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Boat Shows From LA To Boston
Daily Boater &bull Feb 9, 2012
This week's boat show report is another doozy, with boat shows of all sizes in big cities and small towns across the continent. In fact, if you haven't seen a boat show near you within the past few weeks, contact us… Full Story »
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Sailing Adventures of 'S/V Gypsy Soul': Matagora Texas to Freeport, Texas
SailBlogs &bull Dec 16, 2011
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King's (Disap)pointer - USMMA Training Vessel Reassigned to Texas A
gCaptain &bull Dec 14, 2011
What is a Maritime Academy without a training ship? In June 1946 a German crew of volunteers boarded the tall ship Horst Wessel in Bremerhaven Germany sailing her to the [...] Full Story »
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SOS two-way communication now on Iridium Extreme satphones
Sail-World &bull Dec 7, 2011Another level of safety has been added for leisure sailors who have an Iridium Extreme phone. It is a free GEOS emergency response service, meaning that, once you touch the SOS button on your phone, you have two waycommunication with the International Emergency Response Coordination Center all the time the emergency lasts.Iridium Communications Inc. have announced the important breakthrough this week in the following announcement: The GEOS emergency response service is now available to Iridium Extreme satellite phone customers. At no additional cost to customers, Iridium has integrated the GEOS service into the SOS button on the… Full Story »
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Plan B: Working on the Windlass
SailBlogs &bull Nov 22, 2011
For the last three days I've been working with Ron Everest on the windlass. So much to do : running giant wires from the back of the boat to the front, installing a big battery in the V berth, mounting the windlass on a… Full Story »
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US Oil Demand Requires More Pipelines from Canada, Keystone XL Delayed
gCaptain &bull Nov 19, 2011
HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Plans to reverse the Seaway pipeline may significantly cut the glut of oil inventories in the U.S. interior, but that will only whet the appetite of thirsty Gulf Coast refiners. Experts say more pipelines will be needed along the same route to bring North America's growing oil bounty to where the continent's biggest fuel makers are. There's a large demand for oil… Full Story »
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Recent Wrecks and Rescues
Daily Boater &bull Nov 14, 2011
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Lehmann. Over the past few days, there have been a few boating rescues worth reporting on, as well as a tragic turn to the normally fun and exciting power boat races in Key West. Hopefully by sharing… Full Story »
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S/V Trim: The Jenolan Caverns
SailBlogs &bull Nov 9, 2011
Lori say she doesn't like the dark, so we drove 70 km up the road and down winding cutbacks to the Jenolan Caverns. These caverns were discovered in 1838, however just a few years ago larger segments were discovered making… Full Story »
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Kinder Morgan to Invest in $400M Oil Terminal on Houston Ship Channel
gCaptain &bull Nov 8, 2011
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) said it will invest in Battleground Oil Specialty Terminal Co., a venture with TransMontaigne Partners LP (TLP) that will build a $400 million oil terminal on the Houston Ship Channel, as the petroleum pipelines… Full Story »
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The Adventure Continues...: South Central Texas Coast Classic
SailBlogs &bull Nov 8, 2011
The picture says a thousand words, in Texan that is. Cruising the south central Texas ICW is a wonder of wildlife and wild sights. Where else can you see an oil rig out in the marsh and a Texas Longhorn… Full Story »
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Ft Lauderdale Boat Show Begins Now!
Daily Boater &bull Oct 27, 2011
Every Thursday we tell you about all the weekend's boat shows and nautical events, but this weekend is special. Not just because it's Halloween weekend, but because one of the largest and most influential boat shows of the year has just kicked off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It happens… Full Story »
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Truthsayer Voyages: Short trip
SailBlogs &bull Oct 18, 2011
Saturday we made the short trip from Taylor Bayou to Sabine Pass Port Authority Marina in Sabine Pass, Texas. We had to make a slight detour to a marina where we can do some repairs. The nearly bulletproof Ford Lehman… Full Story »
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SailBlogs &bull Oct 14, 2011
AP Photo/Andrew BurtonThe fashionable protests that began last month in lower Manhattan ahead spreading along the country have generally been portrayed, at fewest in the media's short-hand, as "anti-Wall Street" -- pedaled along anger approximately the fiscal manufacture recklessness and lust namely helped tank the economic.Given the "Occupy Wall Street" label, and the site of the movement's seminal demonstration, that's virtually startling. Still, it's a misreading of what's happening -- and 1 with essential consequences.That's because Occupy Wall Street isn't really about Wall Street by always. It's… Full Story »
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SailBlogs &bull Oct 14, 2011
Santorum (AP)Rick Santorum swears he's no one petulant fellow.The former Pennsylvania senator and Republican presidential nominee has made a appoint because himself aboard the movement track for the lead onset dog, and when the tactics has given him an opportunity to ascertain his own location in the debates, it's also sparked a extensive perception of Santorum namely he says isn't true.Santorum's tendency apt go above the repugnant has acquired him a fame, he acknowledges, for appearing angry, particularly on television."I listen this annotate from a lot of people: 'You're so another in how you come cross on TV than you… Full Story »
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Hei018Zhou: An Upstart Company Of Which
SailBlogs &bull Oct 11, 2011
"I do not think a tremendous amount regarding people today bought us all an opportunity, although every person within our jordans cheap locker room believed most of us experienced an occasion, " Ryan recalled this kind of 7 days. "I… Full Story »
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Nature's Not Favoring the Boater
SF Boater &bull Oct 9, 2011
Lake Arlington is suffering a fate that many lakes and reservoirs have experienced thanks to rising temperatures and diminishing rainfalls, the water level has dropped below the level safe for boater use. November 3rd, city will close the boat ramps to the lake. The ramps at Bowman Springs, Eugene McCray and Richard Simpson parks will close until further notice, thanks to rainfall that is nine inches below the normal amount. The ramps will reopen once the water has reached 542.5 feet, a full 18 inches up from projected levels. Despite this closure, lake fishing and paddling will remain available,… Full Story »
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USA. Border Patrol Agents prevent teen from drowning in Rio Grande
BYM Sailing General News &bull Oct 7, 2011
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Weslaco Station rescued a teen on October 5, near McAllen, Texas, who was struggling to swim in the Rio Grande. The 16-year-old boy, who is a citizen of Mexico, was rescued after agents,… Full Story »
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US boat regos decrease by 282,615 boats (2.2%)
Sail-World &bull Oct 4, 2011In the US, the National Marine Manufacturers Association today announced that boat registration numbers decreased 2.2 percent (or 282,615 boats), for a total of 12.5 million registered boats in 2010, compared with 12.7 million in 2009.This new data are from… Full Story »
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Liberty Maritime Decision Sparks Heated Labor Union Dispute - Things Are Getting Ugly
gCaptain &bull Oct 2, 2011
Liberty Maritime Corporation is in the midst of sparking a heated labor dispute after the company somewhat abruptly ended its long-standing labor relationship with the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (M.E.B.A) union, entering into a contract with the American Maritime Officers (AMO) to man its vessels instead. Despite several months of negotiations with Liberty Maritime, and M.E.B.A.' Liberty Maritime has since signed a collective bargaining agreement with the AMO,… Full Story »
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Keppel Shipyard Lands $142 In Conversion Contracts
gCaptain &bull Sep 30, 2011
In 2010 Keppel Shipyard delivered the BW Pioneer to an affiliate of BW Offshore. The vessel, under contract with Petrobas Americas, became the first floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel put into service in the US Gulf of Mexico. Keppel Shipyard has secured three conversion contracts worth $142 million according to a company release.… Full Story »
