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Investigation into the Whale Attacks Along the Atlantic Coast

We’ve previously written about whales attacking boats off the coast of Gibraltar and the Spanish coast. In this article from Yachting World, the author spoke with marine scientist ...
On September 9, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Using Underwater Structures to Help Grow Islands and Rebuild Coastlines

(getpocket.com) – Sea levels are rising and at a faster rate over the past few decads than ever before. With 40% of the world’s population living in coastal ...
On September 9, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Seminar Schedule for Newport Boat Show

Are you headed to the Newport, RI Boat Show running from September 16- September 19? They have just released the seminar schedule which has topics for everyone, covering ...
On September 9, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Making Your Own Rope

(Practical Boat Owner) – Here is a great way to impress your friends. Mark Shiner demonstrates how to take your lines and turn them into rope you can ...
On September 9, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Search on for Missing Sailor

Eighty four year-old Peter Ashby of Toronto, Canada has been missing since last Thursday and a search began after his 27-foot sailboat, Resolute, was found washed ashore in ...
On September 9, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Island Hopping in Greece

Tony and Tessa Cross have spent many years sailing the Aegean and in the Greek Reporter have written about what it is like to live aboard. While the ...
On September 2, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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It Takes a Village – Working to Eliminate a 250% Increase in Boating Fees in California

(Trade Only Today) – A proposed 250% increase in recreational vessel registration fees has been eliminated by a coalition of boating groups working together. The group noted that ...
On September 2, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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New Report on Tropical Storms by the United Nations

(Inside Climate News) – A United Nations climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change offers the most thorough evaluation of the physical science associated with global ...
On September 2, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Maine’s Rubber Ducky

(NECN.com) – The supersized rubber ducky that mysteriously appeared in Belfast, Maine last week has just as mysteriously disappeared. A note on the harbormaster’s bulletin board noted the ...
On September 2, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Hurricane Ida From Space

Hurricane Ida blew ashore in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet of France captured this ...
On September 2, 2021 / By Sandy Parks