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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
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Two Sailors Rescued 110 Miles Off the Coast of Virginia Beach

(Chesapeake Bay Magazine) – Two sailors onboard the 32-foot C’est La Vie made an emergency call after the tiller on their boat snapped off. Fortunately for the sailors, ...
On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Coast Guard Rescues Three After Catamaran Capsizes Off Torrey Pines, CA

Two adults and a minor were rescued by the Coast Guard on Sunday after their 30-foot sailboat capsized about 10 miles west of Torrey Pines, Coast Guard officials ...
On February 15, 2019 / By Sandy Parks

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