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New Team Will Search for Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, which Sank in the Antarctic in 1915, Setting Off Heroic Rescue

The saga of Ernest Shackleton and how he saved the crew of the polar explorer ship Endurance after it was trapped in ice in the Antarctic has gone down as ...
On April 11, 2018 / By Peter Janssen
Boat Reviews
New Waypoint 36 Coming This Spring from American Tugs. A Solid, Two-Stateroom, Pilothouse Cruiser with an Appealing Price

The Tomco Marine Group, makers of American Tugs in La Conner, Washington, is launching an entirely new model called the Waypoint 36 later this spring. It is basically ...
On April 10, 2018 / By Peter Janssen
Cruising Life
The Hamiltons Get a New Prop Shaft After 9,500 Hours on Their Nordhavn 52. Then They Get a Vibration. A Blow-by-Blow Account

Back in December, James and Jennifer Hamilton, the globe-circling, high-tech cruising couple from Seattle, passed the 9,500-hour mark on the single 265-hp John Deere engine that drives their ...
On April 10, 2018 / By Peter Janssen
Cruising Life
For Some of the Best of Maine, Head for Prouts Neck and the New 250 Main in Rockland

In case you need another reason to go to Maine, take a good look at these stories and pictures of what you can find in Prouts Neck, just ...
On April 10, 2018 / By Peter Janssen
Cruising Life
How, and When, To Make a Mayday or Other Distress Call. A Good Primer from the Power Squadrons

Let’s assume that you’re up to speed on how to make a distress call to the Coast Guard in an emergency. And that you know proper VHF radio ...
On April 9, 2018 / By Peter Janssen
Cruising Life
More Atlantic Hurricanes than Usual This Year, Says Colorado State Forecast

Last year was the worst hurricane season ever on the Atlantic Coast of the U.S. This year, according to the well-regarded annual forecast from Colorado State, there will ...
On April 9, 2018 / By Peter Janssen
Cruising Life
Father-Son Team Convicted of Dumping Oil from Fishing Boat’s Bilge into Washington Harbor, Ocean

A jury in a U.S. District Court in Seattle just found Randall Fox, former captain of the fishing vessel Native Sun (above), guilty of discharging oily waste into ...
On April 9, 2018 / By Peter Janssen
Cruising Life
Cargo Ships Loses Steering, Crashes into Historic Mansion on the Bosporus. See the Video

A 738-foot-long cargo carrier lost its rudder and crashed into a historic waterside mansion on the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey, causing a great deal of damage and ...
On April 9, 2018 / By Peter Janssen
Cruising Life
Vanity Fair: A Terrifying Account of El Faro’s Final Hours

Here’s an absolutely gripping – and terrifying – account of the last 26 hours of El Faro, the 790-foot-long cargo ship that ran into the eye of a ...
On April 5, 2018 / By Peter Janssen
Cruising Life
More Recovery in the BVI: Cooper Island Beach Club Reopens with Same Rum Bar, Same Views

The recovery in the British Virgin Islands is getting stronger. Indeed, the Cooper Island Beach Club just reopened as a result of major rebuilding since the hurricanes last ...
On April 4, 2018 / By Peter Janssen

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