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Pensacola a La Habana 2015: Rally and Race to Cuba
The Pensacola Yacht Club has announced an offshore rally and race from Pensacola, Florida in October, 2015 to the Hemingway International Yacht Club near Havana, Cuba. The rally and ...
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Safety Lessons from the Orca Accident Report
On Sunday 8 June 2014, the dredger Shorewaywas in collision with the sailing yacht Orca, seven miles off the coast of Felixstowe, England. Orca, a 31 foot Moody sailing yacht suffered catastrophic ...
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125,000 at the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover Exceeded All Expectations
The final visitor count of approximately 125,000 at the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover exceeded all expectations for the 12-day celebration.Organizers from Sail Newport, Rhode Island’s Public ...
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2 Rescued From Sailboat Near Charleston, SC
A man and a woman were rescued off the Charleston jetties when their sailboat ran aground and began to take on water. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Charleston ...
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Ocean Currents and Eddies in High-Resolution
Experts say the images, created by Los Alamos National Laboratory, are extremely important in tracking ocean current changes. The oceans play an important role in the earth’s climate; they ...
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French Girl Dies of Hypothermia After Yacht Sinks
A 6-year-old French girl who braved hours in the ocean with her father amid 10-meter (33-foot) waves after a yacht sank in the mid-Atlantic later died of hypothermia, ...
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Cruising Catamaran Holed on Uncharted Reef in Thailand
Bob Mott, who runs Charter Catamaran in Thailand has sent us photographs of a cruising catamaran that has been severely holed after a collision with an unchartered reef ...
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Cruising Cuba: You Can Check Out Any Time You Want….
Cruising Compass is pleased to have received dispatches this winter from cruiser Sissy Puedes in Cuba. Here’s another installment… A boat can visit Cuba for years without being subject ...
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SipaBoard- A Self Inflating, Jet Propelled SUP
SipaBoard stand up paddle boards come equipped with an electric battery that powers both the self-inflation pump and the safely hidden jet engine. Just as a bit of ...
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Little Boats, Big Ocean, Intense Competition
Photos credits: courtesy of Ed Cesare, Jen Edney/2014 Atlantic Cup and courtesy of Mike Dreese. The maxi yachts get all the attention in the marina. But on the racecourse for the Transatlantic ...
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