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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Drunken Passenger Drops Anchor on Cruise Ship MS Ryndam ! ? !
Allegedly, Rick Ehlert, 44, a passenger on the Holland America cruise ship, MS Ryndam, entered a restricted area, put on pair of work gloves, disengaged the windlass and released the stern anchor while the ship was underway, in international waters off the Florida coast … Continue reading
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Tagged Holland America cruise ship, MS Ryndam, Rick Ehlert, stern anchor
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Preserving the Battleship Texas and Problems with the Laffey again
Last June we posted about the near sinking of the battleship Texas. Now a final effort to save the 96 year old ship is underway. A cofferdam will be built around the ship to create a dry berth for the battleship. … Continue reading
Karim-1 Sinks after Collision with Dutch Tanker Alessandro DP, Six Missing
Six missing after Dutch and Sierra Leone-flagged vessels collide in the Black Sea Two Dutch and Sierra Leone-flagged vessels collided during bad weather in the Black Sea on late Monday afternoon, the government confirmed. Six people are missing. The Bulgarian … Continue reading
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Tagged Alessandro DP, Black Sea, collision, Karim 1
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RCCL’s Allure of the Seas Christened by a Cartoon Character
In the beginning of November we posted about the new Disney cruise ship, Disney Dream, where interior cabins will have virtual port holes, which will show the view outside the ship and will include composited Disney cartoon characters flying by as well. Now … Continue reading
Incredible Year for the Brig Niagara – Awards, Fundraising and Movie Roles !
The Brig Niagara has had an incredible year. The ship and its captain have been honored with major awards, the organization has raised significant sums to support the ship and the ship has been featured in a new PBS documentary. Just … Continue reading
Nautic – The 50th Annual Paris Boat Show
Nautic, the 50th annual Paris boat show will be held from December 4 – 12, 2010. They expect a quarter of a million visitors to attend the show at the Porte de Versailles, which will feature 1,400 boats, including close to … Continue reading
Stealth Sub Jimmy Carter Ready to Spy on North Korea
In August of this year, ex-President Jimmy Carter traveled to North Korea on a diplomatic mission to free a captive American. Now the submarine which bears his name is reported to be nearing North Korea as well. Following the shelling of … Continue reading
Chesapeake Light Craft Sells its 20,000th Kit !
A friend has a wooden kayak that he built from a kit. It is simple in both design and construction – a stitch and glue plywood boat covered with fiberglass cloth. It paddles well, is light weight and is very pretty. Very difficult to ask for more than … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea
Tagged canoes, Chesapeake Light Craft, kayaks, kits, row boats, sailboats
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Mystery Ship Beneath the Streets of Stockholm
This summer we posted about an 18th century ship found buried beneath the streets of Manhattan near Ground Zero. Recently, while excavating in front of Stockholm’s Grand Hotel during renovation work to a nearby quay, workers discovered a most unusual ship. … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships
Tagged Grand Hotel, mystery ship, naval shipyard, Stockholm, Swedish Maritime Museum
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Cmdr. Andrew Coles of HMS Astute Relieved of Command
Not a great shock, but Cmdr. Andrew Coles has been relived of his command of HMS Astute, the Royal Navy’s newest and “stealthiest” submarine which very publicly ran aground last month near the Skye bridge off the Isle of Skye. Officer relieved of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cmdr. Andrew Coles, HMS Astute, Isle of Skye, Royal Navy, stealthiest submarine
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Update: Boozy teens’ midnight trip goes 1300km astray
On Thursday, we posted about three Tokelauan teenage boys who had attempted to row the sixty miles between two small Pacific islands, became lost and drifted for fifty days across nearly 1,000 miles of the Pacific in a small aluminum skiff. … Continue reading
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Tagged drifted fifty days, Fakaofo, Tokelauan atoll, Tokelauan teenage boys
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HMS Invincible For Sale – the Perfect Holiday Gift?
The holiday shopping season is in full swing. But what can you get for the person who has everything? Why not a used aircraft carrier? Just because the Royal Navy won’t be able to launch ship-borne fixed wing aircraft for the next decade doesn’t mean … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft carrier, HMS Invincible, Royal Navy
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Pirates (OK, Not Real Pirates) Drop Anchor in Key West
In my grumpier moments, I object to celebrating Disneyfied pirates, especially given that piracy is, after all, still a serious problem and not merely a quaint relic of the 16th and 17th centuries. Then again, I can’t be grumpy all the time. … Continue reading
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Tagged Disneyfied pirates, Key West, Pirates in Paradise
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Pirates Who Attacked US Navy Ship Convicted, While French Command Ship is Attacked Again
Five Somali pirates who attacked the USS Nicholas, an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, in a wildly misguided attempt to hijack the ship in a late night attack last April, were convicted of piracy in a court in Virginia. The prosecution … Continue reading
Thanksgiving at Sea – Holiday Roundoup
Today is celebrated as a day of Thanksgiving in the United States. At the Old Salt Blog we would like to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to all our readers and contributors, who make putting together the blog such … Continue reading
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Tagged Bathtub Beach, Dr. Suzanne O'Connell, oysters, river fishing, Thanksgiving
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At TEDX: Jorne Langelaan, The new age of sail
TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) is a global series of conferences focusing on “Ideas Worth Spreading.” An upcoming TEDxAmsterdam conference will feature Jorne Langelaan, one of the founders of Fair Transport Shipping. With their brigantine Tres Hombres, they are attempting to demonstrate … Continue reading
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Tagged Fair Transport Shipping, Jorne Langelaan, TEDxAmsterdam, Tres Hombres
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Three Teenagers Found Alive after Fifty Days adrift in Pacific Ocean
Three boys had attempted to row the sixty miles between two small Pacific islands. Instead they became lost at sea and drifted for fifty days across nearly 1,000 miles of ocean in a small aluminum dinghy, surviving on raw seagull and … Continue reading
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Tagged Atafu atoll, Edward Nasau, Filo Filo, New Zealand, Samuel Perez, Tai Fredricsen, tuna boat
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Interview with Brad Van Liew, Winner of the First Leg of the Velux 5 Oceans
A great interview with Brad Van Liew, the winner of the first leg of the Velux 5 Oceans singlehanded around the world race. Team Lazarus – Velux Ocean Race
After 67 years, the truth of HMS Dasher tragedy is revealed
In 1940 and 1941, Moore McCormack Lines took delivery of four Rio class C3 Class passenger/cargo liners from Sun Shipbuilding. They were the Rio Hudson, the Rio Parana, the Rio de la Plata and the Rio de Janeiro. In May … Continue reading
Sea Shepherd Farce Continues with New Toy Boat and Movie Star
Paul Watson and his merry band of bumbling pirates, the Sea Shepherds, stars of the “reality” TV show, Whale Wars, have a new high speed toy boat and have recruited Michelle Rodriguez, the actor who played the kick-ass helicopter pilot in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ady Gil, Avatar, Earthrace, Michelle Rodriguez, Ocean_7_Adventurer, Paul Watson, reality TV show, Sea Shepherds, Whale Wars
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