Inspectors have identified traces of homemade explosives on the hull of the MOL tanker M. Star, confirming that it was the target of a terrorist attack. The ship was struck by an explosion just after midnight on July 28, as the vessel was traveling … Continue reading
Rick Spilman
We recently posted about the world’s oldest champagne found on the Baltic seabed. While not as old, yet equally historic, a case of Shackleton’s Whisky has recently gone on display at the the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch on New Zealand’s South … Continue reading
Last week we posted about Navy Days at the Portsmouth Naval Base which took place over the weekend. Thanks to David Hayes for pointing out this video of the festivities for all of us who couldn’t make it to Portsmouth. Navy … Continue reading
Replicas of two of Christopher Columbus’ ships, the Nina and Pinta, will be visiting Hudson, Wisconsin. The ships will be open to visitors at the Hudson Docks from Friday, Aug. 6, through Monday, Aug. 16. Columbus Ship Replicas Come To Wisconsin The “Nina” was … Continue reading
Sounds like a great evening for those in the New York area. Thanks to Al Cuenin for the heads up. From oceans to puddles, songs of the seas, lakes, canals, and the ships and sailors who sail them. A singalong evening aboard … Continue reading
The Salem Maritime Festival starts this Friday. The tall ship Friendship of Salem will be joined in port by Schooner Thomas E. Lannon and Schooner Fame of Salem. The Friendship is a replica of an 1797 East Indiaman. The Thomas E. Lannon is … Continue reading
Over the last week, there have been no shortage of theories and often contradictory claims about what caused the damage to the hull and deck house of the MOL tanker M. Star while transiting the Straits of Hormuz. The initial … Continue reading
Happy birthday to the United States Coast Guard! Two hundred and twenty years ago today, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, created the Revenue-Marine, later renamed the Revenue Cutter Service. For nine years, until the re-establishment of the United … Continue reading
Race number two of the Tall Ships Races 2010 is now under way from Kristiansand, Norway to Hartlepool, UK. The tall ships will be on display in Hartlepool from August 7th through the 10th. Tall Ships – Hartlepool To learn … Continue reading
The lovely schooner A.J. Meerwald will be sailing out of Cape May, one of the loveliest towns in New Jersey, through early September. From the folks at Bayshore Discovery Project: Utsch’s Marina in Cape May will be the port-of-call for … Continue reading
Just over a week after a Dutch court gave 14 year old Laura Dekker permission to attempt to sail around the world alone, the teenager is setting sail. She will be sailing first from the Netherlands to Portugal with … Continue reading
The Duluth Tall Ship’s Festival which runs through today, has been a major success, attracting over 200,000 visitors. One of the biggest “stars” of the event was the HMS Bounty. The wait to get on the Bounty averaged between two and four … Continue reading
It is that time of year again. For twenty three of its twenty five years, the Discovery Channel, an American cable television channel, has celebrated this week as “Shark Week” with programming about sharks meant to thrill, terrify and no doubt, even inform its viewers. … Continue reading
Zheng He’s fleet of ships has been the subject of mystery and myth for centuries. Now a joint Chinese-Kenyan expedition to excavate where one of his fleet is thought to have been sunk in the 15th century may finally shed … Continue reading
Philadelphia’s tall ship, the barquentine Gazela has returned to to sea after five years of being limited to protected water sailing due to a damaged rudder. With a new rudder, the turn-of-the-century Portuguese-built barquentine set sail from Philadelphia bound where she … Continue reading