising with George Day 0
Crossing the Digital Divide
It is fun to look back and think about how much our sailing and cruising technology has changed in our lifetimes. Sextants gave way to Loran and SatNav ...
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