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Hurricane Dorian Continues to Affect the Bahamas

(earther) – Researchers from Watchkeepers Bahamas and Save the Bays have been keeping an eye on the wetlands, pine forests and mangroves of the Bahamas in the wake ...
On October 25, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Around the World One Leg at a Time

(Rugby Observer UK) – Clipper Round the World Race takes people from all walks of life, from novice to experienced sailors and gives them the opportunity to participate ...
On October 25, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Yacht Sinks off Coast of New Zealand. Four Rescued Though One Died After

(mysailing.au) – A 47-foot yacht got caught in bad weather off the coast of Cape Brett, New Zealand. The crew issued a mayday call to the emergency services ...
On October 25, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Winds Up to 40 Knots; Five Sailors Rescued by CG Off Oregon Coast

(KPTV) – This past week the watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend (OR) received a call that those aboard a 50-foot sailboat were unable to cross the ...
On October 25, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Young Adventurer On a 27-Foot Sailboat: The World’s His Oyster

Not everyone can hear it, but the call of the sea is something all offshore sailors hear…and many hear it long before they get it together to acquire ...
On October 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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UFOs Off the Carolinas? Time for the Tin Foil Hats

It’s not every day you see clusters of glowing orbs floating above the ocean’s horizon. But that’s exactly what William Guy saw, and videoed, while aboard a ferry ...
On October 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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First Transatlantic Passage on a Catamaran Happened 60 Years Ago

If you have been to a boat show or gone chartering in the islands recently, then you will know that catamarans are now the cruising boats of choice ...
On October 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Family Completes 7-Year Cruising Odyssey

No one ever tells cruisers that the hardest part about sailing away on a long cruising odyssey is the actual fact of coming home at the end. But ...
On October 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Hurricane Lorenzo Leaves 53 Homeless, Causes Wide Destruction in Azores

According to the Algarve Daily News (in Portugal), the massive hurricane that missed the Caribbean, the East Coast of the U.S. and Bermuda, finnally came ashore in the ...
On October 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Algae, Sargasso Weed and Dead Zones. What’s Going On with Our Waterways?

Over the last year we have seen a lot of strange stuff growing in our oceans, lakes and rivers. Out in the Atlantic, there is a huge Sargasso ...
On October 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks

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