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$5,000 Fine for Abandoned Boats in Florida

(Sun Port Charlotte) – Areas of Florida have a problem with people who anchor their boats and leave. Some are boats owned by people who want to save ...
On May 7, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Whose Boat is It?

(KHON2) – The Coast Guard is asking the public’s help in locating the owner of a sailboat that sank off Hawaii Island. The Coast Guard had received a ...
On May 7, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Offshore Cruising and Container Ships

(Sail Web) – We are at the start of May and there have already been over 1,000 containers lost overboard, following the 3,000 that were lost overboard in ...
On May 7, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Fountaine Pajot to Introduce Hydrogen as Alternative Energy Source on its Catamarans

(Robb Report) – Automobiles are making the move to alternative energy sources and now sailboat companies are getting on the bandwagon as well. Fountaine Pajot will be introducing ...
On May 7, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Data Collection While Racing

The Ocean Race, to be held in 2022-23 is a round-the world-race will be capturing data about the state of the seas as the sailors race around the ...
On April 30, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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The Times We Live In

Travel Noire has reported that seven people have been charged in the USVI for submitting fake Covid tests. The U.S. Virgin Islands requires travelers to submit a negative ...
On April 30, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Yacht on the Move

(Superyacht Times) – Imagine if on your way to work you were held up by a 146 foot yacht being trailered down the road. Path, a 146-foot custom ...
On April 30, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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First Coast Guardsman to Make an Olympic Team

The Coast Guard has been in existence for 230 years and for the first time, a Coast Guard member will be sailing for the Olympics this summer in ...
On April 30, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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The Numbers Game for Superyachts

Have you ever wondered how many superyachts were out sailing the oceans? According to Superyacht Times as of December 2020 there were 825 sailing yachts over 100 feet ...
On April 23, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Whale Freed from Netting

(BVI News) – Last week a humpback whale was found entangled in netting in Sir Francis Drake’s Channel, BVI but somehow was able to shake the netting loose. ...
On April 23, 2021 / By Sandy Parks