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
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Greg Gushaw 68, an experienced volunteer, docent and a member of the board of trustees of the Maritime Museum of San Diego fell to his death last Sunday from aloft on the Star of India. Ironically, he fell during a safety training exercise. … Continue reading
With the onset of limited trans-arctic navigation environmentalists have voiced concern about the potential for pollution due to increased ship traffic. The recent collision between two arctic tankers, the Indiga and Varzuga, on the Russian Northern Sea route, demonstrates the basis for these concerns. … Continue reading
RIMPAC 2010, the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, is one of the world’s largest maritime exercises, with participation by 14 nations, including including Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, France, Colombia, Chile, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Peru, South Korea and Thailand. RIMPAC … Continue reading
Last September we posted about an article in the Telegraph, Cutty Sark restoration turning into a fiasco. Thanks to Alaric Bond for passing on an update recently published in the Private Eye. The restoration of the Cutty Sark, after a major fire in 2007, … Continue reading
It says something about our society that a missing prop from a classic movie, specifically Bruce, the mechanical shark from Jaws, has its own Facebook page. I’m not exactly sure what it says, but it has to say something. For those who might … Continue reading
Frank Dye was a small boat cruiser who became something of a legend following his sea voyages in his 16′ Wayfarer open dinghy. Frank Dye Frank Dye, who died on May 16 aged 82, was a cult figure among small-boat sailors for undertaking … Continue reading
Today is the second annual celebration of World Ocean Day! The only thing that is unclear to me is what and how we should be celebrating. From the World Oceans’ Day website: “In 2009 The Ocean Project started an annual tradition associated with … Continue reading
HMS Bounty and the Privateer Lynx will be in Portsmouth, NH for the annual Tall Ships Portsmouth Festival on Memorial Day weekend from May 29-31. It sounds like a great event. The local paper reports all the details, which is all well … Continue reading
The schooner Lynx, a replica of a War of 1812 privateer, is sailing on the US East coast these days on her way to the Great Lakes to celebrate the upcoming War of 1812 Bicentennial. J. Dennis Robinson will give an informal … Continue reading
A fascinating post from the Lawyers, Guns and Money blog. Thanks to Andy from the Maritime Texas blog for passing it along. The bottom line seems to be that piracy is an expensive business and may be progressively less profitable as ship … Continue reading
The Isle of Wight based charity, the Little Brig Sailing Trust, now has the bragging rights of owning a fleet of the world’s smallest tall ships. (Actually they have only two ships, so perhaps they could also claim the smallest … Continue reading
A sunken British frigate rumored to be carrying gold to pay the troops? Sounds a lot like the HMS Hussar which sunk in New York in 1780. This more recent discovery is the British storeship Prince, which sank in the Black Sea in a … Continue reading
A year ago we posted about the “Voyage of theSpirit of Mystery,” the recreation of an epic voyage by seven Cornishmen, several of whom had never been out of sight of land, who set sail in 1854 bound for the … Continue reading
Recently we posted that the Independence Seaport Museum is seeking a new owner for the USS Olympia which it cannot afford to support. See Philly Museum Sends SOS to Care for Historic Ship. Sadly it appears that not only … Continue reading
Is a ship the “greenest”, most efficient means of transportation or is the dirtiest? It is easy to be confused about hoe clean or dirty ocean transportation may be from reading the newspapers. Transportation by water has always been the … Continue reading
An interesting perspective from the The Diplomat Magazine on Chinese naval expansion. Thanks to Alaric Bond for passing it along. Why China’s Naval Rise Could Help the World … Continue reading
Last week a navy commander and two fellow officers pleaded guilty to crashing the HMS Superb, a British nuclear submarine, in 2008, into a massive stone pinnacle under the Red Sea which was marked on maritime charts. Navy commander crashed … Continue reading
While the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan arrived in Haiti yesterday and the hospital ship USNS Comfort arrived the day before, naval ships are not the only vessels sailing to aid the earthquake victims. The schooner Amistad is on her way bearing both supplies and a … Continue reading
Last month we posted about The Great Gloucester Sea Serpent of 1817. Eric, a blog reader, commented, no doubt tongue in cheek, “So that is what the bloop was.” His comment got me thinking about the ironies of observations, technology and … Continue reading