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Undersea Discoveries in the Failed Search for MH370
The disappearance of Malaysian Air flight MH370, which vanished in March 2014 en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board, remains one of the ...
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Details of Rescue 200 miles off the Coast of Iceland
When Morrie Piersol opened the front door to his, I greeted him with, “Good to see you!” To which he replied, with a laugh, “It’s good to be ...
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Sailor Found Drifting in Shipping Lanes off Portugal
A Spanish newspaper is reporting that a sailor rescued from a busy Atlantic shipping lane by the crew of a passing yacht, is Ron Beasley, who has been ...
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Mad Max Makeshift Magic
Cruisers often have to rely on their own resources when something breaks, needs to be replaced or invented, especially for must-have items. Sometimes the parts used for make-shift ...
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Dismal Swamp Canal to Re-Open in September
The Dismal Swamp Canal is scheduled to reopen to vessel traffic by the end of September, with the Lake Drummond Reservation and Feeder Ditch opening to canoes and ...
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Explorer Going on an Expedition to the North Pole by Sailboat
Picture the North Pole. What does it look like in your mind? Ice as far as the eye can see? In the past, that is what the area ...
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Mayday On Passage from Mo’orea to Huahine
On July 23rd, at approximately 8pm, Danny and Belinda Govatos with four of their children aboard their 46′ Leopard catamaran hit an unmarked reef on the approaches to ...
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Navy Vessels Use Shipboard Signal Lamps for Text Messaging
The signal lamp aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout flashed fast light bursts to the USS Monterey, located pierside 250 feet away. Aboard the Monterey, a guided-missile cruiser, ...
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Solo Sailor Lisa Blair Completes Historic Antarctic Circumnavigation
Blair, 32, set off from Albany in Western Australia in January and is set to be named the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo. Blair was expected to ...
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Sound Signals in Restricted Visibility
Fog, mist, falling snow, heavy rainstorms, sandstorms or any other similar causes can make conditions that hamper visibility. Sound signals for vessels in restricted visibility, whether underway, at ...
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