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Plastic in Our Playground

The ocean is our playground. We sail on it, we swim in it, we fish from it, and without it we wouldn’t have 60-80% of the world’s oxygen…so ...
On June 26, 2012 / By Administrator
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Kannad Marine SafeLink R10 Survivor Recovery System

Overall Winner of the 2012 Pittman Innovation Awards. West Marine 2012 Top 6 Product. The Kannad Marine SafeLink R10 SRS (Survivor Recovery System) is worn on a lifejacket ...
On June 26, 2012 / By Administrator
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The Pink Boat

The Pink Boat (Darwind) has partnered with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in the pursuit of preventing and curing breast cancer and saving the lives of hundreds of ...
On June 26, 2012 / By Administrator
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Sailstice is this weekend!

Competitors in the Clipper Round the World Race will be celebrating somewhere in the North Atlantic. Where will you be? There are plenty of opportunities to get out ...
On June 20, 2012 / By Administrator
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90 Years Young and Still Skippering Her Own Sailboat

How old is too old to go sailing? One Australian woman thinks age has no limits. Parkdale Yacht Club sails off the beach in Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay ...
On June 20, 2012 / By Administrator
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Whale Sinks Boat Off the Coast of Mexico

A California man was rescued after his 50-foot sailboat was struck by a whale while he was sailing alone about 40 miles off the coast of Mexico. The ...
On June 20, 2012 / By Administrator
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Captain Loses Hand and Runs Afoul of Florida Law

It’s one of those stranger-than-fiction stories that could only happen in the Everglades. In addition to having his hand bitten off by an alligator, an airboat tour guide ...
On June 20, 2012 / By Administrator
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Sailor Evacuated from Newport Bermuda Race Yacht

Intense efforts on the part of many people came to a satisfying end before dawn on June 18, when an ill sailor was evacuated from a yacht competing ...
On June 20, 2012 / By Administrator
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Update: Searchers Ashore to Start Search for Wrecked Sailors

Finally, after delays caused by bureaucracy and 10-foot swells, 16 local searchers will make a land-based search of the island of Late, west of Vava’u, Tonga, for two ...
On June 19, 2012 / By Administrator
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Revolutionary Tank Monitors from Gobius

Do you know how full your holding tank is? Not knowing can be a problem and an embarrassment–just as bad or worse than not knowing how much water ...
On June 19, 2012 / By Administrator