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‘It was going to eat her’: Aussie teen survives shark scare
An Australian teenager has survived a terrifying encounter with a great white shark, with her harrowing screams alerting her father who was certain it was about to “eat ...
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Dealing With Seasickness In Children
Like adults, some children are completely immune to it while others can be violently sick with the smallest amounts of motion. There’s nothing that can make time aboard ...
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Pirate Attack
“Rebecca, QUICK, I need another flare from the hanging locker!” The jib alone was just barely pulling Brick House southward at a pace slower than a lame lamb, but there ...
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Jeanne Socrates Cancels Circumnavigation Attempt
October 18, 2017 – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada After taking a fall from a ladder in a British Columbia boatyard, Jeanne Socrates has postponed her attempt at becoming the oldest person ...
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Salty Dawg Sailing Association Donates $10,000 to Bitter End YC Employee Relief Fund
We sincerely thank all of the Dawgs and friends for their contributions to the BVI Relief Fund to date. During the Salty Dawg Rendezvous at the Annapolis Boat ...
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Volvo Ocean Race: Leg One Starts on Sunday
After months of strenuous preparation, thousands of miles sailed in training, the first offshore leg of the Volvo Ocean Race gets underway on Sunday. In a departure from ...
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Ophelia: Ireland Recovers from Worst Storm on Record that Killed Three
This story from Tuesday this week records the widespread damage caused by Ophelia as the storm ripped through Ireland. As of Wednesday afternoon, Irish officials report that more ...
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The Recovery Process: Caribbean Tourism, Island by Island
The reports coming out of the Caribbean after the terrible hurricanes damaged so many island have been often lacking in concrete details that tell a clear story. We ...
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The Oliver Hazard Perry Crashes in Newport, RI Harbor
At approximately 6:15 p.m. on Sunday, October 15, while the Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry was leaving the Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival, its two propellers became entangled by a dock line, resulting ...
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US Charters Cruise Ship to House Hurricane Relief Workers
As the islands of the Caribbean continue to recover from the ravages of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the US has deployed hundreds of aid workers to Puerto Rico ...
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