We recently posted about the A.J. Meerwald‘s 85th birthday. On Friday September 13th, the Bayshore Center in Bivalve, NJ will be celebrating oysters as well as the A.J. Meerwald‘s 85th birthday and the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the … Continue reading
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After more than two decades, the City of Adelaide, the world’s oldest surviving clipper ship, is afloat again! The 1864 built clipper ship, supported by a 100 ton steel cradle, has been moved onto a pontoon barge and is being … Continue reading
Scientists have identified the largest volcano on earth, beneath the Pacific Ocean roughly half way between Japan and the Hawaiian Islands. The giant shield volcano has been named Tamu Massif and it is roughly, 100,000 square miles or approximately the … Continue reading
I see from the A.J. Meerwald‘s Facebook page that today is her birthday. Launched in 1928, she is 85 years old today. The A. J. Meerwald is a restored Delaware Bay oyster schooner and the Official Tall Ship of the State … Continue reading
The barque Peking, one of the last Laeisz “Flying P Liners,” at New York’s South Street Seaport will be open to visitors again for seven Saturdays, from 12:00 to 4:00 pm, starting today and running through October 19th. The four-masted steel hulled barque, built in … Continue reading
An amazing video by Monterey Bay Whale Watch of a “megapod” of humpback whales, sea lions, and dolphins, taken off the coast of California on September 4th. Humpback Whale MEGAPOD! From Monterey Bay Whale Watch: This video was taken on a … Continue reading
Mystic Seaport is looking for a new captain for the newly rebuilt whaling ship, Charles W. Morgan. The whaler first sailed in 1841 and is scheduled to undertake a three month voyage next summer. The captain must have a 500-ton Near Coastal … Continue reading
Earlier this week we posted about a reported attack on the container ship Cosco Asia while transiting the Suez Canal. A video has appeared on the internet which claims to show the attack. As reported by Reuters: … Continue reading
The Ocean Institute is celebrating its 29th year hosting the Toshiba Tall Ships Festival at Dana Point, CA. The festival kicks off with a tall ships parade at sunset tomorrow, September 6th with festivities continuing through the weekend. Participating ships include … Continue reading
Diana Nyad has succeeded in swimming the 110 miles from Cuba to Key West, FL, across the Straits of Florida. She is the first person ever to do so without a shark cage. The swim took 53 hours and she … Continue reading
Diana Nyad is nearing the five mile countdown to Key West on her epic 112 statute mile swim from Cuba to Florida. If she completes the swim, she will be the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a cage, … Continue reading
One of our favorites, the topsail schooner Unicorn is for sale. Tall Ship Unicorn For more information contact Dawn Santamaria, Co-Owner/Operator of STV Unicorn & Founder of Sisters Under Sail at dawn@tallshipunicorn.com. Asking price: $950,000 USD. … Continue reading
There are reports of an unsuccessful attack on the Cosco Asia, a 10,000 TEU container ship, which was transiting the Suez on Saturday night. As reported by the BBC: Canal authority head Mohab Mamish said a “terrorist element” targeted a … Continue reading
An amazing short video on the art and science of sailing the America’s Cup AC 72s on hydrofoils. When “foiling” these boats have been exceeding 40 knots. Hydrofoils: Flying on Water See also: ABOUT THE AC72: A NEW-AGE SPEEDSTER … Continue reading
The strange saga of “A Whale” continues. The ship is reported to have recently come under fire by a Libyan Navy patrol boat, as it attempted to enter the Es Sider terminal in Northern Libya, apparently without clearance. The ship … Continue reading
Great activities on the water, on both coasts, this Labor Day weekend. In San Diego, the annual Festival of Sail began yesterday with a Parade of Sail and continues through Monday with lots of great activities. as described by San Diego … Continue reading
Dick Newick, the brilliant multihull designer, has died at 87. His designs, particularly his trimarans, revolutionized the world of multihull sailing. His designs are remarkably graceful, simple, light and astonishingly fast. In a very real sense, the history of multihull … Continue reading
In June, we posted about the Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s traveling 16.5 metre-tall “Rubber Duck,” which has visited 13 cities in nine different countries. It last visited Hong Kong harbor and is now reported to be on its way to Pittsburgh. In … Continue reading
In 1970, fisherman discovered a shipwreck in about 85 feet of water, ten miles off the Absecon Inlet on the New Jersey coast. For more than 40 years, divers have visited the unidentified wreck. Now the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration … Continue reading
I was saddened to learn that the singer that I knew as Lou Killen died early this month after a six year battle with cancer. Killen was an influential voice in the British folk song revival of the 50s and … Continue reading