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Coast Guard Report Blames Management, Captain for Sinking of HMS Bounty
If the management and the captain of the sunken tall ship HMS Bounty had “exercised the proper responsibility, judgment and prudence,” the deaths of two people would have ...
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Dock Talk
UPDATE: Hokule‘a and Hikianalia Make Good Time Sailing to Tahiti
Strong, steady trades and lighter, swifter hulls are so far helping Hokule‘a make its fastest time yet to Tahiti, crews sailing on the first international leg of the ...
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Dock Talk
New Polar Code for Cruising in the High Latitudes
Thinking of sailing to the Arctic or Antarctic any time soon? Then you’ll need to know about the new “Polar Code”, being developed for ships and yachts. The ...
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Dock Talk
Meet the 19-Year-Old With a 10-Year Plan to Clean Half the Pacific Ocean
He’s ambitious, backed by 100 researchers, environmentalists and communications professionals, and he’s only 19. Boyan Slat is the president and founder of the Ocean Cleanup and creator of a technology ...
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Dock Talk
Anchor Hauled Up; Is It 222-Year-Old Relic from Vancouver’s Fleet?
It rose from the deep off Whidbey Island, at least 900 pounds of dripping metal that a group of amateur sleuths hope will forever change the history of ...
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Dock Talk
Estonia’s Sailing Potential Revealed
Estonia remains a mystery destination to most yachtsmen, but now the government of the former Soviet satellite Baltic State are engaged in a major push to put the ...
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Dock Talk
US VOR Entrant, Team Alvimedica, Arrives in Newport, RI
Team Alvimedica arrived safely in Newport Monday night and after a 10-day crossing of the Atlantic Ocean the talk was all about a good meal. The Volvo Ocean ...
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Dock Talk
Anchoring a 30-Foot Kenyan Sailing Vessel on the Mall
Nestled in the Indian Ocean just off the northern coast of Kenya, the isolated archipalegeo of Lamu allows visitors to sail hundreds of years back into time. Lamu was ...
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Dock Talk
High Winds Blow Docks Off-Kilter in Chicago
Boat owners at DuSable Harbor in Chicago got a scare Monday as high winds knocked loose a pair of docks. A fast-moving storm blew through the Chicago area ...
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Dock Talk
NOAA Predicts Near-Normal or Below-Normal 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season
In its 2014 Atlantic hurricane season outlook issued today, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a near-normal or below-normal season. The main driver of this year’s outlook is the anticipated development of ...
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