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Monthly Archives: November 2010
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
Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships
Tagged Ady Gil, Avatar, Earthrace, Michelle Rodriguez, Ocean_7_Adventurer, Paul Watson, reality TV show, Sea Shepherds, Whale Wars
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The Big U to become a dockside casino? What are the odds?
They are two projects in trouble. One is a group of ship enthusiasts trying to save the rusting hulk of an historic passenger liner and the other, an Indian tribe trying to save a long-delayed casino project. Yesterday, the SS … Continue reading
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Tagged casino, Delaware River, Foxwoods/Harrod, Philadelphia, SS United States
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Tasting the Shipwreck Champagne and Brewing Shipwreck Beer
Last July, we posted about Baltic Bubbly – ‘World’s oldest champagne’, bottles of champagne thought to pre-date the French Revolution found in a shipwreck on the Baltic seabed. Recently there was a tasting of one of the bottles of the historic champagne … Continue reading
Minsento’s Deep Green Underwater Kite
Minesto, a spin-off of the Swedish-based Saab Group, has a new approach to harnessing tidal energy – underwater kites. They have recently raised an excessive of €2 million in new capital to test the company’s underwater kite generator design, … Continue reading
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Tagged Deep Green, Minesto, Northern Ireland, Saab Group, tidal energy, underwater kites
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Fire on the Carnival Splendor – What did it cost?
What did the fire on the Carnival Splendor cost Carnival Corporation? No one really knows exactly, but Carnival announced that they estimate a cost of 7 cents per share. Based on the number of outstanding shares from their 2009 … Continue reading
HMS Ark Royal on her Final Voyage Home
Thirty years ago HMS Ark Royal was built on the River Tyne at the Swan Hunter shipyard. Last Friday, she sailed home for the last time to be decommissioned and ultimately scrapped. As she moved up river, spectators said their final goodbyes to … Continue reading
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Tagged decommissioned, HMS Ark Royal, Mighty Arc, River Tyne, scrapped, Swan Hunter shipyard
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“Arctic Adventures Aboard the Wanderbird”
For anyone around New York harbor this afternoon and evening, Captains Rick and Karen Miles will be presenting a slide show of their “Arctic Adventures Aboard the Wanderbird“ at 4pm and 7pm in the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, Pier 12, Red Hook, Brooklyn. … Continue reading
The Silent Spill – Exxon Reaches Settlement Over Newtown Creek Oil Spill
No one knows exactly how much oil was spilled at Newtown Creek, an industrial canal between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York harbor, but the best estimates are between between 17 million and 30 million gallons, which is … Continue reading
Cruiser Olympia to Stay Open, At Least For Now
The troubled Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia announced on Monday that it would continue to keep the cruiser ex USS Olympia open though the end of the year and shift to a three day schedule through the end of March. … Continue reading
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Tagged Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, SS Olympia
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Falls of Clyde – Video Tour & Interview & Have You Voted Yet?
April M. Williams hosts the “Where Are You Today?” Travel Blog. She recently posted a video tour of the Falls of Clyde and an interview with Bruce McEwen, president of the Friends of the Falls of Clyde. The Falls of … Continue reading
Christmas by the Sea at Mystic Seaport
I almost prefer visiting Mystic Seaport in the wintertime. The summertime crowds are gone, wood or coal stoves heat the chandlery and the rope walk and the ships are as lovely as ever against a winter sky. Mystic Seaport is especially lovely around Christmas. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas by the Sea, Gingerbread Lighthouse Contest, mystic seaport
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