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Whale Strike in the Pacific

(Yachting Monthly) – Sailing journalist Peter Nielsen was helping to deliver an Atlantic 46 catamaran One Tree Island in August 2020 when he and the two others onboard ...
On December 11, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Christmas Trees Travel Lake Michigan

(MIchigan Live) – As they have done for the past 20 years, the Coast Guard recreated the 1912 Christmas-time journey of the Rouse Simmons, a Lake Michigan cargo ...
On December 11, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Heavy Weather Causes Loss of Well Over 1,000 Containers

(G Captain) – Heavy weather in early December caused a container ship, the ONE Apus, to roll heavily in seas in the mid-Pacific causing the loss or damage ...
On December 11, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Covid-19 Aids in Fishless Fish Growth

(Outside Magazine) – The seafood industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, sales of fresh seafood have dropped while canned and frozen seafood has surged. Some companies ...
On December 11, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Two Resued 300 Miles East of Cape Hatteras, NC

(Coastland Times) – December 5, 2020, at 9:30 am the Coast Guard received an alert that a vessel was in distress from rough weather and inoperable sails and ...
On December 11, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Six Women Skippers in Vendée Globe

(Euro News) – In this year’s edition of the Vendée Globe, out of the 32 skippers, six are women, representing three nationalities. This is a first for the ...
On December 4, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Three Sailors Rescued Off California Coast

(San Francisco, CBS Local) – The San Franciso Coast Guard were contacted by three sailors who were stranded near Seal Islands as their boat had run aground. Coast ...
On December 4, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Tropical Storm Eta Uncovers 1800s Shipwreck

(NY Daily News) – Walking along Crescent Beach in St. Augustine, FL a beachgoer discovered wreckage of the Caroline Eddy, an American merchant ship from August, 1880. Researchers ...
On December 4, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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First Live Video From the Mariana Trench

(ABC.net.au) – In a historic first, Chinese scientists streamed live footage of its submersible the Fendouzhe as it was parked at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the ...
On December 4, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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BVI Exclusion Zone

Be aware of the changing rules and regulations for sailing in the Caribbean this winter as countries try to successfully manage tourists on land and sea during the ...
On December 4, 2020 / By Sandy Parks

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