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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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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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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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Dufour 530: Innovative, Versatile & Fast
Dufour is one of the most venerable brands in the world sailing market and today still is one of the most popular brands of sailboats in Europe, particularly ...
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Marina in South Puget Sound Saved in Donation to State
(Key Peninsula News) – In some good news for South Puget Sound the Recreational Boating Association of Washington and its nonprofit RBAW Marine Parks Conservancy announced that they ...
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Sailboat Washes Ashore on Egyptian Coast, Sailor Missing
(Telegraph) – The family of Scotsman Colin Finnie last heard from him on December 7 as he was nearing the end of his voyage across the Indian Ocean ...
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500 Year Old Anchors Discovered Off Coast of Mexico
(BBC News) – Anchors from the 16th Century have been discovered off the coast of Mexico. Archaeologists believe they may have been from ships led by the Conquistador ...
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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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