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Treasure Hunter Marks 5th Year in Jail for Refusing to Note Location of Missing Gold Coins

(Tampa Bay Times) – The SS Central America, known as the Ship of Gold sank off the coast of South Carolina in a 1857 hurricane. In 1988 research ...
On December 18, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Two Cyclones Devloping in the South Pacific

(noonsite) – As if 2020 hasn’t thrown enough at us, two separate cyclones are developing in the Pacific which could have impact on a number of countries. With ...
On December 18, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Disagreement in Barbados

(The Guardian) – Islanders and developers in Barbados are not seeing eye to eye. A group of investors are planing on building a $2 billion luxury resort in ...
On December 18, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Solo, Non-Stop Sail From New York to San Francisco

Experienced, 42 year old sailor Ryan Finn plans on sailing a 36-foot proa, Jzerro on a 60-day journey, attempting to establish a record for a non-stop singlehanded journey ...
On December 18, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Closing a Country’s Borders – Be Aware

by Hank George, President, SDSA and Bruce Rabun Many cruisers are familiar with the term “Right of Innocent Passage” and interpret that to mean as long as they ...
On December 11, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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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