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Monday, May 2, 2016
Sailing Legend Ditching Modern Tech in Daring Trans-Atlantic Race
Maritime News

Sailing Legend Ditching Modern Tech in Daring Trans-Atlantic Race

By Noah Davis (Bloomberg) — Loïck Peyron will spend the next month crossing the Atlantic Ocean, something he has done several times before. But this

May 2, 2016
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Thursday, February 11, 2016
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Blog

Sailboat Lightning Strike Caught On Camera

Terrible day for this sailboat moored off of Kassandra in Northern, Greece. Might want to give a once over of the electronics after a direct hit like that. At

February 11, 2016
Total Views: 99

Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – SAIL Amsterdam Festival Kicks Off with Huge Parade
Maritime News

Ship Photos of the Day – SAIL Amsterdam Festival Kicks Off with Huge Parade

  Here are some photos from Wednesday’s Sail-In Parade marking the beginning of the SAIL Amsterdam 2015 maritime festival held in Amsterdam,

August 19, 2015
Total Views: 82

Sunday, June 7, 2015
Nightmare Navigation – Containership Outbound Through Pack of Sailboats
Interesting

Nightmare Navigation – Containership Outbound Through Pack of Sailboats

  Here’s a video shot from the wheelhouse of the containership MV Dole Ecuador outbound on San Diego Bay on June 3, 2015, through a pack of

June 7, 2015
Total Views: 53

Wednesday, April 29, 2015
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Maritime News

Lending Club Sailing Breaks Newport-Bermuda Course Record [VIDEO]

With an average speed of 27 knots, the 105-foot maxi trimaran Lending Club (ex Banque Populaire 7) has broken the course record between Newport, Rhode Island

April 29, 2015
Total Views: 18

Monday, February 2, 2015
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News

Mariners Take Aim at Autonomous Sailing “Buoy”

Race organizers of the “Microtransat” apparently got the response they were looking for from the IMO and French Coastguard.  Their race across

February 2, 2015
Total Views: 65

Thursday, January 15, 2015
Banque Populaire VIII
News

Next Vendée Globe to Feature Foiling Monohulls [VIDEO]

Pretty excited to see the folks at Banque Populaire pushing the envelope once more. Yachtsman Armel Le Cléac’h unveiled today his team’s 18-meter

January 15, 2015
Total Views: 40

Thursday, November 6, 2014
comanche sailing
Multimedia

Comanche Rips Along Under Full Sail [VIDEO]

Finally, some proper video shot of the 100-foot Comanche fully powered up, by renowned sailing photographer Onne van der Wal. Those guys hiking out on the

November 6, 2014
Total Views: 62

Monday, November 3, 2014
sodebo ultim
Collision

With 40 Knots Closing Speed, Offshore Racing Trimaran Runs into Cargo Ship

Sodebo, a 31 meter carbon fiber offshore racing trimaran collided with a cargo ship in the English Channel at 23:30 last night, less than 24 hours from

November 3, 2014
Total Views: 187

Tuesday, October 28, 2014
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Multimedia

Comanche Stretches Her Legs on Delivery to Charleston

On a delivery last week from Newport to Charleston, the Hodgdon Yachts-built 100-foot carbon raceboat Comanche had her first opportunity to really stretch her

October 28, 2014
Total Views: 19

Wednesday, September 24, 2014
columbia eastern shipbuilding sailing yacht
Maritime News

William Starling Burgess’ Columbia Sets Sail from Eastern Shipbuilding

Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), located in Panama City, Florida is known for churning out a steady stream of workboats for the offshore oil and gas industry,

September 24, 2014
Total Views: 204

Tuesday, August 12, 2014
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News

Chris Nicholson to Skipper Team Vestas Wind, Denmark’s First Volvo Ocean Race Team

“Some guys said they would never do it again. Silly me – I said I was sold on it right there and then,” commented Chris Nicholson, the newly

August 12, 2014
Total Views: 25

Monday, August 11, 2014
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Interesting

Matson Containership Rescues Three From Disabled Sailboat Off Hawaii – Video

UPDATE 1757 EST 11 August: All three crewmembers from the sailing vessel Walkabout are safely aboard the containership MV Manukai and enroute to Honolulu

August 11, 2014
Total Views: 190

Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Perini Navi Perseus mast stepping future fibres la spezia
News

Future Fibres’ Giant Carbon Mast Will Carry Largest Sail Ever Made

Luxury yacht builder Perini Navi completed the mast stepping operation today of Perseus3 a 60 meter sloop with one of the tallest masts in the world. Built of

July 29, 2014
Total Views: 246

Wednesday, June 18, 2014
PHOTOS: Historic Whaleship Charles W. Morgan Under Full Sail
News

PHOTOS: Historic Whaleship Charles W. Morgan Under Full Sail

The 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan with full sails set while in the midst of a historic voyage to New England ports.

June 18, 2014
Total Views: 113

Friday, May 23, 2014
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Maritime News

Search Crew Locates Overturned Hull of S/Y Cheeki Rafiki, Search Suspended – UPDATE

A helicopter crew dispatched from a U.S. Navy warship located the overturned hull of the missing Cheeki Rafiki sailing vessel approximately 1,000 miles

May 23, 2014
Total Views: 24

Sunday, May 18, 2014
Maersk Containership Finds Overturned Hull, Yet No Sign of Missing Sailors
Incidents

Maersk Containership Finds Overturned Hull, Yet No Sign of Missing Sailors

While on a transatlantic sailboat delivery from Antigua to the UK, the crew on board the Beneteau 40.7 Cheeki Rafiki activated two of their EPIRBS (satellite

May 18, 2014
Total Views: 29

Monday, April 14, 2014
Sailboat Does Spectacular Downwind Faceplant in Big Breeze
Blog

Sailboat Does Spectacular Downwind Faceplant in Big Breeze

Sailing downwind in big breeze is probably one of the most fun things you can do in sailing, especially on a boat capable of planing. Doing so however, you

April 14, 2014
Total Views: 86

Thursday, April 10, 2014
Navy Rescue Kaufman
Maritime News

Family Returns Safely To California After Pacific Ocean Rescue

By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A family of four rescued from their sailboat after their infant daughter became seriously ill at sea returned

April 10, 2014
Total Views: 18

Tuesday, April 8, 2014
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Interesting

Storm Over Parenting – Do Infants Belong At Sea?

By Jennifer Medina, New York Times — As her family began what was supposed to be a monthslong journey in a 36-foot sailboat from Mexico to New Zealand,

April 8, 2014
Total Views: 6
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