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The Six Ingredients for Hurricane Formation

As we approach the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season (June 1 to November 30), observing the sea surface temperatures [SST] indicates the “hot spots” – no pun intended – ...
On May 4, 2017 / By Administrator
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New Product: Elvstrom’s Blue Water Runner

The Blue Water Runner is a symmetric twin furling sail which is easy to furl away from the safety of the cockpit. Large sail – large fun. But ...
On May 4, 2017 / By Administrator
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Incredible Stories of Survival at Sea

A surfer who was recently rescued by helicopter off the coast of Britain after spending 32 hours at sea is the latest in a long series of maritime ...
On May 4, 2017 / By Administrator
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Coast Guard Finds Critical Aids-to-Navigation Shot and Sunk Near Block Island, Rhode Island

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis discovered a buoy sunk in the water with bullet holes near Block Island, Rhode Island. The crew was conducting regular aids-to-navigation ...
On May 4, 2017 / By Administrator
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Sailboat Grounded, Sailor Missing

The Coast Guard is searching for a man whose sailboat was discovered aground near Hatteras, Monday, May 1, 2017. Missing is Richard Tomlinson, 82, of Clearwater, Florida. Tomlinson ...
On May 4, 2017 / By Administrator
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German National Found Deceased on Drifting Yacht

Police in Grenada have confirmed that a yacht named VAMP has been found drifting seven miles south of the island with the body of German national Bernd Ludwig ...
On April 27, 2017 / By Administrator
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Drone Sailboat Transforms Into Submarine

Part sailboat – part submarine, a new remarkable drone can patrol the oceans for months without stopping, powered by only the wind and the sun. Developed by Ocean ...
On April 27, 2017 / By Administrator
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Baltimore’s Trash Wheel Has Removed More Than One Million Pounds of Harbor Trash

The world needs more heroes, even if those heroes are solar-powered water wheels. Mr. Trash Wheel, the googly-eyed, trash-gathering water wheel that’s been keeping Baltimore Harbor in Maryland ...
On April 27, 2017 / By Administrator
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Salty Dawgs Complete 2017 Rally to Cuba

On April 17th, twenty three vessels departed Marina Hemingway for the U.S. East Coast in the final leg of the inaugural Salty Dawg Rally to Cuba. The Salty ...
On April 27, 2017 / By Administrator
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Video: 4 Dead After Yacht Hits Breakwater

Four people have died and another two are injured after a Bavaria yacht was wrecked on the breakwater of Rimini harbor in Italy in stormy weather. The Bavaria ...
On April 27, 2017 / By Administrator