Catamaran Pineapple
Five sailors aboard the catamaran Pineapple, which had been reported missing last Tuesday have arrived in the port of Maasin on Leyte Island, in the Philippines after being escorted in by the Philippines Coast Guard. The 38 foot catamaran suffered rudder damage in heavy seas.
The US Coast Guard which had been searching for the missing boat criticized the crew for failing to have long-range communications equipment, emergency distress equipment and for not filing a comprehensive sailing plan. The 38 foot catamaran suffered rudder damage in heavy seas sailing from Guam to the Philippines. Reportedly, communications were established when the catamaran drifted withing cell phone range and a woman on board managed to contact her husband by phone yesterday afternoon. The husband called rescuers in Guam to give the boat’s coordinates.
Five Americans rescued off Philippines after heavy seas left catamaran drifting for a week
An update on 
Last November, 
A group of former workers at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in the San Francisco Bay Area has launched a campaign to bring the USS Olympia to San Pablo Bay. The Olympia, Commodore George Dewey’s flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay, is the only surviving steel warship of its era.
Nelson style speed dating? I hope this doesn’t involve boarding with cutlasses.
As one who is shivering in the snow, I am highly envious of the good folks in San Diego who will be celebrating their 3rd annual 
This story is a few days old, but remains strange and disturbing. The Dutch coaster Leopard, carrying a cargo of weapons, was reported to have been hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Oman last week, but when a Turkish naval vessel located the ship, there was no sign of the crew of six, nor of the pirates. A hijacked Taiwanese owned fishing vessel, believed to be being used as a pirate mother ship, was observed heading towards Somalia. There is speculation that the crew was aboard the hijacked fishing vessel. There is also concern that the crew, two Danes and four Filipinos, may have been killed. The Leopard was carrying a cargo of arms but was apparently abandoned by the pirates, leaving the arms cargo untouched.