Navy Times is reporting that seven US Coast Guard personnel have been found guilty of various charges; including indecent exposure, assault and disorderly conduct; related to tying down and stripping fellow crew members aboard the cutter Venturous. The hazing incidents took … Continue reading
Rick Spilman
On this the IMO Day of the Seafarer, an excellent video by the ITF pointing out the role that seafarers play in making the world go round. Making the World Go Round [iframe: width=”480″ height=”303″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/P9Ww328idPg?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen] … Continue reading
The RMS Queen Mary 2, flagship of the Cunard fleet, recently failed a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program inspection. A scores of 86 or higher is considered “satisfactory.” Anything below is considered “not satisfactory.” The Queen Mary 2 … Continue reading
The clipper ship City of Adelaide (later HMS Carrick), the oldest surviving composite clipper ship in the world, was at serious risk of being broken up until a deal was struck last August to move the ship from the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine, Scotland, back to its namesake … Continue reading
For anyone in the area, the Mystic Seaport Wooden Boat Show, which starts today and runs through Sunday, is well worth stopping by. The show is sponsored in partnership with WoodenBoat Publications. The WoodenBoat Show A video about the show: 20th … Continue reading
Tomorrow is the IMO “Day of the Seafarer.” Around here we think that every day should be the day of the seafarer. Seafarers and the ships that they sail are the connective tissue that keeps our world turning. Seafarers UK , … Continue reading
The Vale Brasil is the world’s largest dry bulk carrier with a deadweight of over 400,000 tons. The Singapore flag ship is currently on her maiden voyage with a cargo of 391,000 tons of iron ore. This is enough iron ore … Continue reading
The Detroit Riversdays Festival starts this evening and runs through Sunday. In addition to lots of music, food and riverside activities, the sister schooners, 85′ Appledore IV, and the 65′ Appledore V will be available for tours. Sounds like fun. … Continue reading
The MV Wisdom is a small 26-year-old container ship. She has had 14 name changes in her life and no one knows how many owners. The current owner may be unknown as well. She was being towed from Colombo to the scrap-yard in … Continue reading
I love sitting and just watching the harbor; watching the boats go by and the turn of the tide. But who has the time these days? For those too busy and/or not geographically convenient, here is about four hours of New York … Continue reading
An impressive fleet of schooners and brigantines will be featured in the the Channel Islands Harbor Tall Ships Festival, this Friday through Sunday at Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, California. The visiting vessels include the topsail schooner Californian, topsail schooner Amazing Grace, … Continue reading
The first you notice about the Maritime Museum of San Diego are the ships. When I visited last week, the 1863 windjammer Star of India was hove to with two staysails and her spanker set and drawing, and with her … Continue reading
Just in case you think you had a bad Monday, yesterday the USC container ship Al Rawdah ran aground on a reef in the waters of Pulau Sambu Stone Chain, Rear Padang, Batam, not long after leaving Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. … Continue reading
Apparently something called “wreck racing” is a new sport. The website Formula H2O – Underwater Scooter Racing explains it as follows: The Wreck Racing League or WRL is the sanctioning body for scuba divers racing using underwater scooters or diver propulsion vehicles on … Continue reading
The University of Hawaii research vessel, Ka’imikai-o-Kanaloa, set sail earlier this month to studying the impact of radiation releases in the waters off Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Scientists on UH research ship study impact of radiation releases … Continue reading