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Earl Delays Opening of Camden Festival; Some Events Cancelled at Gloucester
Hurricane Earl appears not to be likely to make landfall on the US East Coast but the expected winds and seas have rearranged some schedules. The Camden Windjammer Festival originally scheduled to start today has been postponed to 4PM on Saturday. The Gloucester Schooner Festival has cancelled several outdoor activities but otherwise is on course, for now.
Happy Merchant Navy Day!
Happy Merchant Navy Day! In Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand today, September 3rd, is celebrated as Merchant Navy Day – an official day of remembrance of the sacrifices made by merchant mariners in war-time. In World War I and World War II, over 45, 000 British merchant mariners lost their lives. The observance began in Great Britain in 2000, in Canada [...]
Fish & Ships Seafood Festival at Mystic Seaport this Weekend
Assuming that Hurricane Earl doesn’t interfere, the 3rd annual Fish & Ships Labor Day Weekend Seafood Festival will be held at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut this Saturday through Monday. Fish & Ships Seafood Festival back at Mystic Seaport
33rd Annual Victoria Classic Boat Festival
The inner harbor of beautiful Victoria, Canada on Vancouver Island will be filled with between 75 to 100 classic boats beginning today and running through the Sunday at the 33rd Annual Victoria Classic Boat Festival. Harbour plays host to classic boat fest
Mariner Energy Oil Platform Explodes in the Gulf of Mexico
An oil platform operated by Mariner Energy exploded today near Vermilion Bay in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. One worker was reported injured. No one was killed and no significant oil spill resulted. Mariner Energy has been involved at least 13 offshore accidents since 2006 in Gulf of Mexico waters — including a blowout and four [...]
Festival Sails into San Diego Bay Today
The 2010 Port of San Diego Festival of Sail kicks off today with a parade of tall ships on San Diego Bay at 11 a.m. The festival runs runs through September 6th and features more than 20 tall ships and other vessels from around the world, including the Californian, a replica of the original [...]
Tags: America, Bill of Rights, Californian, gaff topsail schooner, Kaisei, Port of San Diego Festival of Sail
Hurricane Earl vs Labor Day Weekend – Will the Schooners Sail?
Two major maritime festivals on the US East coast, scheduled for the Labor Day weekend, appear to be generally in the path of Hurricane Earl. The organizers of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival and schooner race and the Camden Windjammer Festival, both of which are scheduled for September 3 -6, will be watching the Earl’s path closely. [...]
Tags: Camden Windjammer Festival, Hurricane Ear, Schooner Race, Twenty-Sixth Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival
British and French to Share Carriers?
What would Lord Nelson have thought of this? There were various news reports out recently that the British and the French may share aircraft carriers. UK, France closer to carrier sharing deal Britain and France are moving closer to a deal to share aircraft carriers, a British newspaper reported Tuesday — a move that could save the one-time [...]
Tags: aircraft carrier, Britain, France
The Asian Carp Invasion – Kayaker Hit by Flying Carp
Last week, a paddler in a kayak race on the Missouri River was hit on the side of his face by a 20-30 pound jumping carp, almost causing him to capsize. Fortunately he was not seriously injured but had to retire from the race due to a significant headache. Asian big head and silver carp [...]
“Making Waves”, Not Quite the Mary Celeste
Last week the yacht, Making Waves, a 48 foot Sea Ray Sundancer, with its engine running and the autopilot engaged, came ashore on Redding Beach, FL, on the Gulf of Mexico, with no one aboard. The boat is estimated to be worth around a million dollars. Not quite the Mary Celeste but mysterious all the [...]
“To Seek a Northwest Passage” – Clipper Adventurer Hits Uncharted Rock
Stan Roger‘s classic song begins, “Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage; to find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea.” Stan died in 1983, but his son, Nathan Rogers, also a singer, recently set out on the Canadian cruise ship Clipper Adventurer bound for the Arctic via the Northwest [...]
Brig Niagara Brings Unwelcome Stowaways to Isle Royale National Park
Another article about stowaways, though of a completely different sort – zebra mussels on the Brig Niagara. Earlier this month, the Niagara, a historically accurate reconstruction of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s victorious 1813 flagship, visited Isle Royale, an island National Park in northwestern Lake Superior under terms of a special use permit that required that the ship be free [...]
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Clipper Ship City of Adelaide to be Sent to Australia
Great news! The oldest just barely surviving composite clipper ship in the world, the City of Adelaide appears likely to be moved to Australia to its namesake city, Adelaide. The ship, which is currently at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine, Scotland, has been threatened by scrapping as the museum lacked the fund to care for the ship. The announcement, made [...]
Tags: Australia, City of Adelaide, Fiona Hyslop, oldest surviving composite clipper ship, Sunderland
Atlantic Container Line to Take Delivery of Prison Containers
One of the ways that stowaways can get aboard liner ships these days is to hide in cargo containers. Atlantic Container Lines will be using containers for a related if rather different purpose. The shipping line will soon take delivery of five containers converted to temporary prison cells to hold stowaways found aboard their ships. [...]
The ‘impossible’ voyage of a Tamil ghost ship
Despite all odds, earlier this month, 492 Tamil refugees arrived in Vancouver in an old and barely seaworthy ship, then named the Sun Sea. The Tamil Ghost ship, as she has been dubbed, had been intermittently tracked by the maritime authorities of various nations as she made her way from Thailand to Canada, changing names and registries along the way. The [...]
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