Ships of the Future Past — the Demise of Commerical Hovercraft
In the late 60s and early 70s, hovercraft ferries were the ships of the future. Hovercraft, flying on cushions of air, […]
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Mystery Longshoremen Walkout Briefly Shuts Down N.J. & N.Y. Piers
On Friday, more 4,000 longshoremen walked off the job shutting down piers and container terminals in New York and New
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Celebrate Lilac at Maritime Mardi Gras
If you are in the New York area come help celebrate Lilac, America’s only steam-powered lighthouse tender at a Maritime
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Two US Sailors Rescued Nine Times in Seven Months — “Catastrophe Waiting to Happen”
Two American sailors, Bob Weise and Steve Shapiro, both 71, have been attempting to sail across the Atlantic from Norway
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Mystic Seaport : The Sabino Will Sail Again
Yesterday, we posted about the boiler problems on the historic steamer Sabino at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic CT.
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Boiler Trouble on the Mystic Seaport Steamer Sabino
The steamer Sabino, built in 1908, has been a popular attraction at the Mystic Seaport Museum since 1974, offering boat
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100 Year Difference — MS Allure of the Seas vs RMS Titanic
Numbers are fine but sometimes the best way to communicate scale is visually. The image above is what it would
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A Video for a Winter Sunday — Albin Nimbus 42 Sherry Dawn
Here on the west bank of the Hudson River, I spent most of the morning digging out from yesterday’s blizzard,
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El Niño — A Blizzard, Starving Seals & Yellow Bellied Sea Snakes
Anyone who may doubt that we live on a water planet or that what happens at sea has a huge
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USS Fort Worth — Another LCS Gear Breakdown
The sad saga of the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) continues. The USS Fort Worth, the third Freedom Class LCS delivered, was
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Clearwater in “Deep Trouble” Financially, Cancels Summer Music Festival
Only days after hearing good news about funding for the Pride of Baltimore II, there is very grim news about
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Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race — The Offshore Classic That You May Never Have Heard Of
When I hear “Volvo Round ….” I immediately fill in the blank with “the World.” (OK, technically, the race is
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Maryland in $1.5 Million Partnership with Pride of Baltimore II
Tremendous news for a great ship. On Monday, Maryland’s Governor Hogan announced a $1.5 million private-public partnership with the replica
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Manatees Swim Back From the Brink
When I was in high school in Florida in the 70s, the question was not “will the manatees become extinct?”
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At 64, Rich Wilson Prepares to “Go Around Again” in the 2016-17 Vendee Globe
In 2009, Rich Wilson at 58 was the oldest sailor in the Vendee Globe non-stop single-handed round-the-world yacht race. He finished