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Volvo Ocean Race: Alvimedica wins battle, Abu Dhabi wins war
Team Alvimedica’s skipper Charlie Enright (USA) won the final offshore battle of the Volvo Ocean Race here today.
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My Favorite Resource for Knots: Animated Knots by Grog
This website provides clear animations showing how to tie the knots most frequently needed in fishing, boating, climbing, scouting, surgery, search and rescue, splicing, household activities, decorative knot tying, and rope care.
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World's biggest masts for the world's biggest sailing yacht
The world's biggest masts have been completed in Portsmouth for what is rumoured to be the world's largest supersailing yacht, believed to be a 345ft leviathian
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TRAINING CAMP CONCLUDES IN SOUTHAMPTON FOR EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND
AC45s Battling it out Already!
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Want!
This or a Moth at least...
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Sail Amsterdam
Sail Amsterdam is one of the biggest attractions in Amsterdam and the greatest nautical spectacle in the world where scores of tall ships and hundreds of other historical ships gather along the river IJ for an amazing parade.
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Russian billionaire's £250m 'mega-yacht' makes first voyage in Germany
Built for Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, 'Sailing Yacht A,' is taking its test voyage in Kiel, northern Germany.
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Seeing stars, again: Naval Academy reinstates celestial navigation
The same techniques guided ancient Polynesians in the open Pacific and led Sir Ernest Shackleton to remote Antarctica, then oriented astronauts when the Apollo 12 was disabled by lightning, the techniques of celestial navigation.
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The Greatest Boat Race Ever (Dreamed Up Over Beers)
The rules: Pilot a boat 750 miles from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska—no motors allowed. The prize: $10,000 nailed to a piece of wood. The result: Seven capsizings, four lifesaving Big Macs, one dramatic coast guard rescue, and a cast of oddball adventurers who reclaimed the salty heart of ocean racing. By Abe Streep.
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A Hawaiian Canoe Crosses the Oceans, Guided by Sun and Stars
The Hokule’a is circling the globe without modern navigation, drawing attention to climate change and to the seafaring skills of ancient Polynesians. By Laura Parker.
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The World's Fanciest Private Jet Is Basically a Flying Yacht | Details
$83 million USD almost seems reasonable for this two-in-one deal.
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US Navy Revives Ancient Navigation as Cyber Threats Grow
Satellites and GPS are vulnerable to cyber attack. The tools of yesteryear are not.
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Science and Tradition Are Resurrecting the Lost Art of Wave Piloting
Can Marshall Islanders’ unique heritage help them navigate a rising ocean? By Krista Langlois.
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Mummified body of German adventurer found inside drifting yacht
Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59, whose body was discovered by two fishermen, wrote a thirty two word memorium his beloved wife Claudia, who died from cancer aged 53 on 2 May 2010. [Warning: graphic photos in story]
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The Secrets of the Wave Pilots
For thousands of years, sailors in the Marshall Islands have navigated vast distances of open ocean without instruments. Can science explain their method before it’s lost forever?
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Yacht Sails Through Low-Ice Arctic Sea Routes
A project led by adventurer David Hempleman-Adams that aimed to sail the Arctic’s North East and North West passages in a single season has completed its quest.
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Boat
Back in September I went to a harbour in the northern parts of Sealand with friends. One of the more spectacular "objects" was a boat on land being stripped from old paint, which this picture is an abstract of.
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Sailing Through Garbage Bag Ocean
I sailed from LA to Honolulu with Danish nonprofit Plastic Change to finish a global survey on ocean plastic. Short answer: The Pacific plastic problem is probably worse than you thought. It's 5:30 AM, the sky still pitch black, save for the glow of a waning crescent moon and a sprinkling of stars, when I take the wheel. I'm in the cockpit of a 64-year-old, 54-foot steel sailboat from Denmark called the S/Y Christianshavn.
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4 Best Sailing Locations in the USA
Sailing is a perfect way to relax and watch the world slowly pass by, whether you are an experienced yachtsman or just someone who wants to have a good time. Where to sail is entirely up to you. In the USA, there is no shortage of choices. Here are some of the best places to sail in the USA.
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Chicken Sails Around The World With Her Human Friend
24-year-old Guirec Soudée from Brittany, France took a chicken named Monique on a 39ft boat with him on his trip around the world thinking she would be a good source of food (eggs, he meant eggs) but she soon proved to be much more than that - now she is the best companion he could ever have! Not only does she lay about 6 eggs a week, she also surfs and swims, catches flying fish that lands on deck or even skateboards (when on the ground) with Soudée.
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