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A French yacht. A Japanese tanker. A Spanish fishing boat. After several years of decline, pirates are striking with increasing frequency on the high seas.
Attacks in the first three months of this year were up 20 percent compared with the same period in 2007, analysts say. Last year saw more pirate attacks than the year before. (30/04)
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Rising fuel prices are pinching boaters, too.
Marine gas generally sells at between 50 cents and 75 cents a gallon more than auto fuel. Last week, fuel ...
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Gold Coast-based Riviera Marine chief executive Wes Moxey said consumer confidence was at a 15-year low, the Australian dollar was high and the world market ...
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Minutes into your new career as a crab-boat captain, the crew is already a headache.
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After Christie's got $119,000 for a Titanic life jacket at an auction in London last year, Gregg Dietrich was not surprised that his phone kept ringing ...
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Boat sales doldrums aren't holding back Marine Concepts.
his 32-year-old designer and maker of patterns and fiberglass molds for boat-building saw ...
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Earthrace - a biodiesel-powered boat, has set a new record for the quickest journey around the globe by a powerboat, in just 60 days.
According to a ...
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High water levels on Greers Ferry Lake won't scuttle plans for the annual World Championship Cardboard Boat Races, set for Saturday, July 26 at Heber ...
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Twenty years ago, duck hunter Stan Hewitt built his first amphibious vehicle, a clunky 10-wheeled truck-boat hybrid that topped out at 10 mph on land and ...
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The incident happened early on Sunday when officers on foot patrol were called to the alleged assault of a 19-year-old man in the Devon town.
Police ...
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Several classic wooden boats arrived at the Spring Lake Yacht Club Friday night where they were kept safe from high winds and uncertain waters in trailers ...
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A BEXLEY man is one of three UK nationals accused of involvement in Ireland's biggest ever offshore seizure of drugs.
The plot went wrong when the ...
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Once back at the dock, Bethune went for a dive to survey the damage and discovered that one of the blades of the port prop were completely missing. The ...
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To give you some perspective on this, think of your grandmother, who has been heavy into knitting woolen caps and baking chocolate chip cookies for most ...
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Boat building set to become the next success story similar to the local garment industry has a potential of achieving US$1 billion per year, the government ...
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From the lazy byways of the Delta to the shores of Lake Tahoe, a soggy economy and stratospheric fuel prices are hurting Northern California's boating ...
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An experienced British scuba diver who prompted a massive search operation after drifting away from his boat ignored 'strict and specific' instructions ...
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When Ralph Silverman left the dock in an Austrian made new hybrid yacht, the crowd fell silent, intent on hearing any telltale sign of the diesel engine.
It ...
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Born 20 September 1934, Peter Milne, Father of the International Fireball dinghy, died at his home in Chichester in England on 23 May, aged 73.
One ...
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There was a comical moment when Tommy Lee Jones met distributors in Cannes this week to talk about his new project, an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's ...
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Minutes into your new career as a crab-boat captain, the crew is already a headache.
"Captain, you've got to help me. I've got a girl in my bunk ...
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A new study that included over 900 brand name sunscreens found four out of five sunscreens insufficiently protect skin from the sun's harmful rays and ...
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These unique gardens, which were specially created by local artist Christine Wilcox-Baker in support of Cheshire Year of Gardens festivities, can be seen ...
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“July 4 just isn't July 4 without a brewski on the beach,” you say. Fine, then. If you're exploring your flotation-device options, first know this: A ...
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After Christie's got $119,000 for a Titanic life jacket at an auction in London last year, Gregg Dietrich was not surprised that his phone kept ringing ...
More
Boat sales doldrums aren't holding back Marine Concepts.
his 32-year-old designer and maker of patterns and fiberglass molds for boat-building saw ...
More
Earthrace - a biodiesel-powered boat, has set a new record for the quickest journey around the globe by a powerboat, in just 60 days.
According to a ...
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High water levels on Greers Ferry Lake won't scuttle plans for the annual World Championship Cardboard Boat Races, set for Saturday, July 26 at Heber ...
More
Twenty years ago, duck hunter Stan Hewitt built his first amphibious vehicle, a clunky 10-wheeled truck-boat hybrid that topped out at 10 mph on land and ...
More
The incident happened early on Sunday when officers on foot patrol were called to the alleged assault of a 19-year-old man in the Devon town.
Police ...
More
Several classic wooden boats arrived at the Spring Lake Yacht Club Friday night where they were kept safe from high winds and uncertain waters in trailers ...
More
A BEXLEY man is one of three UK nationals accused of involvement in Ireland's biggest ever offshore seizure of drugs.
The plot went wrong when the ...
More
Once back at the dock, Bethune went for a dive to survey the damage and discovered that one of the blades of the port prop were completely missing. The ...
More
To give you some perspective on this, think of your grandmother, who has been heavy into knitting woolen caps and baking chocolate chip cookies for most ...
More
Boat building set to become the next success story similar to the local garment industry has a potential of achieving US$1 billion per year, the government ...
More
From the lazy byways of the Delta to the shores of Lake Tahoe, a soggy economy and stratospheric fuel prices are hurting Northern California's boating ...
More
An experienced British scuba diver who prompted a massive search operation after drifting away from his boat ignored 'strict and specific' instructions ...
More
When Ralph Silverman left the dock in an Austrian made new hybrid yacht, the crowd fell silent, intent on hearing any telltale sign of the diesel engine.
It ...
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Born 20 September 1934, Peter Milne, Father of the International Fireball dinghy, died at his home in Chichester in England on 23 May, aged 73.
One ...
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There was a comical moment when Tommy Lee Jones met distributors in Cannes this week to talk about his new project, an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's ...
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In the distance was a fishing boat with two men. One was Randy Christian, who had just been convicted of raping a girl called Belinda; the other man sitting ...
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A BEXLEY man is one of three UK nationals accused of involvement in Ireland's biggest ever offshore seizure of drugs.
The plot went wrong when the ...
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From the lazy byways of the Delta to the shores of Lake Tahoe, a soggy economy and stratospheric fuel prices are hurting Northern California's boating ...
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The new research has revealed that the sea around the frozen continent is becoming less salty, and scientists say this could play a major role in changing ...
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A helicopter had to be scrambled to stop a yacht in the English Channel from broadcasting on VHF Channel 16 on Sunday.
The yacht was unknowingly broadcasting ...
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Several classic wooden boats arrived at the Spring Lake Yacht Club Friday night where they were kept safe from high winds and uncertain waters in trailers ...
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When Ralph Silverman left the dock in an Austrian made new hybrid yacht, the crowd fell silent, intent on hearing any telltale sign of the diesel engine.
It ...
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The Middle East's luxury pleasure boat sector continues to expand dramatically - it now accounts for almost a fifth of global super-yacht sales. Surging ...
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Adrian Flanagan is about to set sail on the final leg of his challenge: to become the first solo yachtsman to complete a 'vertical' circumnavigation ...
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