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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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More Discoveries in the Great Barrier Reef

(CNN) – Scientists have discovered a new reef in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and this one measures about 1,600 feet tall. They made the discovery while mapping the ...
On November 20, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Rescue Off Portugal

(Maritime Executive) – Three sailors from a 49 foot catamaran were rescued off the coast of Portugal by a Finnish RoRo ship, the Midas. The catamaran had capsized ...
On November 20, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Three Rescued From Capsized Trimaran

(Perth Now, AUS) – Three sailors were rescued off the coast of Garden Island in Western Australia. They were sailing their trimaran in heavy seas when the boat ...
On November 20, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Forty Five Years On Edmund Fitzgerald Crew Remembered

(Detroit Free Press) – November 10, 1975 the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in heavy seas in Lake Superior. Immortalized in the haunting song written by Gordon Lightfoot the ...
On November 20, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Largest Drug Bust in BVI History

(Virgin Islands Consortium) – Last week officials in the British Virgin Islands seized cocaine valued at about $250 million dollars from the house of a BVI police officer. ...
On November 20, 2020 / By Sandy Parks

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