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The Costa Concordia Story Beggars Belief
It is must be the season of the shipwreck. With the Rena barely broken up, the world turns its attention to the Med, and the Costa Concordia disaster. The story so far: one wrecked liner 6 dead (three...
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Captain Schettino’s Conduct
The Costa Contadora story just gets farcically worse with every news cycle. If you want to know how NOT to conduct yourself as a Captain after ordering passengers and crew to abandon ship, and hustling...
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Photo Of The Month: Costa Concordia Wreck From Space
Could be of the year, really…. (Via)…
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The Sinking Of A Superyacht
It's not often that you see a superyacht, which charters for almost a cool half mil a week, sinking beneath the waves. A sight like that will no doubt inspire mixed feelings for some, particularly any...
View ArticleTo Save A Ship
All too often we see ships wrecking and dying. So it is very uplifting to see a ship wrecking and–against all odds–being saved. Quite moving, really. This video is like the video shorts you see in the...
View ArticleFarallon Tragedy: Key Questions
This excellent news report has some insightful interviews with other racers about the central issue which will be examined as the post-tragedy investigation and analysis begins: was Low Speed Chase...
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Utter Destruction
We've all seen videos of ships coming together in an unseamanlike manner, aka colliding, but this is the most brutal collision I've yet seen. At least it answers the age-old question, debated since...
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Requiem For HMS Bounty
Lots of HMS Bounty tragedy follow-up for you. Let's start with National Geographic, which has some spectacular (and now poignant) footage of the doomed HMS Bounty's first voyage, as she sailed off to...
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Another Southern California Racing Tragedy: Uncontrollable Urge
We all know offshore sailboat racing can be dangerous. But the southern Californian sailing community certainly is enduring some tragic times. Last summer, it was four dead aboard Aegean during the...
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Cat Trouble
There are lots of details still to come (and possibly to be corrected). But Sailing Anarcy has posted a report that suggests possible loss of life aboard the spanking new, VPLP, 109-foot catamaran...
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