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42-Foot Albatross Suffers Mechanical Failure on Way to Tahiti From New Zealand, Rescued by NZ Air Force

(Stuff) – A Norwegian sailor sent off a distress signal when he was 1,700 miles east northeast of New Zealand on his way to Tahiti. The Air Force ...
On June 17, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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55-Foot Wooden Sailboat Capsizes, Owners Rescued After Clinging to Sailboat For 3 Hours

Experienced sailors, Heidi Synder and Peter Bailey had been sailing around the world for two years when their boat capsized in a microburst. Fortunately they were able to ...
On June 7, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Olympic Sailor Lowell North Dies at 89

The founder of North Sails, as well as an Olympic Gold winner in the Star Class, has died at the age of 89. On the forefront of modern ...
On June 7, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Modern Day Wanderers Go Where the Wind Takes Them

(CBC) – The crews of the Molly and Hobo have food and water onboard, and thats about it for a plan. The two crews are happy to follow ...
On June 7, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Well-Known Kiwi Race Boat Ran Tan II Headed to California for Transpac Race Sinks: Three Rescued

(Live Sail Die) – After 13 hours of travel the fishing vessel Azteca 5 was able to rescue three sailors off the Ran Tan which ran into problems ...
On June 7, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Yacht Aground on Rocks Off the Anglesey Coast: Watch Footage of Rescue

With an audience of dozens of seals, the RNLI were able to rescue a couple from onboard a 25-foot sailboat that had gone aground on the rocks off ...
On May 24, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Scientists Quantify the Positive Effects of Being On the Water

Now you really have no excuse to get out on the water and if someone complains you are spending too much time out there, point to a number ...
On May 24, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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More Than 400 Million Pieces of Plastic Found In the Cocos Keeling Islands, Home to Under 1000 People

From All Things Considered, on NPR comes this story of what a marine biologist found when she traveled to the remote islands of the Cocos Keeling Islands. Approximately ...
On May 24, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Beneteau Looks To the Future and Sees Multihulls

The sailboat market has certainly seen some hard times as boatbuilders struggle to stay afloat. Groupe Beneteau seems to have found the magic formula and is expanding their ...
On May 24, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Whale Warning Flag: Exercise Caution When Boating in the Area

NOAA’s Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center has been studying the health of individual orca whales as well as the general population. Through studies and aerial images they have ...
On May 24, 2019 / By Sandy Parks