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Vendee Globe- two weeks in.Off to a typical start- winners and losers emerge. |
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State to back Oliver Hazard Perry funding |
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Ocean Voyager |
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Thirty years later, a Flyer crew reunion |
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Web Exclusives |
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Sandy’s left hookThe Coriolis effect tends to make storms curve to the right in the northern hemisphere. So why did Hurricane Sandy make a left turn? |
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Kiwi Spirit shakedown cruise a successStanley Paris takes boat from Newport to Bermuda on first ocean passage |
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Nav aid returns after Sandy damageAids to navigation crew replaces light tower in New Jersey |
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Northern and southern star trailsA cool video shows the apparent motion of stars in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres |
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New rules for Marion Bermuda Race2013 race will allow for larger vessels, sail inventory changes, sail training vessels and more |
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Scientists fail to find South Pacific IslandScientists on a research vessel in the South Pacific find an island on Google Maps, but not in the ocean |
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Vendee Globe- two weeks in.Off to a typical start- winners and losers emerge. |
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Odd case of the Argonaut sinkingSurvivor's story of voyaging boat sinking is questioned by family of missing builder/owner |
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Sea trial celebrationDr. Stanley Paris arrives in Newport after successful sea trial of Kiwi Spirit |
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Sandy boatyard damageVideo by Boat US of hurricane damage to boats in Staten Island and New Jersey |
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AIS antenna splitterOccasionally I run across a product that so impresses me that I take the time to thoroughly research it and then pass on my conclusions to you. The Si-Tex Metadata AIS Antenna Splitter is one of these exceptional products |
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Tall ship takes shapeOliver Hazard Perry will be Rhode Island's official sail training vessel |
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Vendee Globe starts November 10The world's greatest ocean race |
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Socrates solo effort threatened by calmSolo circumnavigation effort may be scotched by lack of wind in San Francisco Bay |
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Apple store afloat?A yacht partially designed by Steve Jobs was launched recently in the Netherlands |
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Bounty EPIRB outlives 48 hour specsThe 406 EPIRB that was instrumental in the rescue of the Bounty survivors is still broadcasting in the Atlantic |
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Intriguing Hurricane Sandy animationAn animated compilation of the various NOAA/NWS forecast maps for Hurricane Sandy |
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First sail for SpeedDream prototypeSpeedDream team sails scale version of boat for breaking monohull speed record |
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Bounty replica sinks off HatterasThe full rigged ship replica of HMS Bounty sank in hurricane conditions some crew missing |
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Coast Guard helicopter lased off HawaiiA U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew has been forced to land after a laser made contact with their aircraft |
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A useful canvas bucket from old sailsCall me a pack rat, but I hate throwing anything away that could still have some use aboard. My husband David uses old line to make ocean plait rugs. I use old jacklines to keep jerry jugs firmly in place on deck and also as hoists when making courtesy flags. So when it came time to buy a new mainsail, I couldn't just throw the old one away. |
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Dutch team wins leg 2 of Nord Stream RaceSailing Swan 60s the Dutch teams takes the overall lead |
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The Anchor ShopDropping anchor on the subject of mooring tackle led to this rather cheesy parody |
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Wind songsMusic and creak of the rigging go together - a look at songs in the key of sea |
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Airliner spots offshore sailor in distressTimely action and a borrowed pair of binoculars lead to an offshore rescue |
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GOES-13 on the disabled list, GOES-14 called into serviceThe GOES satellites occupy geo-stationary orbits around the earth, which means they orbit the earth at the same speed at which the earth rotates. |
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Drone studies TS NadineGathering data on the formation of a tropical storm in the Atlantic |
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Portland to become schooner haven?Ocean Classroom is moving its headquarters and will overhaul boats in Portland |
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Chuck Husick Technology Award 2012Co-winners share the second annual Chuck Husick Marine Technology Award |
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AC World Series: Spithill ShinesOracle Team USA's skipper Jimmy Spithall leaving everyone in his dust |
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Wi-Fi on board, part III |
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Electronic riches in OrlandoJudging the Technology Award at the National Marine Electronics convention means making some tough choices |
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A Rising Sun and rain in the forecastRich or poor, when it rains we all get stuck below deck. |
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Tall tailsOf all the thousands of books on ocean crossing adventures, one stands out as the strangest voyage of all time. |
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AC World Series: Jazz on an Autumn DayStunning America's Cup and AC World Series television action is in store thanks to the improvisational mind of Stan Honey. |
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Most northerly Northwest PassageThree sailors have completed the first sailing passage through Canada's M'Clure Strait |
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Standing by for the arrival of a second sunRising Sun, said to be the sixth largest, private yacht in the world, will be visiting sometime this month |
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MOD70 European Tour 2012What one-design ocean racing looks like |
