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Lending Club 2 Shatters LA to Honolulu Record

The goal was to beat the record time to sail on the TransPac course from Los Angeles to Honolulu. The record, set in 2005, was four days, 19 hours ...
On July 23, 2015 / By Administrator
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Inspired Insanity: Donna Lange Plans 2nd Around the World Sail

The first time Donna Lange sailed around the world by herself it was hardly an easy journey. Over 290 days at sea in her 28-foot sailboat, Inspired Insanity, she ...
On July 16, 2015 / By Administrator
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Man Describes his Rescue Off the Florida Coast After Days at Sea

A 35-year-old man from Rome, Georgia, talks about being rescued and meets with the Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew that saved him, at Air Station Clearwater, Florida, ...
On July 16, 2015 / By Administrator
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Ciguatera Poisoning Cases Higher Than Recorded

Most Keys and Bahamas cruisers know that Barracuda – especially larger ones – often carry this poison, which can cause some nasty gastrointestinal and neurological effects. Did you know ...
On July 16, 2015 / By Administrator
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The Beer Can Regatta in Darwin Australia

First run in 1974 as an event to clean up beer cans littering Darwin’s streets, the race that involves boats made of drink cans has become an iconic ...
On July 16, 2015 / By Administrator
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All Time Speed Record for Dorade During Transatlantic Race

Built in 1929, the 52-foot yawl Dorade has won more ocean races than any other yacht in history and, she is now attempting to repeat her first and ...
On July 9, 2015 / By Administrator
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10 Tales of Legendary Ghost Ships

The sea can be a haunted place, too. Maritime lore is rife with stories about ghost ships, whether at-sea apparitions that bewilder viewers before vanishing into thin air ...
On July 9, 2015 / By Administrator
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Cruise Ship and USCG Aid Sailboat Stranded Between Florida and Bahamas

A man is recovering from severe sunburn after he and another person were rescued after spending nearly a week stranded at sea off the coast of Florida. The ...
On July 9, 2015 / By Administrator
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346 miles in a 14-foot-long Laser in the Atlantic Ocean

Robert Suhay broke the Guinness World Record for the longest distance solo sailed unassisted in a dinghy, which he set last year, by a whole lot more than ...
On July 9, 2015 / By Administrator
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Hydroptère Arrives in Hawaii Without Record

After 10 days, two hours, and 26 minutes, the World’s Fastest Sailing Boat, the Hydroptère, finally arrived at Kewalo Basin from Los Angeles in an attempt to set the ...
On July 9, 2015 / By Administrator

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