Two recent articles about alien invasive species: The New York Times reports on efforts to stop the smuggling of the Chinese snakehead fish. The fish is considered to be a delicacy in New York’s Chinatown, but is a voracious predator that can wipe … Continue reading
Category Archives: Lore of the Sea
This is not specifically a Mother’s Day post, but somehow, it feels right to post today. Women of the Banks Islands, a group of islands in northern Vanuatu, in the Pacific stand waist deep in the ocean and literally play the water … Continue reading
Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy would have been 35 years old today, had he not died in combat behind enemy lines in Afghanistan in 2005. Lt. Murphy was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the United States military’s highest decoration, for … Continue reading
El Hierro is the easternmost of Spain’s Canary Islands, 750 miles from the Spanish mainland. The island itself has no energy resources beyond wind and water. There is now a plan to make the island wholly energy independent by linking wind and hydro-power … Continue reading
I remember when America’s Cup racing was fairly tame – beautiful 12M yachts gliding in light air in the waters of Rhode Island Sound. Times have indeed changed. The new AC45 wing-sailed catamarans recently underwent two weeks of testing in Auckland, New Zealand. … Continue reading
The Glenlee, a three-masted baldheaded steel-hulled barque, launched on December 3, 1896, has moved to a new home on the River Clyde in Glasgow at the new Riverside Museum. Tall ship Glenlee moves to new home on the Clyde … Continue reading
The Russian barque Sedov, the world’s largest sailing ship, is celebrating her 90th birthday in 2011. Barque Sedov under sail again … Continue reading
A nuclear leak on the Russian icebreaker Taimyr forced it to attempt to return to the port of Murmansk. Nuclear leak in Russian icebreaker RUSSIA launched an urgent rescue mission overnight after one of its atomic-powered icebreakers developed a nuclear leak … Continue reading
In March we posted about the birthday of Claude Choules, the last combat veteran of World War I. He has now died in Perth, Australia at age 110. Last WWI combat veteran Claude Choules dies aged 110 The world’s last … Continue reading
My first thought was if that is a remora there must be quite a shark out there someplace. Obviously a different type of remora. The Remora 6000 is a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) that can operate at depths up to 6,000 meters. … Continue reading
Last week the Navy relieved the commanding officers – Commander Jay Wylie of the guided missle destroyer, USS Momsen; Commander Etta Jones of the amphibious transport dock ship, USS Ponce; and Captain Donald Hornbeck in command of Destroyer Squadron 1. … Continue reading
The notorious pirate Captain William Kidd was executed three hundred and ten years ago this month, yet is far from forgotten. A new exhibit is opening on May 20th at the Museum of London Dockyards – Pirates: The Captain Kidd Story. … Continue reading
A well done video providing an interesting perspective on sail training. Coast Guard Tall Ship “Eagle” [iframe: width=”480″ height=”390″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/gA84Z2kFYdc?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen] … Continue reading
Last week we posted that the Ohio River may be too high to allow the running of the Great Steamboat Race on May 4th. The river has just kept rising. Tonight the Army Corps of Engineers will blow up … Continue reading
US naval special forces commandos are called SEALs, referring to their ability to operate at SEa, in the Air and on Land. Yesterday Navy SEALs were called upon to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden who was hiding in … Continue reading
May 2nd is International Scurvy Awareness Day! The festivities appear to be sponsored by a group calling itself Lime Strong. I am not sure whether this is an individual or a marketing arm for lime growers. Whichever it may be, we are happy … Continue reading
In early January we posted about Holland America Lines’ MS Veendam hitting a Southern Ocean storm, encountering waves of over 30 meters and winds of 70 knots. At the time there was no reported to the ship or injuries to passengers or crew. … Continue reading
The first of May is traditionally called May Day and is related to the Celtic festival of Beltane and the Germanic festival of Walpurgis Night. The English have been known to break out in fits of Morris Dancing around May Day. In many countries May … Continue reading
Divers from Deep Blue Marine have located a wreck site off the Dominican Republic believed to date back to the 1500s and have uncovered a treasure of silver coins and jade figurines. ‘We’ve just scratched the surface’: Divers find ‘oldest shipwreck in … Continue reading
The US Coast Guard has updated its regulations, increasing the average weight per passenger for stability and loading calculations of tour and charter boats from 160 pounds to 185 pounds. Lard ahoy! Coast Guard estimates average weight of cruise passengers has gone up by … Continue reading