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Third Attempt Frees Vessel From Honolua Bay

(bigislandnow.com) – After two weeks, the 94-foot yacht Nakoa was freed from the shoreline in Honolua Bay, Maui, HI. Over the weeks the vessel was pounding on the ...
On March 10, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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NOAA’s Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Lake Huron Shipwreck, Ironton, Discovered

September 1894 the 191-foot, three-masted schooner, Ironton sank from a collision with the 203-foot steamer Ohio after avoiding a collision with the 190-foot steamer Charles J. Kershaw. The ...
On March 10, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Starlink Launches In-Motion Internet and Balance Catamarans Embraces the Technology

The launch of Starlink’s new Flat High-Performance Panel that winningly provides high-speed, low-latency internet while in motion is here. And it’s easy to see why sailors especially would ...
On March 10, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Sailing with Pets

Are you thinking about bringing your pet onboard, and not just for a day cruise? Sail Universe has a number of tips so your pet makes an easy ...
On March 10, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Transient Vessels and Anchoring Rules in Florida

Florida has nearly one million registered boats, representing 8% of the 12 million recreational boats registered in the U.S. Along with these boats add in the transients that ...
On March 10, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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What’s Happening to Utah’s Great Salt Lake?

(CBS News) – As the picture above shows, Great Salt Lake appears to be shrinking. Once covering 2,300 square miles, the lake is now just about a third ...
On March 3, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Satellite-based Sargassum Watch System (SaWS)

Based on satellite observations and statistics of historical events, in early February 2018 the Optical Oceanography Lab developed the first 1-page Sargassum outlook bulletin for the Caribbean Sea. ...
On March 3, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Why Do It?

This is the 52nd year of the Transpac, a 2,225 mile journey from Los Angeles, CA to Honolulu, HI. The host of the race, Transpacific Yacht Club wondered ...
On March 3, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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What is the Intracoastal Waterway?

Have you ever thought of taking a few weeks to do the Intracoastal Waterway but wondered where exactly it is? The American Sailing Association (ASA) explains the beginning ...
On March 3, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Survival at Sea

(getpocket.com) – In 2019 three men set sail from Japan to Hawaii on a 42 foot sailboat, the Coco-Haz III. They had a short window to bring the ...
On February 24, 2023 / By Sandy Parks