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Couple Rescued from Burning Sailboat
A couple were forced to leap from a burning yacht after its engine erupted into flames off the coast near Poole in Dorset, U.K.. They were able to ...
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Veteran Yachtsman Rescued at Sea After Accident off the Coast of Australia
A 73-year-old sailor in the process of delivering a yacht from Queensland to Darwin has had to be rescued by the Royal Australian Navy less than 60 miles ...
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Pokémon Go and Boating: Three Tips from BoatUS
The reality-game-meets-exercise app currently taking the nation by storm, “Pokémon Go,” now has 21 million users every day – reportedly the most successful mobile game ever in the ...
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Skipper’s Story: Zest is Dismasted off Spain
En route to the Canary Islands Rupert Holmes’s yacht Zest was dismasted by a rogue wave in a gale 130 miles off the Spanish coast. He tells his ...
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Sailing Cat Acts as Deaf Owner’s ‘Ears at Sea’
Auckland sailor Paul Thompson can’t always hear everything around him while at sea. That’s where his cat comes in. A six-month-old ginger Maine Coon, Strauss von Skattebol of ...
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Space Saving Gadgets for Every Galley
If you have limited kitchen space, it’s often easy to give up on cooking — especially if you don’t have enough room to store the tools and gadgets ...
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Sailor Found Dead Aboard Grounded Sloop
Recently, the South Pacific cruising community was stunned to learn that one of its own, singlehander Lewis Schooler, 64, had been found dead aboard the San Diego-based Hylas ...
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2,000-Year-Old Antikythera Shipwreck Yields New Treasures
One of the world’s most storied shipwrecks is still yielding new discoveries. More than 60 artifacts were pulled from the famed Antikythera shipwreck during a recent expedition of ...
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Teenager Joins North Pole Circumnavigation
While most 14-year old schoolboys might spend their time worrying about friends, homework and the fortunes of their favorite team, Ben Edwards has altogether bigger challenges on his ...
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Volvo Ocean Race Announces Tougher Route for 2017
Tough, intense, and featuring almost three times as much Southern Ocean sailing as the previous edition, the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 will be contested over the longest distance ...
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