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Great Pacific Garbage Patch: What it Really Looks Like

(bbc.com) – Contrary to popular belief as to how the patch looks, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has no surface to walk on and it cannot be viewed ...
On January 25, 2024 / By Sandy Parks
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US Coast Guard Vessel Documentation

BoatUS is suggesting to boaters with vessels that have a U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Documentation to be wary of any letter arriving by U.S. mail offering renewal. ...
On January 25, 2024 / By Sandy Parks
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Arctic Report Card

(npr.org) – Last month NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, released its annual report on the Arctic. Some of the findings were quite sobering as the Arctic summer ...
On January 4, 2024 / By Sandy Parks
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A Rhode Island Shipwreck Most Likely to be Captain Cook’s Long-Lost Ship

(popularmechanics.com) – For the past two years archaeologists from Australia and Rhode Island have been at odds over the the claim that a shipwreck appears to be that ...
On January 4, 2024 / By Sandy Parks
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Gig Harbor Boat Works Expands Operations

Looking for a handcrafted rowing skiff to go along with your cruising boat? Gig Harbor Boat Works is a custom builder known for quality rowing and sailing craft. ...
On January 4, 2024 / By Sandy Parks
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Archaeologists Discover Scandinavia’s Oldest Known Burial

(maritime-executive.com) – This past summer archaeologists were surveying a burial mound in Leka, Norway. They found large rivets confirming it was a ship burial and recently have been ...
On January 4, 2024 / By Sandy Parks
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Making Whiskey Wave by Wave

(boatus.com) – Kerry Shaw Brown decided to craft his own bourbon blends and was curious as to how whiskey and rum has been transported by sea over the ...
On January 4, 2024 / By Sandy Parks
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Living Aboard While Making a Living

(cnbc com) – In 2008 software engineer Brian Trautman sold all his possessions and embarked on a two-year sabbatical aboard SV Delos, a 53-foot sailboat. In 2011 he ...
On November 30, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Singlehander Rescued by Coast Guard Off North Carolina Coast

(stripes.com) – Coast Guard crews rescued a boater more than a week after his family lost contact with him following his departure from New Jersey in a sailboat ...
On November 30, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Safety Around Orca Whales

For the past couple of years there has been an increase of attacks by orcas on sailboats passing through the waters of Spain and Portugal. An organization has ...
On November 30, 2023 / By Sandy Parks

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