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Do You Feel Guilty If You Use Your Engine?
Former CNN producer Kellie Pollack and her husband Jonathan are on a worldwide cruise and in her current blog ponders the question of engines. Do you feel guilty ...
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There’s An App For That
There are a number of instances where sailors can help scientists out, just by sailing their course. An app has been released called OrcaSound which allows citizen scientists ...
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Boats After Florence Continue to Cause Problems
This is a story from the Progressive Pulse that will make you shake your head. Nautical scofflaws who abandoned their boats before Hurricane Florence might have committed ...
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Best Sailing Cult Films, Is Your’s On the List?
It is always fun to go through ‘top ten’ lists and they can always induce an argument or two. There are some great films on this list from ...
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Ham Radio Operator Helps in Rescue Off North Carolina Coast
A 57-year old man was rescued after a medical emergency from his sailboat about 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. According to the Navy Times, notification first came ...
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Sailboat Towed From Rocks by New Zealand Navy
In another instance of a sailor needing help, as in the story above, Lucas Remmerswaal, of New Zealand was sailing along the coast of New Zealand when the ...
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Treasure Hunters Suing the State of Florida
(livescience) – A maritime salvage company of “treasure hunters” discovered some of the United States’ oldest European artifacts in shipwrecks near Cape Canaveral in 2016. Now, the finders ...
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National Sailing Hall of Fame Inductees
(scuttlebutt news) – The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) celebrated its eighth class of Inductees today at Lauderdale Yacht Club (LYC), concluding three days of activities that ...
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Joyon Snatches Victory in the Closest Finish Ever of the Route du Rhum
In the clammy heat and very light winds of the Caribbean night, Joyon, 62, glided across the finish line on IDEC Sport at 23:21.47 local time (03:21.47 UTC) ...
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Warming Climate Contributes to Rivers Drying Up
Whether on ocean or rivers, boaters around the globe are encountering the effects of our warming climate. The New York Times has the story of the rivers in ...
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