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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
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NOAA Satellites Help to Save 275 People in 2017

Last July, a sailboat with two people on board caught on fire several hundred miles off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. Luckily for the crew, a NOAA satellite ...
On March 7, 2018 / By George Day
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U.S. Coast Guard Still Searching for Man Overboard

The search for Robert McCabe was still going on this week after he fell overboard from a cabin cruiser near Key West as David Neal reported in the ...
On February 28, 2018 / By Administrator
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Google to Map South Florida Waterways in Partnership with Marine Industry (Video)

Tech giant Google is partnering with the Marine Industries Association of South Florida to create a water version of its popular Google Street View maps that would cover the region’s major ...
On February 28, 2018 / By George Day
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Man Charged with Manslaughter in the Deaths of Four Crew Abaord Cheeki Rafiki

Yacht firm boss ‘carried on drinking in pub despite “urgent” warning that ship was sinking before 4 men died’ A yacht firm director carried on drinking after ...
On February 28, 2018 / By Administrator
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Petting a Whale: Exciting and Probably Illegal

Whale watching is always fun and the great leviathans of the sea and majestic when seen up close. So, it is not surprising that a group of whale ...
On February 28, 2018 / By Administrator