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Top Six Sailing Venues in the Caribbean

There are so many wonderful places to sail in the Caribbean and sometimes its helpful to have someone steer you to an unfamiliar spot. Spendlifetraveling.com has traveled for ...
On November 17, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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A Pod of Whales Sinks a Sailboat Off Portugal

(dailymail.co.uk) – A pod of seven whales circled and bumped the 40-foot sailing yacht Smousse off the coast of Portugal November 1. Four crew were on board the ...
On November 10, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Built with German Government Funds – Sailing Yacht A

(luxurylaunches.com) – The sailing vessel A, built in 2017 by Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko is a 470-yacht, the largest sailing yacht in the world. Known for its distinctive ...
On November 10, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Magnetic, True and Grid North Align Over UK for First Time

From the blog on the ordnancesurvey.co.uk comes the news that for the first time in history magnetic north, true north and grid north are all coming into alignment ...
On November 10, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Telemedicine – With a Connected Boat, the Doctor is In

(passagemaker.com) – Telemedicine provides instantaneous online communications with medical professionals, and has saved many lives at sea, aboard Arctic oil rigs, in jungle mining operations, on Mount Everest ...
On November 10, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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RNLI Lifeboat Crew Rescues 40-Foot Yacht Off England’s Southwest Coast

(maritime-executive.com) – Two weeks ago a RNLI crew based out of Newlyn, UK received a request from the coastguard that a 40-foot French yacht with eight people on ...
On November 10, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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How Big Ships Avoid Bad Weather

(dailynautica.com) – How the world of cruise ships, yachting, maritime transport and ports coordinate to manage the criticalities that these phenomena can generate. National centers disseminate information to ...
On October 27, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Long Term Pollution From WWII Shipwreck

(cnn.com) -The V-1302 John Mahn was attacked by the British Royal Air Force on February 12, 1942 off the Belgian coast. The ship was being used by the ...
On October 27, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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178-Foot Trimaran with Tilting Masts

(robbreport.com) – Designer Steve Kozloff has added innovative tilting sailing rigs to just about every type of vessel, from explorers to gigayachts. Now it’s the trimaran’s turn. The ...
On October 27, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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The Fundamental Mechanism for the Regulation of Earth’s Climate Threatened By Global Warming

(phys.org) – The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a system of ocean currents that carries warm water from the tropics into the North Atlantic and transports cold ...
On October 27, 2022 / By Sandy Parks