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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
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Golden Greed: Claims For a Sunken Treasure Ship Prove False

(CNN) – Rumors have circulated for years about the Dmitri Donskoii, an armored cruiser that sank during the Russo-Japanese War. A South Korean company claimed to have discovered ...
On May 13, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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The Times Are A’Changing: Gender Neutral Ships

According to Sovereign Nations, the Scottish Maritime Musuem has had their signage vandalized with the words ‘she’ and ‘her’ being scratched out. An official at the musuem said ...
On May 13, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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He Made It! Frenchman Crosses the Atlantic in a Barrel

After four months at sea, 72 year old Jean-Jacques Savin has successfully crossed the Atlantic in a barrel-shaped capsule. Leaving from the Canary Islands he made his way ...
On May 13, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Sad News Out of Panama as a New Zealand Man Was Killed by Pirates; Wife and Two Children Onboard Boat As Well

The Culverwell family had left New Zealand a little while ago planning a cruising voyage of two years. Unfortunately they only made it to Panama where they were ...
On May 13, 2019 / By Sandy Parks