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Passengers Perspective: A trip to Antarctica

By On January 3, 2011

Sure we’ve all seen and heard of the horror stories involving a boat full of tourists packed onto a ill-equipped vessel travelling to Antarctica.  We’ve also thought to ourselves “how [...]

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Interesting Ship of The Week – The ‘J.W. Westcott II’

By On December 20, 2010

The J.W. Westcott II, owned and operatd by the J.W. Westcott Company based in Detroit Michigan, is a 45-foot-long tugboat that acts as a USPS contracted mail courier, delivering mail and other packages to vessels [...]

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Finally! A ship shape USB hub

By On November 16, 2010

Unlike Christmas music, it’s never to early to start looking for holiday gift ideas.  This 5-port USB hub is the perfect edition to any mariners desk and could be yours [...]

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Interesting, er, Sailboat of The Week – The sinking sailboat

By On November 2, 2010

This is not your typical boater in distress! Love love, the brain child of artist Julien Berthier, is a floating sculpture made from an actual sailboat that has been modified [...]

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Yachting in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert

By On September 7, 2010

This photo comes to gCaptain via Burning Man 2010, the annual week long art event ending on Labor Day on a dry lake bed in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.  Burning [...]

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Incident Photo of The Week – George H.W. Bush Runs Boat Aground

By On July 13, 2010

According to reports, Former President George H.W. Bush ran his 38-foot boat aground on a beach in Maine while trying to maneuver through thick fog.  The Associated Press tells us: [...]

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Clipper Adventurer – Video From An Antarctic Adventure

By On November 17, 2009

For those of you who have been following the site, you probably are aware that gCaptain.com has a sister site (actually more of a brother site) called UnofficialSquaw.com that is [...]

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Millionaire Held “Hostage” Aboard Yacht

By On September 18, 2009

Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Well I can’t say I feel bad for this guy.  Check out this interesting story from CNN explaining why this multi-millionaire is living [...]

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Earn Your Keep with Wired Magazine’s “Cutthroat Capitalism” – The Game

By On July 30, 2009

Wired Magazine has released a fun online game based on a recent article titled “Cutthroat Capitalism” which explores piracy off the coast of Somalia from a business standpoint.  You can [...]

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What the heck is it? Mystery “goo” found floating off Northern Alaskan Coast

By On July 17, 2009

This is pretty gross.  In the Chukchi Sea between Wainwright and Barrow in Norther Alaska, a mysterious “goo” has been spotted drifting in a strand of 12 to 15 miles [...]

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Cities at Sea: A look at some possibilities

By On July 8, 2009

The Seasteading Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating permanent cities at sea as a way to experiment with building new societies without government intereference (as I understand it anyway), [...]

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Bizarre Marketing – LG’s Unusual Launch of New Eco-Friendly Fridge

By On June 30, 2009

LG, the global manufacturer of electronic products and home appliances, has converted a 70-meter long push barge into a large, floating advertisement for the launch of their new eco-friendly refrigerator.  [...]

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