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Enter E-MarineWorld.com.au online competition now!!! Three days left
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Media Services,
2:19 AM Mon GMT
Melbourne base online Chandlery e-MarineWorld.com.au is providing a wide range of marine industry products for online buyer. THe online competition finishes in three days enter NOW
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Cruising sailors successfully brave the Gulf of Aden
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Sail-World Cruising,
8:54 AM Mon GMT
In spite of all the warnings against transiting the Gulf of Aden, a convoy of 20 boats has just sailed into Aden after transiting the pirate riddled Gulf, arriving into the Yemeni port on 11th March.
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Raymarine delivers the best of both - with Hybrid Touch screens
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Brendan Maxwell,
7:50 AM Mon GMT
Touch screen technology is everywhere for many of us with the iPhone, soon the iPad and on laptop screens and now its moving into the marine world. On big flybridge boats there are few issues but when you want to use a sophisticated touch screen system on open decks on fishing boats or yachts, it’s a real world challenge.
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Are your flares out of date? New disposal system launched in NSW
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Natalie Laharnar,
6:28 AM Mon GMT
Expired flares can now be placed into special containers at NSW Maritime centres where they are stored for collection and transported to the Sterihealth facility at Silverwater, Sydney. The expired flares will then be destroyed at ultra-high temperature under strict environmental conditions.
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Two more former VRA units now aboard with Marine Rescue NSW
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Ken McManus,
2:47 AM Mon GMT
On Saturday 13 March, former VRA volunteer marine rescue units - Terrigal on the Central Coast and Tuross on the South Coast - began their first weekend as full units of Marine Rescue NSW.
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OceansWatch wants volunteer yachties for South Pacific whale project
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Sail-World Cruising, ,
7:12 PM Sun GMT
Are you longing for a sailing adventure and would love to be involved in a worthy cause? OceansWatch, the organisation of sailors who are dedicated to assisting scientific ocean research projects reach remote areas, is looking for enthusiastic yachties, skippers with yachts and those who wish to crew, wanting to participate in a whale research project in Niue between August and September 2010
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Seven top tips for cleaning your boat
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Martin Flory.,
8:49 AM Sun GMT
Here are seven top tips from Shurhold Industries to keep your boat cleaner, easier to keep clean and more valuable when you come to sell:
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Najad sailing boats scoop the pool in Swedish environmental awards
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Nancy Knudsen,
7:30 PM Sat GMT
If you are searching for a yacht that is environmentally the best, it seems that you may have to consider the Najad. The Swedish Yachting Association has selected the Najad 355 in the sailing boat category for the award Environmental Boat of the Year 2009, and the yacht has also received the award as Swedish Boating Association's Environmental Sailing Boat of the year.
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Maryborough sailor awarded Cruising Club of America’s Blue Water Medal
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Dana Paxton, Media Pro Int'l, ,
6:50 PM Sat GMT
Last week when the Cruising Club of America(CCA) presented its annual awards at a dinner held in New York, a former Maryborough boat builder was one of the recipients. Trevor Robertson and his wife Annie Hill, received the prestigious 2009 Blue Water Meda in recognition of 'a life of cruising and voyaging that best exemplifies the objects and goals of the CCA.'
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Two new schools vow to be guardians of the Reef
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GBRMPA,
10:43 AM Sat GMT
Collinsville State High School and St John Bosco Catholic School are also the first in Collinsville to sign up for the environmental education program Reef Guardian Schools.
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Solo Circumnavigators and the trouble they get into - Jeanne Socrates
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Nancy Knudsen, ,
9:52 PM Fri GMT
Jeanne Socrates, 60-something, and the female answer to Japan's eight-time-circumnavigator and 76-year-old Minoru Saito, has been forced to postpone her bid to sail solo around the world non-stop after being hit by engine problems. Jeanne is no stranger to disappointment, nor to triumph
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50 days around Australia with a message: Eliminate plastic bags!
