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Caribbean Coral Being Killed Off – Needs Human Intervention to Stave Off Disease

(courthousenews.com) – An outbreak of a disease that has killed up to 94% of some coral species in the Mexican Caribbean highlights the need for human interventions to ...
On June 17, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Advertise Open House – Latitude Yacht Brokerage

Advertise Open House – Latitude Yacht Brokerage You’re Invited to Latitude Yacht Brokerage Open House! See you June 14, 2022 4pm – 7pm (june 15 raindate) Goat Island ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Salty Dawgs Add Newport, RI Start to the Fall Caribbean Rally

The Salty Dawg Sailing Association has decided to add a start to the fall rally to the Caribbean in Newport, RI in addition to the traditional starting venue ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Kenichi Horie at 83 Becomes Oldest to Sail Solo Across the Pacific

(cnn.com) – Kenichi Horie, at age 83 has become the oldest person to sail across the Pacific Ocean in a solo nonstop voyage from San Francisco to Japan. ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Doyle Sails Partners with Sail to Shelter

What happens to a sail at the end of its life, has been a problem Doyle Sails has been working to solve for many years. However, finding an ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Rescuing a Damaged Cargo Ship

This BBC Future article explains how cargo ships that are in trouble get rescued. Rain lashed the windows. A violent sea pounded the steel hull of the ship ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Iconic Yacht Maiden is a Global Ambassador for Empowerment of Girls Through Education

Tracy Edwards at age 26 captained Maiden with the first all-female crew to ever sail around the world in the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Race. Fast forward ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Autonomous Mayflower Reaches American Shores – in Canada

By Matt O’Brien AP Technology Writer A crewless robotic boat that had tried to retrace the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower has finally reached the shores of ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Antarctic Circumnavigation Record

(abc.net.au) – Lisa Blair from Sydney, Australia has a new world record. She now can claim the record for the fastest unassisted circumnavigation of Antarctica. She was 10 ...
On June 2, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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The Yellow Brick Road Discovered

(actionnews5.com) – Research scientists aboard the exploration vessel Nautilus were investigating underwater structures when they came across a feature that resembles a cobblestone road. This ‘road’ is located ...
On June 2, 2022 / By Sandy Parks