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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
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Plans confirmed for California Offshore Race Week

Published in Scuttlebutt on February 27th, 2018 The 3rd annual California Offshore Race Week brings together five yacht clubs in 2018 for a series of distance races ...
On February 28, 2018 / By George Day
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Another Invasive Species Found in Great Lakes

The words “bloody red shrimp” don’t exactly sound pleasant at the best of times, but the species’ name has become even more sinister to biologists’ ears since one ...
On February 28, 2018 / By George Day
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High Seas Mystery: Dorset Coin Thief Accused of Murdering Wife on Voyage

This tragic story, first published by the BBC, has all the makings of a mystery that begs to be solved. Did he do it? And if he did, ...
On February 22, 2018 / By George Day