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CNN sends news of a tragic ferry capsize in the Phillipines. They write:
Rescuers have found at least 33 survivors and at least six dead among the nearly 750 aboard a ferry that capsized in  Typhoon Fengshen that battered the southern Philippines, a Red Cross official said Monday.
A U.S. Navy ship equipped with helicopters will soon […]

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When tornado’s strike over sea they are know as Waterspouts. The Florida Keys see the largest number of waterspouts per year with as many as 400 to 500 in a given season. In this video, captured last May, a rather large waterspout collides with a number of ships off the cost of Singapore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g_Kqowj6rs

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In 1896 the first ever row across a major body of water was marked in the record books. Since that day when Samuelson and Harbo completed their voyage over 200 people have rowed across the Atlantic and seven women have done it solo including Roz Savage. Today she is looking to one up herself in […]

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gCaptain reader and meteoralogist Brad Snook writes:
I spent 13 years as a Meteorologist, recommending routes and forecasting seas and swells for merchant ships around the world. During those years, I witnessed incredible changes in technologies, in changes to Communications (cable to sitor to fax, telex, e-mail), in the coming of GPS and position polling, in […]

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It might soon be time for a revision of Pilot Charts. NatGeo tells us:
Europe and North America may soon experience chillier temperatures, thanks to natural North Atlantic variations that could temporarily mask the effects of human-driven, or anthropogenic, climate change.
“We believe that ocean currents and systems could, in the short term, change global warming patterns […]

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The following happen so close to gCaptain Headquarters here in Morro Bay California that our CEO called from his ship to make sure the building was secure and relatives were safe. The future gCaptain was a little close for comfort but all ended well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecRyyDkVhVI

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Morro Bay isn’t a friendly inlet so our hats off to the […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7erjOFT2490

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As a young cadet cadet excited about an approaching storm the C/M told me something Ifind myself repeating; “You can tell the green hands from the old salts by their reaction to an approaching storm. The newbie will say ‘This is going to be fun’ while the old salt is thinking ‘Shit, not another’.

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The National Weather Service (NWS) Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) is requesting comments relating to the importance of accurate and timely marine weather analyses to shipboard operations. Staffers at the center are especially interested in how this information is used to avoid damage, injury or loss of life. Equally important are comments associated with the use […]

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by Øystein Ellingsen
Shipspotter VOX tells us: The Norwegian car ferry Bergensfjord was enroute Bergen - Hanstholm early last week when she enouctered 8 meter waves. 2 trailers were overturned.

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Did you send a AMVER / SEAS report to NOAA and are unsure if they received it? Head over to NOAA’s VOS Observations Received Table and search down the list for your call sign. If a mistake was detected you’ll see the word FAILED stamped in big red letters if not click “Observation” […]

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