Claude Holloway died recently at the age of 93. He was one of the most successful motor torpedo boat commanders in the Mediterranean in the Second World War, earning a Distinguished Service Cross for his part in the Caorle Point … Continue reading
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Bloomberg is reporting that “Dubai ship builder Dry Docks World and Swiss firm BIG InvestConsult unveiled plans to build a disc-shaped luxury hotel submerged under 10 meters of ocean off the coast of Dubai. Featuring 21 rooms, an underwater dive … Continue reading
Giovanni Soldini and the Maserati Sailing Team have announced that they expect to set sail from the North Cove Marina in New York City between 10:00 p.m. this evening and 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning in their attempt to break the … Continue reading
The attorneys for Odyssey Marine Exploration have been keeping busy. In February we posted about the end of a multi-year legal battle between Spain and Odyssey Marine Exploration over $500m in gold and silver coins and other artifacts from the wreck of the Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes. … Continue reading
Something is terribly wrong on the coast of Peru. At least 877 dolphins and more than 1,500 birds, most of them brown pelicans and boobies, have died along the coast since February when the government started tracking the deaths. The government says that … Continue reading
Last summer, Yachting Magazine began a monthly series of articles focused on a second-hand 40ft Jeanneau Sun Fizz 40 ketch, which they referred to as their “Crash Test Boat.” They proceeded to capsize the boat, dismast her, cut holes in her, set … Continue reading
In 1865, the CSS Georgia, a Confederate ironclad battery was burned and sunk in the Savannah River to avoid capture and to obstruct passage on the river. (The ship was scuttled not far from where the British sank the frigate HMS … Continue reading
The 98-foot-long solar powered catamaran MS Turanor PlanetSolar returned to Monoco yesterday, completing a 37,286 mile circumnavigation of the globe in 584 days. It is the first circumnavigation under solar power. Along the way, the Turanor PlanetSolar made stops on six continents to promote solar energy. While … Continue reading
Seventy yeas ago, the Japanese and navies of the United States and Australia fought the Battle of the Coral Sea in the waters southwest of the Solomon Islands and eastward from New Guinea in a series of naval battles from May … Continue reading
Update: The final auction price for the Sea Shadow and the HMB1 was an impressive $3.2 million. The Sea Shadow is an experimental 164′ long catamaran “stealth ship” built by Lockheed in the mid 1980s for the United States Navy. For … Continue reading
One of the most beautiful and most interesting tall ship sailing today, at least to my eye, is the three-masted barquentine Pelican. The Pelican is 148ft long overall, square rigged on the main mast but fore and aft rigged on the fore mast and … Continue reading
On July 7, 2010, a barge struck the disabled “Duck boat” DUKW 34 at anchor in the Delaware River off Philadelphia. Of the 35 passengers aboard, two died. Last November, the tug’s mate was sentenced to a year and a day in … Continue reading
This Saturday, we will witness a perigee full moon, often called by the press, a “supermoon.” The full moon at its perigee, or closest approach to earth, will appear 16% bigger and will exert 42% more tidal force than a more typical full moon. Usually … Continue reading
In what may prove to be the worst ferry accident in India in recent years, it is still unclear how many passengers were lost when an overcrowded ferry capsized on Monday in the bad weather in the Brahmaputra River in India’s Assam state. … Continue reading
The 2012 Savannah Tall Ships Challenge is May 3-7 and will include a three-day festival featuring more than a dozen sailing vessels berthed on both the River Street and Hutchinson Island sides of the river. Click here for more details. … Continue reading