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Cumberland Charter Yachts today announced it has been recognized as a 2020 Travellers’ Choice award-winner for self-guided tours and rentals and boat hire. Based on a full year of Tripadvisor reviews, prior to any changes caused by the pandemic, award…
Enveloped by the sound of a mournful ‘moo cow birthing’ foghorn reverberating through the dank air we sailed away from Halifax, Nova Scotia, into a rippling curtain of fog. In Nova Scotia’s thicker, wetter, colder kind of fog the litany…
BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 08-21-2020 02:22:21 Japan’s classification society, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has issued an “Approval in Principle” (AIP) for a wind kite system under development by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K Line) and France’s Airseas SAS. Granted under ClassNK’s Wind…
The UK Coastguard requested the immediate launch of the Selsey all-weather Lifeboat after receiving a mayday distress call from a yacht that had been dismasted 3 miles south-west of Selsey Bill. The Shannon class all-weather Lifeboat launched at 12.13 p.m….
Maritime Safety Queensland is QLD's lead agency in managing the maritime borders and is being assisted by enforcement partners QPS in actively patrolling the borders and enforcing restrictions. MSQ's Border Management Team is running 24 hour operations to monitor and…
BBC News At least 17 people, including two children, died off Haiti when the sailing boat they were on sank between Tortuga island and the fishing port of Saint-Louis-du-Nord. Officials say those on board lived on Tortuga and had been…
Inside Science. By Yuen Yiu. During Columbus’ third voyage to the Americas, as his six-ship fleet sailed around the southern tip of Trinidad, an island just off the coast of Venezuela, they encountered a freak wave taller than the ship’s…
Currently there are well over 300 vessels carrying over 600 crew members in the South Pacific region that are displaced and facing very uncertain futures. Whilst they may be “stuck in paradise” travel restrictions related to Covid19 mean these vessels…
BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 08-13-2020 09:06:40 The Auckland District Court has sentenced Ports of Auckland Limited (POAL) to a fine of $280,000 for allowing its pilot boats to exceed harbour speed limits on thousands of voyages, including one that ended in a…
CAPE MAY, N.J. — The Coast Guard rescued a sea turtle entangled in a fishing trap line 11 miles southeast of Cape May, Thursday afternoon. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center received a call from the Marine Mammal Stranding…
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is the Northern Territory in Australia’s premier cultural institution. The revitalised Colin Jack-Hinton Maritime Gallery in Darwin has recently reopened to the public. Visitors can see an immersive display of…
ABC Radio Adelaide. By Malcolm Sutton. A rotted boat stranded on a metropolitan Adelaide beach for weeks could be destined for the dump after it sank in shallow waters just two days after being pulled back to sea. The…
The Australian Wooden Boat Festival planned for February 2021 will not be proceeding, the festival’s General Manager Mr Paul Stephanus announced today. Mr Stephanus said that considerable planning had already gone into next year’s festival and it is disappointing that…
Sydney Morning Herald. By Tim Barlass. On a wing and a prayer, Pip the dachshund – stranded in the United States for five months – finally arrived home in Sydney on Tuesday night. In emotional scenes at a chilly Virgin…
HONOLULU— Personnel from the Coast Guard 14th District, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and The Marine Mammal Center partnered to transport four Hawaiian Monk Seals from Ke Kai Ola, The Marine Mammal Center’s hospital dedicated to the rehabilitation…
Devon, UK, 10 August 2020– In 2019, the Ocean Cruising Club began to support challenging ocean endeavours and is proud to stand behind the individuals and their projects which seek the betterment of the sailing community and maritime environment. The…
Kenneth Grahame wrote in his wonderful children's book, ‘The wind in the willows’ “believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” I think Ratty got…
BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 08-07-2020 03:15:59 Two weeks after the bulk carrier Wakashio ran aground on the eastern shore of Mauritius the island nation is being confronted with a growing environmental disaster. Fuel oil leaking from the ship is spreading in the water, fouling…
With a happy and competent crew plus ample provisions for 3 months, Chaotic Harmony (hereafter known as CH) made a departure from Balboa in Panama for the Island of Mangaroa (Gambier Island) in French Polynesia. Travelling via the Las Perlas…
BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 08-07-2020 06:06:28 The sailing cargo vessel Kwai returned to Honolulu on Wednesday with another giant load of ocean plastic, delivering 67 tons of ghost nets, bottles and other debris onto the pier. The haul adds to the catch she brought…
