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Crew of Container Ship Rescues Sailor in Distress 990 Miles Off U.S. West Coast
The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of a sailor in distress more than 990 miles west of Oregon by utilizing the Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) system. Responding ...
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Reserve Your Spot at the Salty Dawg Rally Cruising Seminars
The nonprofit Salty Dawg Rally™ has scheduled a comprehensive series of free blue water cruising seminars to be held prior to the sailboat shows in Newport, Rhode Island ...
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The Vic-Maui Race Aboard Kraken
Kraken is a Beneteau First 40.7 from West Vancouver, British Columbia participating in the The Victoria to Maui International Race. The 2016 Vic-Maui fleet , a 2300 nautical mile offshore race ...
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What Happens During a Helicopter Evacuation at Sea
Nigel Richards recounts his experience with a medical emergency offshore. I had been looking for a crew spot for an ocean crossing for a few weeks. An off-chance ...
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Tool Buying Guide for the Cruising Sailor
Boat ownership requires a bevy of tools that would make Bob Vila jealous. We suggest keeping your most-used tools in their very own “fix-it” bag. While the tools ...
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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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