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Tides & Tunes Summer Concerts in Annapolis

There is always something going on at the Annapolis Maritime Museum! The Tides & Tunes Summer Concerts Series offers eight weeks of popular music from rock to folk to ...
On May 28, 2014 / By Administrator
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Search continues for missing sailors 1,000 miles east of Cape Cod

BOSTON — The Coast Guard is continuing its search for four sailors approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Thursday. Since resuming efforts Tuesday, search ...
On May 28, 2014 / By Administrator
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Sailboat Runs Aground Off Old Kona Airport on Hawaii Island

Crews are working to retrieve a 45-foot sailboat after it ran aground on the reef fronting Old Kona Airport county park. Hawaii Island firefighters received a distress call at ...
On May 28, 2014 / By Administrator
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Note to Olympic Sailors: Don’t Fall in Rio’s Water

Nico Delle Karth, an Austrian sailor preparing for the 2016 Summer Olympics, said it was the foulest place he had ever trained. Garbage bobbed on the surface, everything ...
On May 27, 2014 / By Administrator
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3 Sailors Rescued 1,200 Miles Southeast of Cape Cod

Apparently at about the same time that Cheeki Rafiki started experiencing problems, this was going on not too far away… The Coast Guard coordinated a rescue of three ...
On May 27, 2014 / By Administrator
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Birds of a Feather

It is no great secret that likeminded individuals naturally tend to gather themselves together. Sailors are no different. And many cruisers actually point to the camaraderie amongst the ...
On May 27, 2014 / By Administrator
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Jean Pierre Dick Awarded for His Act of "Good Seamanship" in the Vendee Globe

Like Alain Gerbault in 1923, Eric Tabarly in 1964 and Bernard Moitessier in 1966, Jean-Pierre Dick was honoured last night by the Cruising Club of America, when he ...
On May 27, 2014 / By Administrator
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And Away He Goes

Some people like nothing better than to be alone on a vast ocean in a small boat. Webb Chiles is definitely one of those sailors. © 2014 Steve ...
On May 27, 2014 / By Administrator
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Japanese Boat in Southwest Alaska May be Tsunami Debris

A Metlakatla couple has found what may be the largest item to reach Alaska in the wake of the March 2011 tsunami — a 24-foot fiberglass boat. Mark Gunyah and ...
On July 4, 2012 / By Administrator
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Groupama Victorious After Epic Journey

Groupama crossed the finish line in the pitch black Galway night to settle the closest contest in the 39-year history and crown themselves Volvo Ocean Race champions 2011-12. ...
On July 4, 2012 / By Administrator