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VOR Update: Alvimedica Takes Leg 9 and Abu Dhabi Wins Overall

Team Alvimedica’s skipper Charlie Enright won the final offshore battle of the Volvo Ocean Race today in Sweden, but the overall trophy belonged firmly with his rival from ...
On June 25, 2015 / By Administrator
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Woman Falls Overboard While on Watch

A massive two-day search for Carly Hill, who reportedly fell overboard while on watch on a catamaran while her husband Peter slept below deck, has led nowhere. Carly, 58, ...
On June 24, 2015 / By Administrator
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Troubled Waters: Piracy Over the Years

As globalization pushes maritime trade to historic new heights, the ocean fills each year with more and more ships carrying an ever greater wealth of goods and resources. ...
On June 24, 2015 / By Administrator
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Searchers Find Body of Missing Yachtsman in Waters off Victoria, Australia

Searchers have found a body believed to be that of a sailor who went missing in waters off eastern Victoria, Australia over the weekend. The 65-year-old’s boat was found ...
On June 24, 2015 / By Administrator
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Mini Transat – an Ocean Race for Mad People?

The Mini Transat Îles de Guadeloupe is a sailing race that is solo sailed and on which there is no contact with the outside world. “First, pass your ...
On June 18, 2015 / By Administrator
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Maine Maritime Students Rescue Sailor in Atlantic

An excerpt from Day 41 of the Cruise Blog of TS State of Maine, Maine Maritime Academy Training Ship. Roughly 500 miles from Nova Scotia the bridge was contacted ...
On June 17, 2015 / By Administrator
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UPDATE: 2018 Golden Globe Race

June 14, 2015 marked the 46th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s departure from Falmouth UK back in 1968 to become the first person to sail singlehanded non-stop around the ...
On June 17, 2015 / By Administrator
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Will globe-wide high-speed internet become a reality?

Globe-wide high-speed internet would truly be a boon for boaters, cruisers, and others who can’t be reached by a cable. Bill Gates tried in the ’90s until the ...
On June 17, 2015 / By Administrator
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Bone Island Regatta Boats Cruise to Havana

For the first time in many years, American cruising boats have reached Cuba – legally! A Cuba travel organization and an American yacht club arranged for a group ...
On June 11, 2015 / By Administrator
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Lifeboat Assists Helicopter Rescue off Caldey Island, UK

While sailing 10 miles south of Caldey Island in the UK, a 62-year-old crew member went over on his ankle and fell, suffering a cut to the back ...
On June 11, 2015 / By Administrator

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