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Miami-Dade Orders Coastal Evacuation as Hurricane Irma Threatens
More than 100,000 Miami-Dade residents were instructed to leave their homes on barrier islands, including Miami Beach, and in low-lying mainland areas starting Thursday morning in preparation for ...
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Clipper World Yacht Race Update: Doldrums Ahead
The Doldrums Corridor is fast approaching and with current weather predictions favoring teams towards the back of the fleet, it will be tactically fascinating to watch over the ...
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Watch Keeping While at Sea
The options for different systems of watch keeping on long passages at sea are numerous and depend on many factors, not least the number of crew and their ...
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This Toy Pirate Ship Sailed From Scotland to Norway
Two Scottish brothers launched their Playmobil Pirate Ship into the North Sea, and it didn’t sink. Why throw a boring, old bottle into the ocean when you can ...
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Did a Briton Solo the Pacific First?
Here’s how a Briton sailed a junk single-handed from Hong Kong to US, three years before the Japanese sailor who is credited with solo record. Japanese sailor Kenichi Horie ...
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September Boat Show Preview 2017
With the fall boat shows ahead, here’s BWS’s overview of what’s new and interesting in the cruising marketplace among monohulls (published September 2017) Read more. ...
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Lobster Fisherman Recounts His Amazing Tale of Survival Alone, Adrift in the Atlantic
If there’s such thing as a worst-case scenario, lobster fisherman John Aldridge found himself smack dab in the middle of it early one morning on July 24, 2013. Aldridge ...
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Clipper Race team diverts to Portugal following Skipper injury
One of the twelve teams competing in the 40,000 nautical mile Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race is diverting to Porto, Portugal, after the team’s Skipper suffered ...
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British Family Rescued After Shipwreck on South Pacific Reef
A British family of four are recovering on board another ship after they were rescued when their catamaran ran aground on a reef in the South Pacific during ...
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Sailor Lisa Blair Returns to Sydney after Record Circumnavigation of Antarctica
After more than six months at sea and a record circumnavigation of Antarctica, sailor Lisa Blair will sail through Sydney heads victorious. Ms Blair set off in her yacht ...
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