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Saildrone Crashes Into Iceberg Damaging Some Instruments But Still Able to Gather Information

(Mashable) – For the first time a drone has completed a circumnavigation of the Antarctic. This is the first of what is hoped to be many trips that ...
On August 16, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Couple Steals Yacht To “Show it Some Love”

According to Metro UK, Richard Gould and his partner Vivienne Duke have been traveling by foot and sleeping under the stars for the past couple of years guided ...
On August 16, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Headed to the Caribbean? Here’s a Good Website to Check Out

As the Caribbean Safety and Security Net’s tagline reads: know before you go. This is a great website to check as you head to the Carbbean. You’ll get ...
On August 9, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Just Do It! From No Sailing to Ocean Sailing in Three Years

Spinsheet magazine has a profile of Gabi Van Wie who went from no sailing experience to sailing along the east coast doing deliveries. Its a good reminder to ...
On August 9, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Crossing the English Channel, Avoiding Shipping Lanes

(BBC) – Here is one way to avoid crossing the shippping lanes when sailing the English Channel from Calais, France to Dover, England. Franky Zapata, a French inventor ...
On August 9, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Sailboat Goes Aground in Los Angeles County

Last Sunday night LA County lifeguards were able to help save a sailboat that began taking on water. Read More ...
On August 9, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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They Jumped From Fire Into Shark Infested Waters

(Express UK) – Sixteen passengers and 11 crew on a boat touring in the Galapagos Islands had to jump into shark-filled waters after a fire broke out on ...
On August 9, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Renaissance Shipwreck Discovered in Baltic Sea

(University of Southampton) – After five hundred years of sitting on the bottom of the sea, the vessel shows a remarkable level of preservation, most likely the best ...
On August 2, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Learning the Weather From a Remote Outpost in the South Atlantic

(The Guardian) – Knowledge of the weather is vitally important to sailors and on the remote island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic the weathermen spend their ...
On August 2, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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New Coral Reefs Forming in the Gulf of Mexico

(Earther) – Scientists have discovered five new coral reefs forming a 310-mile coral reef corridor in the Gulf of Mexico. The reefs are home to a number of ...
On August 2, 2019 / By Sandy Parks