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Coastal Erosion Threatening the Labs That Study Erosion
(New York Times) – Marine laboratories are often at the water’s edge, so researches and their equipment is placed where their studies are. These labs were built to ...
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Size Does Not Matter When Going Cruising
Liveaboard Kristin Hanes first lived on a 26-foot catamaran and now on a Tayana 37, along with her husband. On her blog, thewaywardhome.com she notes the pros and ...
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Dismal Swamp Canal to Close for 90 Days
Those traveling the Intracoastal Waterway need to take note that the Dismal Swamp Canal closed for 90 days starting Sunday, January 5 so the U.S. Army Corps of ...
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Fire Aboard: Two Sailors Rescued 288 Miles Southeast of Corpus Christi
(Caller Times) – Just after the first of the new year the Coast Guard rescued two sailors off the 37-foot sailing vessel Rhapsody. The sailors were able to ...
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Rescue in the Bay of Biscay from 34-foot Sailboat
(Daily Mail) – A London barrister was on a solo passage from the Spanish port of A’coruna aboard his 34-foot sailboat Spirit of Daedulus when he encountered a ...
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58-Foot Elusive changes to HMS DIsappointment
(Evening Standard) – Andrew and Maria France purchased a Discovery 58 Elusive in January 2017. The plan was to live aboard the boat and sail around the world, ...
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Sailors Rescued Over 600 Miles From Hawaii Continue Their Voyage
(WRCBTV) – The 42-foot sailboat, Coco Haz III dismasted 656 miles southwest of the Hawaiian islands. The U.S. Coast Guard along with two commercial ships discovered the disabled ...
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Getting Ready to Head Down Under Ranger Gets a Refit
(Boat International) – The Dutch yard Vitters has just relaunched Ranger, the 135-foot J Class yacht after a major refit. The yacht was overhauled in anticipation of the ...
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20 Minutes Into Its Maiden Voyage in 1628 the Vasa Sank. Why?
(BBC News) – The story of the Vasa has fascinated historians for years. The boat sank on its maiden voyage and lay sumerged for 300 years. Today the ...
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Theft in Turtle Bay, Mexico. The Outboard’s Gone
Andy and Jill Cross, with their two young sons Porter and Magnus, are full time cruisers.They spent the last year and a half in Alaska and are now ...
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