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  Improving 911 Calls on the Water

  Here’s some good news for those who carry their cells phones while sailing. Who doesn’t? This heads up from Chesapeake Bay magazine In the past emergency calls were ...

  On January 18, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Giving Thanks to the Coast Guard

  Everyone needs help sometimes. The Coast Guard is generally out there helping sailors in need and now that there is a government shutdown, some people and institutions have ...

  On January 18, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Chartering with The Moorings in the BVI

  For many of us, we are in the midst of winter and heading to the BVI for a charter sounds pretty ideal. Freelance writer Hillary Richard in the ...

  On January 18, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Cleaning Boston Harbor

  Thirty years ago, during the 1988 presidential campaign, then-Vice President George H.W. Bush took a boat ride across Boston Harbor and derided the environmental record of his rival, ...

  On January 18, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Wild Eyes Found Floating Off Australia’s Coast

  In 2010, Abby Sunderland vied to become the youngest sailor to attempt to circumnavigate the globe. She sailed Wild Eyes, a 40 foot sloop, leaving from California, making ...

  On January 10, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Missing Containers at Sea, Some with Toxic Ingredients

  (ABC-Australia) – Up to 270 shipping containers have fallen from one of the world’s largest cargo ships into the North Sea, attracting treasure hunters and clean-up volunteers alike ...

  On January 10, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Finding Endurance

  Ernest Shackleton, the British Polar explorer set off in 1914 to cross Antarctica by sled dog. Along with his men Shackleton was trapped onboard the Endurance when it ...

  On January 10, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Do You Know Waves?

  (Marine Insight) – Sea waves are one of the beautiful natural marvels that excite us. However, there are different types of waves that are formed according to different ...

  On January 10, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Live on an Island in a Lighthouse, Earn Your Keep

  According to the Guardian there is a job opening for a bed and breakfast lighthouse. You would be living on your own island in sight of San Francisco. ...

  On January 10, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  If You Have to Be Rescued

  After being stranded at sea for 20 days two sailors were fortunate enough to be rescued from their vessel by the crew of the Royal Caribbean. What makes ...

  On January 4, 2019 / By George Day