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Equator Record-Spindrift Racing

On Monday 21 January at 07h45 UTC, Spindrift 2 broke her own record by just over an hour, by crossing the Equator (leaving from Ushant) in 4 days ...
On January 25, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Cleanup of 544 Derelict Boats: Finished

Three months after Hurricane Michael charged up from the Gulf, nearly all the 544 boats it left derelict in the water along Florida’s Panhandle have been picked up, ...
On January 25, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Magnetic North Pole on the Move

There have been a number of reports this week on the rapid rate of shifting of the magnetic North Pole. This is of concern to any number of ...
On January 18, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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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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