This is a story that Cruising Odyssey has been covering from time to time for the last five years because it relates to how reliant we are on the Atlantic Ocean’s currents to provide our temperate climates in the US, Europe and Scandinavia.  And, that will affect how we use our boats. Based on an exhaustive study of Atlantic clam shells, the new report, published by a team from University of Exeter in the U.K., asserts that the data indicates that the Atlantic’s subpolar gyre is behaving strangely. The gyre delivers warm water to the north and ferries cold water…

Last Saturday, November 29, a 39-foot MTI racing-style power cat flipped on the Caloosahatchee River near Fort Myers, Florida, crashed and killed three of its passengers. A fourth is in critical condition. While official reports have yet to be issued eye witnesses and good Samaritans were near by and soon tried to come to the rescue. One person near the crash said the boat was traveling at 75 to 80 mile-per-hour when the accident occurred. No other boats appear to be involved. Trenton Zamniak, who was nearby when the boat flipped, told Gulf Coast News Now that the boat “nosed up about…

Hundreds of cruisers migrate to the Bahamas from North America every winter with the fleets basically splitting in two with one gang headed to the Abacos and Marsh Harbour, while the second heads south through the Exumas to Stocking Island and George Town. Veteran cruisers make their crossings of the Gulf Stream and to their Bahamian destinations before December 1 for a very good reason.  The months of December and January are often plagued –and that’s not too harsh a word—by the infamous Christmas Winds. The winds during this period are driven by repeated passing cold fronts that swoop off…

We have been following the story of the 984-foot container ship Dali closing Baltimore harbor since the accident in 2024. Here’s the final finding. The wheels of inquiry, justice and determination often turn slowly but this week the National Transportation Safety Board issued their report on how and why the Singapore-flagged, 984-foot container ship Dali lost power in Baltimore, Maryland and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge that runs across the Harbor. On Tuesday this week, the NTSB determined, officially, that the terrible accident that caused the death of six bridge workers and closed the vital shipping and commuter vehicle…