Restoring the 1885 Windjammer Wavertree
The Wavertree, an iron-hulled windjammer built in 1885, has been a museum ship in at New York’s South Street Seaport […]
Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships
Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships
Transport Canada: Capsized Leviathan II Met Stability Requirements
The first reports from accidents are often wrong. In the case of the capsizing of the whale-watching boat, Leviathan II,
Current, Lore of the Sea
Fishing for and Swimming with Piranhas, the Ferocious Maneater That Isn’t
My wife and I recently took a trip on the riverboat MV Amatista from the jungle city of Iquitos upriver
Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships
NTSB: Wreckage Believed to be of EL Faro Located
From a press release from the National Safety Transportation Board (NTSB): A search team on board the USNS Apache has
Current, Lore of the Sea, Rigging, Ships
Friday Evening at the Sultana Downrigging Weekend, Chestertown, MD
A beautiful Friday evening at the Sultana Downrigging Weekend in Chestertown, MD. The schooner Sultana, launched in Chestertown, Maryland, in
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A New Home in Red Hook, Brooklyn for the SS United States?
In early October, the headline in the Philadephia Inquirer was Is the S.S. United States headed toward the scrap yard?.
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Leviathan II & Ocean Thunderer — Death at Sea Lion Rocks
In 1998, the whale-watching boat Ocean Thunderer was hit by a wave and swamped, throwing all on board — three passengers
History, Lore of the Sea, Ships
Edwin Fox, Teak East Indiaman at Picton, NZ
Ben Talman, a reader and contributor to the Old Salt Blog, visited the Edwin Fox in Picton, New Zealand and took a
Current, Lore of the Sea
Why Stopping Ocean Plastic Dumping Matters — Are You Eating Plastic for Dinner?
Recently, we posted that five nations were responsible for 60% of the plastic dumped in the world’s oceans. Why is
Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships
Canadian Whale Watching Boat Sinks : Five Dead, One Missing
MV Leviathan II, a 65′ whale watching boat, sank late yesterday afternoon, off the port of Tofino on Vancouver Island,
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Five Countries are Responsible for 60% of Plastic Dumped in the Oceans
For several years now, we have posted about the so-called ocean garbage patches, the great swaths of the oceans where
Current, Lore of the Sea
The Threat of GPS Hacking — Brush off Those Sextants
In 1998, the United States Naval Academy dropped celestial navigation from its curriculum. If a naval officer wished to know
Current, Lore of the Sea
Hurricane Patricia — Record Breaking Storm on a Misnamed Ocean
When Ferdinand Magellan rounded the tip of South America in 1521, he encountered favourable winds. He named the ocean Mar
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“The Finest Hours” — New Movie About Heroic Coast Guard Rescue
The US Coast Guard rarely gets enough credit for the remarkable work that they do in routinely rescuing mariners in
Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships
NTSB Report: El Faro Captain Reported Hull Breach
Yesterday afternoon, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released an updated report on their investigation into the sinking of El