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	<title>Old Salt Blog - a virtual port of call for all those who love the sea</title>
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		<title>Skimmer &#8220;A Whale&#8221; Sails for Dalian, China Spill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lloyds List is reporting that the Skimmer &#8220;A Whale&#8221; which failed to collect significant amounts of oil in the Gulf of mexico from the BP spill is now en-route to the major spill in Dalian, China.  The more concentrated oil on the water at Dailin may be better suited to the converted OBO&#8217;s skimming capabilities.  Thanks to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2010/07/29/skimmer-a-whale-sails-for-dalian-china-spill/</link>
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		<title>Fourteen Year Old Laura Dekker has Dutch Court OK to Sail around the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The teen-round-the-world-sailing-escapades may be starting all over again. Laura Dekker has Dutch court permission to sail around the world A Dutch court cleared the way Tuesday for 14-year-old Laura Dekker to embark on a risky attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, an adventure that could begin in the next [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2010/07/29/fourteen-year-old-laura-dekker-has-dutch-court-ok-to-sail-around-the-world/</link>
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		<title>What Hit the MV M. Star? An Explosion, A Grenade, or a Freak Wave?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Depending on which of the various news reports you read, the MOL 314,016 dwt tanker M. Star suffered either an explosion, was hit by a grenade or was struck by a freak wave caused by an earthquake while transiting the Straits of Hormuz.  An intriguing and developing story. Giant Supertanker Suffers Mystery Explosion Reports just in that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2010/07/29/what-hit-the-mv-m-star-an-explosion-a-grenade-or-a-freak-wave/</link>
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		<title>HMS Investigator, Abandoned in 1854, Found in Arctic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month we posted about a new expedition by Parks Canada to search for Franklin&#8217;s ships, the Terror and the Erebus.  Parks Canada also intended to search for the HMS Investigator, a ship which was caught in the ice and sank when sent to search for Franklin.   Today Parks Canada announced that they have found the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2010/07/28/hms-investigator-abandoned-in-1854-found-in-arctic/</link>
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		<title>Hiawatha &#8211; Last Operational Walking-Beam Sidewheeler in the World for Sale on EBay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Hiawatha, reportedly the last operational walking beam steam sidewheeler in the world, is being offered for sale on E-Bay. Built in 1983 of steel, the Hiawatha is 38 feet long with a 15.5 feet beam.  Its paddle wheels are 7 feet in diameter and the ship has a top speed of 7 knots and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2010/07/28/hiawatha-last-operational-walking-beam-sidewheeler-in-the-world-for-sale-on-ebay/</link>
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		<title>Tall Ships Duluth 2010 July 28 &#8211; August 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tall Ships Duluth 2010 has an impressive line up of ships scheduled for their tall ships festival.  The ships are expected to start arriving in Duluth today.  The Brig Niagara, the Barque Europa, HMS Bounty, the Pride of Baltimore II, the Roald Amundsen, the schooner Zeeto, the S/V Denis Sullivan, and the schooner Roseway will sail in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2010/07/28/tall-ships-duluth-2010-july-28-august-3/</link>
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		<title>Dismantling the Ground Zero Ship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A follow-up to our previous post &#8211; 18th Century Ship Found Buried at New York’s World Trade Center Site.  Workers are now beginning to dismantle what is left of the ship, plank by plank, for preservation.    Last week,  Atlantic Wire  posted an interesting discussion on the various theories of the ship&#8217;s origin.  See : Theories on Ancient Wooden Ship [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2010/07/27/dismantling-the-ground-zero-ship/</link>
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		<title>Sailing Ship Photos from Life Magazine on Google</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Be warned.  If you are interested in sailing ships, do not click on the link below  if you have anything important to do  for the next fifteen or twenty minutes or possibly much longer.  Here is a absolutely fantastic archive of roughly two hundred photos and drawings originally published in Life Magazine of sailing ships and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2010/07/27/sailing-ship-photos-from-life-magazine-on-google/</link>
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		<title>Plastiki arrives in Sydney after Pacific Crossing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have previously posted about the experimental sailboat Plastiki, built using  12,500 recycled soda bottles.  The craft sailed last March from San Francisco and has now arrived in Sydney, Australia after a voyage of 9,000 miles (15,000 km.) Boat made from plastic bottles completes Pacific voyage The Plastiki left the US city of San Francisco in March, crossing the Pacific and then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2010/07/26/plastiki-arrives-in-sydney-after-pacific-crossing/</link>
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		<title>First Lady Michelle Obama Christens National Security Cutter Stratton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, Michelle Obama was the first First Lady ever to christen a US Coast Guard Cutter, the National Security Cutter Stratton.   The cutter is named after the first woman to serve as a commissioned officer in the U. S. Coast Guard, Dorthy C. Stratton.     Prior to joining the Coast Guard in World War II, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2010/07/26/first-lady-michelle-obama-christens-national-security-cutter-stratton/</link>
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