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New CeMA facility plansClean eMarine Americas announces plans to build a new production facility in St. Petersburg, FL |
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Musandam-Oman Sail takes the lead, for nowAn update to the current standings of the MOD-70's as they close in on the second leg of the 2012 European Tour |
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Updated ICW guideLeslie and John Kettlewell release a revised edition of ICW guide |
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Loss of an ocean voyagerExperienced ocean sailor and Ocean Navigator contributor Ned Cabot dies at sea |
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Beached CroweRussell Crowe, and friend, rescued by USCG near Long Island |
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Divers gather video at Aegean wreck siteTwo San Diego men look deeper into the Aegean sinking during Newport-Ensenada Race |
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Reason to refitA Nator's Swan 90, Kora 5, is refit and relaunched |
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Tropical Storm Alert: USVI & Puerto RicoAn update from the USCG on Port Condition status for Tropical Storm Isaac |
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2012 NSHOF InductionThe National Sailing Center & Hall of Fame announces its 2012 Inductees and also awards posthumous honors |
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GPS testing to result in Hawaii outagesGPS testing in the Hawaiian Islands will be taking place for the next three weeks |
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Hot summer, cold topicFor most folks in the continental U.S., 2012 has featured one of the hottest summers on record. So it may seem a little unusual at this time of year to focus on the topic of sea ice. |
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ABYC updates standardsCondensed information from recent ABYC press release |
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Always ask for IDThief makes off with two boats, collectively worth $150,000 |
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Thought you had a busy weekend?USCG, with help from good samaritans, is able to rescue more than a dozen people in one weekend |
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Team efforts are a life saver72-year-old man rescued off shores of Hawaii |
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Hurricane season might pack extra kickNOAA projects an increase in major storms this season |
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First Cruise for Life a successThe First Annual Cruise for Life celebration and fundraiser is a great success |
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Proper radio etiquetteThe rise of handheld VHF has meant that mariners have radios with them at nearly all times for line of sight communication. But many mariners don’t use proper radio etiquette. |
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SWAZIK sails to firstRecap of the 2012 Pacific Cup |
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NMEA to introduce OneNetNMEA has announced a new system for utilizing NMEA 2000 via Ethernet |
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New A-Series Multifunction Displays |
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All in a day's workFrancis Joyon breaks solo world record |
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Is LED deck caulk the next trend?Image gallery of a new Dykstra and Claydon Reeves concept |
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Star Walk App |
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A sea mount lurkingRoyal Navy survey ship discovers massive mount in the Red Sea. |
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SPOT used in two recent TowBoatUS cases |
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Wi-Fi on board, part II |
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Rally friends save catamaranWhen a boat in the WorldArc rally drags anchor and is holed, fellow sailors save the day |
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First Krys Ocean Race finishesLess than five days across the Atlantic for these 70-foot trimarans |
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Report from VicMaui RaceSkipper David Sutcliffe provides an onboard report from Kinetic |
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Titanic dinner with James CameronImpressions of a special dinner to commemorate Titanic held in Santa Ana, Calif. |
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Attack on cruising couple in PanamaCruisers in Panama's Boca del Toro region come under attack |
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Americans rescue Austrian in English ChannelA voyaging couple save a drifting fisherman headed for the open Atlantic |
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Navy interested in laser flaresRecall the grisly final scene in the movie Dead Calm involving a flare gun? Picture the bright flares firing briefly over the doomed Titanic. |
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Fast passage across the pondFive 70-foot multihulls will race transatlantic from NYC to Brest in the Krys Ocean Race |
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Intriguing plug for ocean explorationInfographic says we're focused more on space than our oceans |
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Unlikely rescue at seaAn intriguing example of expertise, perseverance and good luck |
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Suspected link between hoax distress callsTwo hoax distress calls in New Jersey and Texas may be connected, Coast Guard officials say |
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Wi-Fi on board, part I |
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New anchors coming from the Spade folks |
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Docking strategies |
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Nobeltec and Taylor Marine Announce Partnership |
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Changing EPIRB battery causes loss of registration |
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How to take an 80-foot mast under a 65-foot bridge |
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Bronze? Still? |
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U.S. Sailing appoints review panel after sailors are lost |
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Landing pads are in |
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Sea users and marine interest groups to decide conservation zones |
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Scottish crew rows to magnetic pole |
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Entries set for Global Ocean Race |
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Anchored boat cancels Fort Walton fireworks |
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Ex-hostages plan on sailing trip to Caribbean |
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Hurricane Irene closes canal systems |
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