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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
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Stormy Conditions Leads to Wife Falling Overboard, Husband Charged With Her Death

This story which comes from mysailing.com.au can serve as a cautionary tale. A husband and wife set sail on their 16-foot catamaran, off the coast of Brazil in ...
On May 17, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Helicopter Hits Power Wires During a Rescue Off Martinique: Watch Video

Last month in the waters off Martinique a rescuer and victim were being winched aboard a helicopter from the civil protection branch of the French government when the ...
On May 17, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Bond, James Bond Seen in the Caribbean Sailing. New Bond Film Coming

The actor Daniel Craig was seen in Jamaica, aboard a sloop filming the opening scenes for the next Bond movie. The Mirror has additional footage of the actor ...
On May 17, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Canada Adopting New Measures to Protect Whales in Their Waters

(Seattle Times) – In order to promote orcas’ access to their food, Canada is enacting measures to limit vessel noise and disturbance and commercial and recreational fishing in ...
On May 17, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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How Soon Will a New Shipping Route Appear? Across the Arctic Ocean Via the North Pole

As climate change speeds up, new shipping routes are being contemplated, moreso than ever before. Passages such as the Northern Sea Route, the Northwest Passage and a trans-Arctic ...
On May 17, 2019 / By Sandy Parks