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Not Only in the Ocean
The oceans are filling with plastic and now it appears that plastic refuse is filling our Great Lakes as well, as written about in Treehugger. Plastic is often ...
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Sargassum: The Seaweed Deluge Hitting Caribbean Shores
When waves of sargassum – a type of seaweed – washed up on Eastern Caribbean shores seven years ago, people hoped it was a one-off. Matted piles swamped ...
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Failure To Save Two Crew
The final report by Maritime NZ of two men killed aboard the yacht Platinocasts blame on the rest of the crew. Reported by stuff.co.nz An investigation into a yachting ...
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Betsy DeVos’s $40 Million Yacht Set Adrift By Vandals
It’s not often that politicians are mentioned in nautical news but this is certainly worth noting. Many news agencies mentioned the goings on, this reported by thehill.com. A ...
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Abandoned Yacht Kelaerin Found Nearly a Month Later, Still Afloat
On June 17, 2018, a voyaging couple, Jim and Joy Cary, were forced to abandon their Omega 45 cutter Kelaerin in the Pacific 180 miles off the the U.S. West ...
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Maine Shipyard to Add Jobs
Maine’s unemployment rate rose slightly by 0.1% in June according to officials, but a quickly expanding boat building company is looking to combat those statistics by adding dozens ...
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Reproduction of 1607 Sailing Ship to be Built in Bath, ME
A list of goals posted at the 19th-century Commercial Street freight shed has but two items concerning construction of a replica of the pinnace Virginia built in Maine in 1607. ...
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This Doesn’t Happen Every Day
Orca T073B, known for his playful behavior, decided to take a sailboat in tow off Vancouver island. A seemingly playful or mischievous orca was caught on video ...
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Sad News From the Chicago-Mackinac Race
Jon Santarelli, 53, of Lincoln Park, IL fell overboard near the start of the 2018 Race to Mackinac. Diane Pathieu and Michelle Gallardo of ABC Eyewitness News pick ...
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Studies Show the Gulf Stream Slowing Down
A new study from Nature and reported by the BBC looks into the potential of the Gulf Stream slowing down and how that will effect the climate. The ...
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