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Vajoliroja – Johnny Depp’s very own pirate ship in the Caribbean
I ‘ve got to say that I prefer Neil Young’s and David Crosby’s taste in yachts somewhat better, but Johnny Depp’s Vajoliroja does have a certain idiosyncratic style. Johnny Depp’s very own pirate ship in the Caribbean
The Talisker Bounty Boat Begins its Epic Voyage
Two hundred and twenty one years ago yesterday, the crew of HMS Bounty staged a mutiny that remains famous to this day. Four sailors are attempting to recreate Captain Bligh’s epic 3,700 nautical mile voyage in a 23 foot long open boat from Tonga to Kupang in Timor. The expedition is being sponsored by Talisker and is being [...]
Tags: HMS Bounty, Sheffield Institute Foundation for Motor Neurone Disease, Talisker Bounty Boat Expedition, Talisker Scotch
Cape Wind Project, the First US Offshore Wind Farm, Approved
The first offshore wind farm in the United States has been approved by Washington. The Cape Wind project is a proposed 130 turbine wind farm in Nantucket Sound. It has been opposed for years by home owners in Cape Cod who claim, in essence, that it would ruin their view of the ocean. [...]
For Sale: Neil Young’s Classic Baltic Trader
I’ve always been a fan of Baltic traders. They were serious working craft. They aren’t necessarily graceful but do possess a certain robust beauty. The schooner W N Ragland, a Baltic trader built in 1913, converted to a yacht, is for sale. For 35 years the schooner was owned by Neil Young, the singer best known as a member of [...]
Seized, A Sea Captains Adventures – Battling Scoundrels and Pirates while Recovering Stolen Ships in the World’s Most Troubled Waters
Max Hardberger’s Seized, a Sea Captains Adventures – Battling Scoundrels and Pirates while Recovering Stolen Ships in the World’s Most Troubled Waters is a fascinating account of one man’s remarkable career and personal journey. In addition to working professionally as a crop-duster, school teacher, lawyer, and ship’s captain, Max Hardberger developed the rather unusual specialty [...]
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The End of Smoking on Navy submarines
The prospect of women serving aboard Navy submarines will no doubt pose challenges in logistics and procedures. These may be minor, however, compared to the problems caused by banning smoking aboard subs, which the Navy will do starting December 31st of this year. Apparently roughly 35 to 40 percent of submariners are smokers. Fortunately the Navy [...]
Tags: banning smoking, Navy submarines, nicotine
Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
In 2007, Eric Jay Dolin wrote Leviathan, The History of Whaling In America, a wonderful book that follows the American whale fisheries from shore whaling, to the fleets of whale ships that sailed in every ocean, to the industry’s decline in the nineteenth century. Highly recommended. Dolan’s new book, Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of [...]
Tags: Eric Jay Dolin, Leviathan, The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America, The History of Whaling In America
Headline Wars over Whales
There is an interesting conflict going on over the new draft proposal by the International Whaling Commission which would allow limited commercial whaling at levels significantly lower than currently practiced by Japan, Iceland and Norway. Depending on who you listen to this is either a good thing – decreased levels of whaling or a very bad thing – continued whaling. The coverage [...]
Right Whales in Block Island Sound, Whale Poop & Global Warming
Recently almost one hundred endangered right whales were observed feeding in the waters of Block Island Sound. Given that only between 350 and 400 of the North Atlantic Right Whales are believed to currently exist, the gathering was quite unusual. Scores of right whales ‘cavorting’ in Block Island Sound “It’s like a third of the [...]
Abby Heads for Cape Town and Jessica Battles Huge Waves
Abby Sunderland’s attempt to become the youngest sailor to sail around the world non-stop ended as she decided to put into Cape Town due to mechanical failures. The boat’s main autopilot has been giving her problems during the voyage recently failed. She intends to continue her sail around the world following her stop for [...]
Pirate Weekend in Newburgh, NY and Real Pirates Charged in Norfolk
This week HMS Bounty, the replica ship built for the 1960 movie, “Mutiny on the Bounty,” will be the centerpiece of the “Pirate Weekend” in Newburgh, New York, on the Hudson River, sixty miles north of new York City. The Bounty has also been featured in over a dozen films and television shows, including 1989′s “Treasure [...]
Tags: HMS Bounty, hudson river, new york, Newburgh, piracy, somalia
April in New York Harbor – Seals, New Boats and Floaters?
It is feeling like spring in New York harbor. Earlier this month a harbor seal was seem enjoying the sun on an old pier on the Jersey City side of the Hudson. Harbor seal were once common in New York harbor but were hunted and finally driven out. In 2006, after an absence of over 100 years, the [...]
Deepwater Horizon rig sinks in Gulf of Mexico after explosion
US oil rig sinks in Gulf of Mexico after explosion An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that caught fire after an explosion on Tuesday has now sunk, the US coastguard has said. The coastguard is still looking for 11 missing workers after the blast at the Deepwater Horizon rig. There has been no [...]
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First female Captain of a P&O Cruise ship
Sarah Breton, 45, from Essex, has been appointed as Captain of the 1,200 P&O cruise ship Artemis. As such she is the first female captain in P&O’s 173 year history and the first female captain of a cruise ship in Britain. First female Captain of a P&O Cruise ship
‘Asgard II’ may have collided with a container before sinking
Experts estimate that anywhere from 2,000 to 10,000 shipping containers fall off ships each year. The problem is that they do not all necessarily sink. Some remain afloat, just on the surface, almost invisible to an observer from a ship. Now a draft report of the official inquiry into the sinking of the sail [...]
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