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Chemicals in Sunscreen Kill Coral Reefs: Hawaii Responds.
Ocean pollution is a hot environmental topic these days, particularly the damage being done to sea life by plastic waste. But who knew that the simple creams and ...
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German Bavaria Yachts Declares Bankruptcy: Three Months to Reorganize
The huge builder of cruising power and sailboats, Bavaria Yachts, received a ruling from the German courts that is could declare bankruptcy and enter into a three month ...
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Predict Wind Now Also Predicts Severe Storm Formations at Sea
Predict Wind, the routing and weather software that many cruisers are choosing for use offshore has added CAPE technology to their suite weather, navigation and routing tools. CAPE ...
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Flashback to 1969: Robin Knox-Johnston Wins Golden Globe
It was on a rainy April 23, 1969 (49 years ago this week) that Robin Knox-Johnston sailed into England’s Plymouth Harbor to win the Golden Globe Race and ...
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In Antigua, Sailors Get Wild Weather in the Annual Classic Yacht Regatta. See the Pictures.
After a night of blustery rain squalls, followed by hours of uncertain calm, the weather geared up to a respectable 20 knots for the start of Race 1. ...
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Customs and Border Protection Trying New App for Checking Into the U.S.
The U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection agency is trying something very new and modern when it comes to cruisers and sailors on their own boats checking back into ...
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San Diego Has Gone to the Dogs!
The fun folks at The Log in San Diego, the local boating rag, get so many pictures of dogs aboard their owners’ boat for their regular feature “Dogs ...
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As Ocean Warms, Bull Sharks Are Migrating Northward
Climate change is creating a battle of survival of the fittest. And it appears bull sharks are winning. Research published this week in Scientific Reports documents a new bull shark ...
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Man Tragically Crushed by Own Yacht
A tragic accident has taken the life of a company director in England when his 29-foot yacht fell over in her pop stands while he was working on ...
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Sailors Who Rescued Swimmer from Sea Lion Attack to Get Medal
US Sailing’s Hanson Medal is scheduled to be awarded this weekend at the Pacific Sail and Power Boat Show in Richmond, California for the 2017 rescue in San ...
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