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Beaufort, SC Mooring Field Expansion Slated for Early Next Year

Expansion of the Beaufort Downtown Marina’s mooring field will get underway in the new year, harbormaster Rick Griffin said. Fourteen moorings will be added, which he hopes will ...
On December 4, 2014 / By Administrator
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Sailors Survive After Boat Sinks in the Pacific

Three mariners have made it safely to Oahu aboard a container ship after their sailboat sank 280 miles northeast of Hilo, Hawaii, Thursday. The crew of the 38-foot ...
On December 4, 2014 / By Administrator
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Sailor Presumed Lost at Sea Off West Coast of Mexico

Nearly three weeks overdue on a passage from El Salvador to Acapulco, the unusual 40-ft ‘hybrid wave-piercer’ sloop Seven Sisters was recently found by the Coast Guard, upside-down 400 ...
On December 3, 2014 / By Administrator
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Vestas Wind: A Tale of Escape

Team Vestas Wind’s nine ship-wrecked men finally made it back to civilization yesterday, telling of their amazing escape from a collision with an Indian Ocean reef which grounded ...
On December 3, 2014 / By Administrator
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Building Boats Can Rebuild Lives

In Tacoma, Washington, juvenile offenders are making a promise to turn their lives around, thanks to a program that’s teaching them to build boats – and much, much ...
On December 3, 2014 / By Administrator
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UPDATE: Salty Dawgs Complete Successful Fall Rally to Caribbean

The 68 strong fleet in the Fall Salty Dawg Rally are in the B.V.I. and Bahamas and thoroughly enjoying life in the sun. The passage south started on ...
On December 3, 2014 / By Administrator
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Couple Hard at Work Resurrecting Historic Schooner

The Nathaniel Bowditch is virtually unrecognizable. It’s been gutted and stripped, and it’s in the process of being renovated, repaired and reconstructed. But by mid-summer 2015, Noah and Jane ...
On November 26, 2014 / By Administrator
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Bermuda to Host 2017 America’s Cup

The tax haven of Bermuda has been picked over San Diego to host the 2017 America’s Cup, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press ...
On November 26, 2014 / By Administrator
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Caribbean Weather Reporting Buoy Adrift

The NOAA Weather Reporting Buoy (no. 42059), based in the Eastern Caribbean Sea 180 NM SSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico is now adrift. This weather reporting buoy is still ...
On November 26, 2014 / By Administrator
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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Makes Solo Sailing History Again at 75 with 3rd in Class in the Route du Rhum Race

Sir Robin-Knox Johnston has made solo sailing history again by finishing in 3rd place in the Route du Rhum Race’s Rhum class. Sir Robin, 75, admitted that it ...
On November 26, 2014 / By Administrator