Author Peter Janssen

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Red Jeep Stuck in Water Becomes Social Media Star

A red 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee became a brief social media star when it got stuck in the water in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, during Hurricane Dorian. At first, its owner didn’t even know his car was there – until he saw it, with waves crashing into it – on TV. The problems started with Joe Farrar drove the Jeep to the beach at 6:30 in the morning to take a picture of sunrise just before Dorian hit the Low Country. He got stuck in the sand, and couldn’t get out. Farrar had borrowed the car two weeks before from…

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Last Four Crew Rescued from Capsized Ship off Georgia

All four crew members trapped inside a capsized South Korean cargo ship in St. Simons Sound, Georgia, have now been rescued. The last man, who had been trapped behind a glass panel in the engineering control room, was rescued 40 hours after the ship turned over. The ship, the 656-feet-long Golden Ray, became disabled, listed and eventually fell on its side near Brunswick, Georgia, early Sunday morning, with 23 crewmen and a pilot on board. Helicopters were able to rescue 20 people on Sunday, but four more were missing. Rescuers started tapping on the hull, to see if they could…

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Some Questions To Ask Before You Climb on That Boat

After the tragic fire on the dive boat Conception off Southern California that killed 34 people, here are some questions you might want to ask before you get on a new boat yourself, from The Los Angeles Times: By CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS STAFF WRITER  The thing to remember is that when you step aboard a vessel, “you are leaving the safety of land,” said John Higgins, harbor master for the Ventura Port District and a 23-year Harbor Patrol veteran. “You are putting yourself in a vulnerable position. “You can’t dial 911 and somebody gets there in three to five minutes the way they do…

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Now You Can Buy Paul Allen’s Octopus: Only $325 million

If you’re thinking about moving up to a new boat (and who isn’t?), take a look at Paul Allen’s Octopus. It’s 414-feet long, so it might not work for the Great Loop, and it probably won’t fit on the dock behind your house. If you’re worried about the price, it’s roughly $325 million (that’s the same as five G650 Gulfstream jets, for point of reference), and it costs about $17 million a year to run. But it arguably is one of the most innovative – and interesting – yachts in the world. Octopus was built by Lurssen in 2003, and…

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New Semi-Custom Argos Nautic RIB Launches at Lauderdale Show

Argos Nautic will launch its new 396 Yachting RIB at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, starting Oct. 30, and the semi-custom Florida-built tender has room for six adults in its 13-feet, 6-inch hull. The new Argos Nautic is remarkable not only for the number of passengers it can carry in comfort, but also for the number of options that are available for a new owner. Argos Nautic, founded in 2009, builds upscale RIBs as tenders, or sportboats, in a variety of colors, patterns and textures. The new 396 Yachting weighs 925 pounds, so it can be carried on the…

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Still Time To Sign Up for CUBAR Baja California Cruise

You need to act soon, but there’s still time to sign up for CUBAR, the legendary powerboat rally every two years from San Diego to La Paz, Baja California. One of the premiere cruising events on the West Coast, the rally will leave the San Diego Yacht Club on Oct. 30, and it’s scheduled to arrive, after several stops, in La Paz on Nov. 17. You can’t wait until the last minute because the highly regulated rally, which will have about 40 boats, has mandatory checklists and even a pre-cruise inspection. The organizers strongly urge captains and at least one…

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New Sundeck 580 Light-Filled Italian Cruiser Comes to Lauderdale

The new, aggressively styled, Italian-built Sundeck 580 cruiser, with massive amounts of sunning and relaxing space on the flybridge and the foredeck, will make its U.S. debut at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, starting Oct. 30. Sundeck Yachts are built in Ravenna, on the Adriatic, and they bring a contemporary Italian design to their cruisers, with an emphasis on comfort and efficiency. The new 580, with its plumb bow and windows all around, has lots of light-filled interior volume for a cruising boat; it also makes use of exterior space to make cruising enjoyable. The foredeck, for example, has…

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Bahamas Fisherman Loses Everything in Dorian – Even His Wife

As Hurricane Dorian regains strength and heads up the North Carolina coast, possibly making landfall off Cape Hatteras, it’s easy to lose track of the human suffering that the historic storm has already inflicted in the Bahamas, where 20 people were killed and 70,000 face a humanitarian disaster with shortages of fresh water, food and medical supplies. But here’s a heart-wrenching story from CNN that brings the real cost home. It’s about a Bahamian fisherman who lost everything in the storm – including his wife: CNN) – A Hurricane Dorian survivor is giving a dramatic account of what happened after…

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7 Great New Power Cruising Boats at the Newport Show

About 340 boats will be on display at the Newport International Boat Show, which runs from Thursday, Sept. 12, through Sunday, Sept. 15. But only a handful will be new cruising powerboats that are being shown in the U.S. for the first time. Here’s a look at some of them: Bruckmann Abaco 47 (pictured above):  Built on the success of the popular Bruckmann Abaco 40, the new 47, designed by Mark Ellis, is a classic Down East cruiser with a long sheer, low profile, sharp entry and raked windshield. Built for extended cruising, the innovative hull is designed to plane…

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New Cutwater 32 CB: A User-Friendly, Fast Family Cruiser

The new flagship of the ever-growing, increasingly-popular Cutwater fleet, the new 32 Command Bridge is a user-friendly family cruiser with a creative combination of space, comfort and performance. Indeed, standard power on the new Cutwater 32 CB is twin 300-hp Yamaha outboards, and they will deliver enough speed to help you reach that remote cove before nightfall or let you outrun an approaching storm. Cutwater is known for its ability to pack a lot of standard features inside and out its boats. The 32 CB has a master cabin forward, with an island bed, LED lighting and a head and…

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