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Save Our Seas,
8:25 PM Fri GMT
There's always another record to break, and Save Our Seas wants to make the world plastic-free. Put these two facts together, there's a winning project. Ian Thomson, Save Our Seas member, will set off in late April to break the world record for sailing non stop solo unassisted around Australia, to raise awareness of the damage that plastic bags do to our environment
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Swansea Channel - good for 2010 Heaven Can Wait 24 hour charity race
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HCW Media, NSW ,
4:03 AM Fri GMT
A sustained dredging program of the Swansea Channel over the 2009-10 summer means that boats looking to participate in the 2010 Heaven Can Wait 24 hour charity yacht race on Lake Macquarie on the October long weekend (October 2-3) should have no problems coming up the coast and getting into the lake.
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Henri Lloyd to provide official technical clothing to F1 team
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colin burgess, sydney ,
10:40 PM Thu GMT
Fresh from their successful partnership with Brawn GP, winners of the 2009 Formula One Constructors' and Drivers' Championships, Henri Lloyd have now applied their knowledge and experience to develop team clothing for the team in its new guise as Mercedes GP Petronas
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Mauri Pro Sailing – The global online chandlery
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John Curnow,
9:57 PM Thu GMT
Can't get the sailing gear you want at the local chandlery? Or too busy to get to the chandlery? Then why give Maurie Pro Sailing a try? This online international chandlery might be based in Dallas Texas, but they are anything but cowboys, and ship anywhere, worldwide, including Australia(see details at the end of the story), taking their mission very seriously.
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Top five reasons why boaters need a tow - and the rise of the battery
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Sail-World Cruising,
7:33 PM Thu GMT
The Boat Owners' Association of the United States (BoatU.S.) keep a great count of what they do. The result is statistics which tell a story that probably applies to the rest of the boating world. This time it's about why boaters - yachts and powerboats, need a tow. As many yachts cannot reach their mooring or dock without the help of their engine, yachts are well included in these numbers
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Australian missing on SS Columbia
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Nancy Knudsen,
3:36 AM Thu GMT
The British-flagged yacht SS Columbia, which Sail-World reported on last week as missing off the Chilean coastline (See Sail-World story below, published last Sunday), is now confirmed to have an Australian trainee sailor on board.l
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Sharks and Rays needs 'car wash' too
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JCU,
9:01 AM Wed GMT
Sharks and manta rays gather in large numbers at special spots on the Great Barrier Reef and Osprey Reef for a regular 'clean, wax and polish'. Three researchers reported that occupancy of the cleaning station by rays on some occasions would last up to several hours and cleaning would be almost a continuous process during this time.
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When sailing and fishing blend - all because of the beans...
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Rolf Fricke,
4:37 AM Wed GMT
Just because you sail, does it mean you can't fish? Certainly not, particularly if you are engaged in long distance sailing away from supermarkets which dispense meat and fish in quantity, and particularly if the alternative is that you have to live on beans - as Rolf Fricke, travelling on catamaran Ketoro with his wife Irene, and currently in the Chagos Archipelago, describes:
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New program lets boat owners unlock their equity
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Denby Browning, Paradise Pt, QLD ,
2:17 AM Wed GMT
The first worldwide online boat exchange system was unveiled today, allowing boat owners to unlock the equity in their boats and expand their horizons.
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Two new cruising guides - Turkey and Central America
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Sail-World Cruising,
7:20 PM Tue GMT
Two new cruising guides will be a welcome addition for those who plan voyages in Turkey or Central America. The Turkey Cruising Companion, by Emma Watson will be out in April, and the Sarana Guide, by Eric Baicy and Sherril Watson is available now, in its updated 10th Edition
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Abby Sunderland and Jessica Watson - what mothers think...
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Sail-World Cruising,
5:19 AM Tue GMT
One of the chief aspects that differs the two 16-year-old solo sailors currently trying to circumnavigate the world from other adventure sailors is the controversy that follows them.
