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Crossing the Atlantic in a Barrel
Jean-Jacques Savin, a 71-year old Frenchman left from El Hierro in Spain’s Canary Islands. He is headed to the Caribbean, hoping to make landfall in three months, crossing ...
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Helping a Blind Sailor to Sail Independently
Four MIT students in the Principles and Practices of Assistive Technology program have designed an audio device to help Pauline Dowell sail more independently. Legally blind, Pauline wanted ...
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Ghost Fleet Shipwrecks in the Potomac River on the Move
Researchers from NOAA along with school children from an elementary school in Maryland have tracked over 185 shipwrecked vessels, moving, some as far as 20 miles. These shipwrecks ...
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Let Jimmy Cornell Help Plan Your Crossing
Whether planning a voyage across oceans, or planning on harbors you want to visit, Jimmy Cornell has some essential cruising guides that have now been updated. Cornell’s Ocean ...
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A Leap of Faith
Just after six months of knowing one another, Morgan Campbell and Eric Laakmann decided to quit their jobs and sail around the world on a 55 foot Outremer ...
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Royal Canadian Air Force Rescues Four Sailors
December, off the coast of Nova Scotia can be a rough time of year. Four sailors onboard a sailboat were rescued by a Canadian air force helicopter in ...
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So Many Old Fiberglass Boats, What To Do
There has long been a question as to what to do with old fiberglass sailboats that are now abandoned in marinas, backyards and landfills. The BoatU.S. Foundation for ...
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Carnival Cruise Ship Helps Sailboat in Need
(nola.com) – A Carnival cruise ship headed back to New Orleans, LA from the Caribbean made a brief stop off the Louisiana coast to help out a stranded ...
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Be Careful Out There
Roy Broughton, a 72 year old sailor originally from Liverpool, England went missing out of Rodney Bay Marina, St. Lucia this past November 19. Last seen in a ...
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Rescue Off the North Carolina Coast
A delivery crew from a 55 foot sailboat were successfully rescued by the Coast Guard off the coast of North Carolina. The boat was dismasted in a storm ...
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