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  Coast Guard Rescues Two From Sailboat Off Key Largo

  (Miami Herald) – Fortuantely two sailors off the 36-foot sailboat No Worries had the safety equipment necessary to make the call to the Coast Guard when their vessel ...

  On March 1, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  The Economic Cost of Nuisance Flooding in Annapolis’ Historic City Dock

  Sea level rise is eating into the revenue of this quaint coastal business district. An innovative new study estimates the economic costs.   The City Dock neighborhood of ...

  On March 1, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  GPS Receivers May Malfunction April 2019

  (zdnet) – If you rely on GPS then make a note of April 6, 2019 in your calendar because it’s the date that the GPS Week Rollover occurs, ...

  On March 1, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Mystery of Missing Woman May Finally Be Solved

  Helicopters, lifeboats, planes and 150 coast guard staff all looked in vain for a millionaire’s wife, who went missing while sailing from Cornwal, UK in October, 2012. According ...

  On March 1, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Salty Dawg’s Spring Rally Heads to the East Coast or Bermuda

  The Salty Dawg Spring Rally to the U.S. departs the Virgin Islands from Crown Bay Marina, Charlotte Amalie, St.Thomas, on May 4 to head to various ports on ...

  On March 1, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Prison Time for Honeymoon Theft

  In the “truth is stranger than fiction” category comes this tale of a Florida Keys couple who stole a 40-foot cataraman which they sailed to Cuba for their ...

  On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Dinghy Theft in the BVI

  The Royal Virgin Islands Police are warning sailors that there has been a rise in reported thefts of dinghies and dinghy engines in the last couple of weeks. ...

  On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  New App to Secure A Mooring in the BVI

  We came across this new app which has been designed to make it easier to pick up moorings throughout the BVI.   BoatyBall.com was created to provide boaters ...

  On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Sail a Tall Ship Around Rhode Island Waters

  For the past few years Rhode Island’s official tall ship, the Oliver Hazard Perry had been sailing from the waters of Narragansett Bay to down south. According to ...

  On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Search for Shackleton’s Endurance Called Off

  (BBC News) – The attempt this week to find Sir Ernest Shackleton’s missing ship, the Endurance, has ended – without success. A UK-led expedition to the Weddell Sea ...

  On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks