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USCG Returns Distressed Sailors to Harbor

U.S. Coast Guard officials said the USCG Cutter Tarpon has returned with two boaters who were in distress 133 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. Officials say the Tarpon ...
On July 23, 2014 / By Administrator
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Revealing Report on Search for American yacht Nina Released

US based Satellite telephone company Iridium Communications failed to give New Zealand rescuers details of a dramatic final message from a missing yacht Nina until the US State Department intervened, ...
On July 21, 2014 / By Administrator
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USCG Cutter Frees Sailboat Trapped in Arctic Ice

The Coast Guard cutter Healy made a detour from its science mission in the Arctic last Saturday to rescue a sailboat trapped in ice near Barrow, Alaska. The ...
On July 21, 2014 / By Administrator
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Mexico Streamlining Bureaucracy

As many visitors to the recent Progressive San Diego International Boat Show learned, several agencies of the Mexican Government have taken important steps to streamline both immigration procedures ...
On July 2, 2014 / By Administrator
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UPDATE: Japan! (Day 63)

Here’s the latest post from Matt Rutherford upon arrival in Japan after 63 days and over 6,500 miles… This expedition remained exciting to the very end. For the last ...
On July 2, 2014 / By Administrator
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Morgan Completes Vineyard Leg of 38th Voyage

The Charles W. Morgan safely navigated from Newport, Rhode Island, to Vineyard Haven on Wednesday, a leg of the 38th Voyage that turned out to be rougher than ...
On June 19, 2014 / By Administrator
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Bahamas National Trust Seeks to Establish a National Park system

The Bahamas National Trust has been working with a local NGO on San Salvador, the San Salvador living Jewels, to establish a National Park system on the island ...
On June 19, 2014 / By Administrator
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Sailors Flee Croatia as EU Fees Imposed

Yachtsmen are fleeing or avoiding Croatia following draconian EU charges. Cruising Association members keeping their boats in Croatia have had to pay up to £480 for documentation since ...
On June 19, 2014 / By Administrator
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Summer Sailstice is this Saturday! Sign Up and Win!

It’s not too late to sign up for the global sailing holiday, Summer Sailstice! Founded in 2001 as the global, annual celebration of sailing held on the summer ...
On June 18, 2014 / By Administrator
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Early Signs Point to a Strong, Disruptive El Niño

A developing El Niño in the equatorial Pacific has generated the usual predictions of drastic weather changes—some devastating, some beneficial—throughout the world. There’s a 90 percent probability that an El ...
On June 18, 2014 / By Administrator

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