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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
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Boating Etiquette

Andy Du Pont in Practical Boat Owner draws on his years of sailing experience to discuss proper boating etiquette. He notes both the serious and not so serious ...
On June 2, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Remembering the Falklands War

(gcaptain.com) – Forty years ago there was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the UK, from April 2, 1982 – Jun 14, 1982. The war resulted from ...
On June 2, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Using Drones to Predict Hurricane Paths and Intensity

(insideclimatenews.org) – Over the past few years hurricane experts have gotten very good at forecasting the track of hurricanes but forecasting storm intensity still eludes them. This is ...
On June 2, 2022 / By Sandy Parks