Courage
CourageA Novel of the SeaBy Alan LittellBrillig Press; 128 pagesISBN: 978-0-9793648-0-8 A foundering steamer in a winter North Atlantic gale slowly comes apart as its crew struggles to save it. And then when those efforts fail, they try to…
Henry Hudson: Dreams and Obsessions
Henry Hudson: Dreams and ObsessionsBy Corey SandlerCitadel Press/Kensington Publishing Corp.New York, N.Y.Copyright 2007ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-2739-0 In his newest book, Henry Hudson: Dreams and Obsessions, veteran newsman and Associated Press corrspondant Corey Sandler endeavors to shed light on some of the…
Peyron and Orange II shatter trans-Atlantic crossing record
Frenchman Bruno Peyron and his crew on board the maxi-catamaran Orange II completed a voyage for the history books on July 6 by demolishing the record for a trans-Atlantic crossing with a final time of four days, eight hours, 23…
Mont Blanc disaster links two cities
For more than 250 years, the histories of the port cities of Boston and Halifax, Nova Scotia, have been irrevocably linked and intertwined. But one shared bit of history that may not be as well known as it should links…
Fiddler's Green
Richard Bertram 1916-2000 Richard Howard Bertram - racer, boatbuilder and yacht broker - died on April 28, 2000, at his home in Stuart, Fla. He was born Feb. 4, 1916, in East Orange, N.J., and started sailing with his parents…
Fare increase for Panama Canal
The Panama Canal will no longer be an inexpensive way totransport a yacht between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans if an expected increase in the toll takes effect this spring. Instead of the relatively cheap $650 transit fee ($250 plus…
Offshore telemedicine services explained
From Ocean Navigator #99 July/August 1999 To the editor: Thank you for summarizing the services of the Maritime Health Services Division of Global Medical Systems, Inc. (MHS), in the recent story by William Boyd on telemedicine ("Doctor on Call," Issue…
By the numbers
Long before the advent of electronics and high tech wind measuring devices, a qualitative wind estimating method called the Beaufort Scale of Wind Forces was used. It was invented by an early English navigator by the name of Francis Beaufort…
