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Coast Guard and NOAA Monitoring the Container Hazard off the North Carolina Coast

On March 4, a container ship in rough weather off Cape Hatteras lost more that 70 containers into the sea. Some of the containers have washed up onto ...
On March 13, 2018 / By George Day
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Sailing the Coast of Main on a Windjammer Cruise

Maine has a coastline that runs in very jagged lines for over a thousand linear miles and along this rugged, rock, pine top coast there are hundreds of ...
On March 13, 2018 / By George Day
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Tips for Cruisers VisitingTonga

For cruisers crossing the South Pacific, the first sailing paradise that is on everyone’s schedule is French Polynesia. First stop the magnificent Marquesas; then the remote and low ...
On March 13, 2018 / By George Day
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Vestas 11th Hour Racing Repaired. Here’s How the Fatal Accident Unfolded

Vestas is back in the water and racing in Auckland New Zealand. They are ready for the start of the next leg that will take the fleet around ...
On March 13, 2018 / By George Day
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Mission Ocean Project Brings Aid to Dominica

The crew of the French Catamaran Mission Ocean are cruising the world and undertaking citizen science to take samples of sea water and contamination where ever they sail. ...
On March 13, 2018 / By George Day
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Warning to East Coast Sailors: 70 Containers Lost Overboard Off North Carolina

Running into a half submerged container while making an offshore passage has to be a blue water sailor’s worst nightmare. You can lose you boat and maybe your ...
On March 7, 2018 / By George Day
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Stranger Donates New Boat to Couple Who Lost Their Sailboat

This couple must have good karma and the gentleman who bailed them out has certainly earned a few karma points with his generosity. This story has been all ...
On March 7, 2018 / By George Day
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NPR Reports Experts Are Predicting Rising Tides, More Flooding

The report below filed by journalist William Joyce and broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered is a stark warning of the effects of rising sea levels and other ...
On March 7, 2018 / By George Day
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Sign Up for the Salty Dawg Spring Rally Starting May 15 in Antigua

The Salty Dawg Spring Rally from the Caribbean departs Falmouth Harbour in Antigua on May 15 to head to various ports on the East Coast of the US ...
On March 7, 2018 / By George Day
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Tonga Cleans Up After Devastating Cyclone Gita. How Yachties Can Help

Here’s a compiled story of the aftermath of Cyclone Gita that destroyed so much of Tonga and a report on how cruising folks can help from Noonsite.com. ...
On March 7, 2018 / By George Day