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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 ...
On January 24, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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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 ...
On January 24, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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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 ...
On January 24, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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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 ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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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 ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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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 ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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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 ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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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 ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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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 ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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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 ...
On January 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks

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