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Man Rescued from 24 ft Sailboat off the Coast of North Carolina

The Coast Guard rescued a 65-year-old man Saturday, March 19, who was aboard a sailboat 25 miles east of Hobucken, North Carolina. Watchstanders at Sector North Carolina received ...
On March 23, 2016 / By Administrator
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Sail to Maine With the Salty Dawgs

The Salty Dawg Rally is hosting two new events on the Chesapeake this summer – the Rally to Maine, from the Southern Chesapeake to Newport and Maine, and ...
On March 23, 2016 / By Administrator
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The Clipper Round the World Race is Heading to the U.S.

On March 21st, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet began the ninth of 14 races as it heads across the Pacific Ocean to Seattle, USA from Qingdao, ...
On March 23, 2016 / By Administrator
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Solo Sailor Swept off his Boat in the Mona Passage near Puerto Rico

David Thompson felt the smack of a wave and found himself hanging by a tether off the back of his sailboat in the Atlantic Ocean, the northern coast ...
On March 17, 2016 / By Administrator
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Yacht Thief Jailed After Being Rescued off the Northeast Coast Scotland

A man with no sailing experience who stole a yacht – and then had to be rescued during a storm – has been jailed for 19 months. Cathal Matthew, ...
On March 17, 2016 / By Administrator
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Gunboat 55, Rainmaker, is Found After a Year Adrift in the Atlantic

The Gunboat 55 Rainmaker was hauled back to shore after more than a year adrift in the Atlantic. Fourteen months after Rainmaker, a 55-foot Gunboat, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean, members ...
On March 17, 2016 / By Administrator
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Shipwreck Discovered from Explorer Vasco da Gama’s Fleet

The oldest shipwreck from Europe’s Golden Age of Exploration has been found off the coast of Oman, the country’s Ministry of Heritage and Culture announced. The wreck is ...
On March 17, 2016 / By Administrator
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US Coast Guard Seeks Input for Atlantic and Gulf Seacoast Study

The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking input from commercial and recreational mariners for an assessment of navigation requirements on the Atlantic and Gulf seacoast. The Coast Guard Waterways ...
On March 16, 2016 / By Administrator
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Update: Joe Harris aboard GryphonSolo2 Rounds Cape Horn

Accomplished solo sailor Joe Harris set off from Newport, Rhode Island on November 15, 2015 in an attempt to break the non stop solo around the world record ...
On March 16, 2016 / By Administrator
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A Story of How Weekend Sailors Won the 1973 Whitbread Race

The San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival, screening on March 10-13 in the Cowell Theater at Fort Mason, will include a documentary about the unlikely North American winner ...
On March 10, 2016 / By Administrator

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