Purpose This safety alert aims to raise awareness of measures to ensure the fire risks on your vessel are appropriately managed. Addressing the risk of fire Make sure your safety management system (SMS) includes: Planned maintenance of your vessel’s firefighting,…
COWES, August 5, 2020. The Solent Coastguard called on the Cowes RNLI to aid a yacht in difficulties. The 25-foot yacht suffered engine failure close to the mouth of Beaulieu River. The boat, which had then anchored, was towed by…
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard would like to remind people of the dangers and penalties associated with hoax distress calls and the use of laser pointers pointed at aircraft or boat crews on patrol. For 230 years the Coast Guard…
The Queensland War on Wrecks (WoW) program, launched in late 2018, has seen a considerable number of abandoned/wrecked vessels removed from local waterways, with plans for further work now being considered by the WoW Taskforce. Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) is…
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescued two people after their sailing vessel began taking on water one nautical mile offshore from Albion River near Whitesboro, Calif., Sunday. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay command center watchstanders received a notification just…
On Monday 27 July, Border Restrictions Direction (No 9) came into effect. All people entering Queensland must complete a Queensland Border Declaration Pass to cross the border, including returning Queenslanders. This will include agreeing to get tested for COVID-19 if you develop any symptoms…
29 July 2020 – World renowned Australian yachtsman Jon Sanders AO OBE has passed the halfway point of his 11th solo circumnavigation of the world, overcoming myriad problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic. The 80-year-old sailing legend is sailing due south of Panama…
Maui News. By Melissa Tanji. If you bought oysters at a really good price on the island recently, you may want to be cautious about eating them because they may have been raised to treat ocean pollution and stolen from…
Euro Weekly News. By Cathy Elelman. The Guardia Civil spoiled the on-board party for a bunch of revellers caught out boozing and ignoring Covid-19 safety precautions on a sailboat in Pontevedra in Galicia. A Guardia Maritime Service patrol came across…
BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 07-27-2020 10:13:00 Ports and waterways along the southwestern stretch of Texas' coastline continue to be affected by the aftermath of Tropical Storm Hanna, which swept ashore Saturday with drenching rains and moderate 30-knot winds. Corpus Christi was spared…
Marine notice 06/2020 Purpose To remind vessel owners, operators, masters, skippers, watchkeepers, and other personnel involved in the navigation of vessels, of the importance of adhering to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (known as the Collision…
BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 07-26-2020 10:55:20 Residents of Oahu and Kaui braced Sunday for the arrival of Hurricane Douglas, which passed north of the Big Island and Maui on a westerly track. The Category 1 storm's track shows potential for making landfall,…
The Daily Record. An adventurer who has helped salvage treasures found in shipwrecks across the world is backing a campaign to clear the name of a privateer wrongly hung for being a pirate. Marine archaeologist and TV treasure hunter Neil…
Have you ever wondered how new ideas find their way into yacht design? I recall advice given to me in the late 1960s by an old marine engineer who owned a long-keeled cruiser/racing yacht. It was on the hardstand next to…
‘In the end we only regret the chances we didn’t take’ – a saying that is all too familiar. Yet, the truth is, we do not often have dreams so crazy they scare us. I had never had a big…
BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 07-22-2020 09:29:13 According to the Philippine Coast Guard, the ro/pax ferry St. Ignatius of Loyola had an unusual near miss last weekend at the port of Batangas, 60 miles due south of Manila. On Saturday night, as the St. Ignatius departed from the…
The search for an Australian couple on a five-year sailing voyage across the world's oceans has been called off with no recovery being made. Del and Craig McEwan sent out a distress call on Monday from their Australian-registered catamaran, Ohana-Uli,…
Coral Sea Marina Resort announced this week a renewed platinum sponsorship for Volunteer Marine Rescue Whitsundays, committing to another three-year sponsorship. Coral Sea Marina Resort is now entering its second term as Platinum sponsor, after securing the naming rights on…
The Maritime Executive BY ALEX LEMAIRE 07-20-2020 12:07:00 On this same day, 35 years ago, the legendary deep-sea explorer Mel Fisher discovered the shipwreck of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha. The galleon was sailing from the new world to Spain. It was hit by…
CBC British Columbia. By Cathy Kearney. Bert terHart set sail from Victoria, B.C., on a solo journey around the world nine months ago with just a pen, paper, charts and a sextant navigation instrument to chart his course. The non-stop circumnavigation via…
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