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NOAA’s Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Lake Huron Shipwreck, Ironton, Discovered

September 1894 the 191-foot, three-masted schooner, Ironton sank from a collision with the 203-foot steamer Ohio after avoiding a collision with the 190-foot steamer Charles J. Kershaw. The ...
On March 10, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Starlink Launches In-Motion Internet and Balance Catamarans Embraces the Technology

The launch of Starlink’s new Flat High-Performance Panel that winningly provides high-speed, low-latency internet while in motion is here. And it’s easy to see why sailors especially would ...
On March 10, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Sailing with Pets

Are you thinking about bringing your pet onboard, and not just for a day cruise? Sail Universe has a number of tips so your pet makes an easy ...
On March 10, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Transient Vessels and Anchoring Rules in Florida

Florida has nearly one million registered boats, representing 8% of the 12 million recreational boats registered in the U.S. Along with these boats add in the transients that ...
On March 10, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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New $99 Gadget Links Smart Phones to Satellite Comms Network

I’ve been on a satellite comms jag lately and here I go again. For the last year, smartphone companies, Apple in particular, have been working on satellite connectivity ...
On March 10, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
Cruising Shot of the Week 0

Peaceful anchorage in Corme, Spain, a popular resort area along the Atlantic coast. ...
On March 10, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Schengen Agreement

Following last week’s Mindbender answer on the Schengen Agreement, the reply we published had some errors in it, for which we apologize. See the note below from my ...
On March 3, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
Tech Talk 0
Motorola’s Bluetooth Dongle Enables Satellite Communications on Any Smartphone

(pocket-lint.com) – Motorola’s Defy Satellite Link will add satellite communication to any device, as long as you are running IOS 14 and over or Android 10 or later. ...
On March 3, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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What’s Happening to Utah’s Great Salt Lake?

(CBS News) – As the picture above shows, Great Salt Lake appears to be shrinking. Once covering 2,300 square miles, the lake is now just about a third ...
On March 3, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Satellite-based Sargassum Watch System (SaWS)

Based on satellite observations and statistics of historical events, in early February 2018 the Optical Oceanography Lab developed the first 1-page Sargassum outlook bulletin for the Caribbean Sea. ...
On March 3, 2023 / By Sandy Parks