In one corner we have the liberals, who applaud encouraging their spirit, in the other corner the protectors, who think it's too dangerous, they're too young and should be in school. But what do mothers think?.
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Berrimilla heading for Sydney at end of remarkable circumnavigation
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Peter Campbell,
9:39 PM Mon GMT
Intrepid sailors Alex Whitworth and Peter Crozier sailed out of Hobart today aboard their 10m sloop Berrimilla, bound for their home port of Sydney and their home clubs, the Royal Australian Navy Sailing Assocation (RANSA) and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
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Kidnapped cruising sailors reunited
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Sail-World Cruising round-up,
7:34 PM Mon GMT
British cruising sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates and held near Haradheere in northern Somalia in separate locations have been temporarily reunited after weeks apart, a doctor(pictured) who treated the two in February is reported to have said
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NSW Maritime launches Navigation 2.0 a new online boating safety guide
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Natalie Laharnar,
11:27 AM Mon GMT
NSW Maritime has stepped up its ongoing campaign for safer waterways, today launching a new web-based resource to help improve boaters’ understanding of water-traffic rules
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Solo Sailors and they trouble they get into - India's Dilip Donde
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Taschica Pillay, Times Live/Sail-World Cruising, ,
11:48 PM Sun GMT
The sailor setting out to be the first Indian solo sailor to circumnavigate the world has reached Capetown after one of the last legs in voyage. In this account Commander Dilip Donde tells of his ups and downs during the journey.
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Dogs and thrills - how they love sailing
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Glen and Eddie Tuttle/Sail-World Cruising, ,
10:47 PM Sun GMT
Do you take your dog on the boat with you when you go sailing? Just as most dogs just love a ride in the car, most dogs get just as much of a thrill out of speeding along with all sails flying as we do. Watch the extraordinary video below to see what dogs are capable of, and hear some good sense from those who have been sailing with dogs for years.
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Protecting your propeller shaft
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Canadian Yachting/Sail-world Cruising, ,
11:24 PM Sat GMT
When was the last time you had the propeller shaft checked on your sailing boat? How old are your engine mounts? Have you replaced your cutlass bearing recently? Do I sound like your mother?
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Missing British-flagged sailing boat in the eastern Pacific
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Sail-World/C. Solyom, The Gazette,
8:43 PM Sat GMT
The SS Columbia, a 13 metre steel sailing boat, is overdue by 10 days in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It departed Ecuador on 16th January, and was due to sail into Coquimbo, 460 km north of Santiago in Chile, on 24th February.
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World class protection boosts Australia's Great Barrier Reef
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies,
10:47 AM Sat GMT
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is showing an extraordinary range of benefits from the network of protected marine reserves introduced there five years ago, according to a comprehensive new study published in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences.
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Hopes raised for cruising sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates.
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Sail-World Cruising.,
9:24 PM Fri GMT
A senior Somali official says a British cruising sailors Paul and Rachel Chandler snatched from their yacht by pirates more than four months ago will be released soon. Both have medical problems, with Paul Chandler reported to be in danger of losing his sight from a disease contracted while in captivity, and Rachel to be covered in sores from scabies
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Queensland sailor crushed as he tries to prevent yacht collision
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News Mail/Sail-World Cruising,
8:53 PM Fri GMT
It's an early lesson we are all taught as sailors, but the occasional sad example of someone ignoring the lesson brings it home again. A sailor was rushed to hospital yesterday after he tried to prevent two boats from colliding by getting between them.
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The newest super-yacht dubbed a 'moving island'
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Lisa Mylchreest, ,
8:07 PM Fri GMT
When does 'so much' become 'too much'? Mega-yachts for the super-wealthy have long been labelled ludicrously lavish and preposterously pretentious, but just how far can you go?
A Monaco-based boat designer in collaboration with a famous French ship building company debuted a yacht so large at the recent Dubai Yacht Show, that it has been dubbed a “moving island.”
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