Stone Age 8,000-year-old wooden platform at world's first boatyard shows stone age Britons were master carpentersThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonThe world's oldest boatyard, complete with a wooden platform and tools, has been discovered off the coast of the Isle of Wight, showing Mesolithic man was advanced carpenter. Archaeologists first suspected
Sustainability Sail Green: Sustainable EscapesCruising World - By David Schmidt What charter companies are doing to lessen their environmental impact above and below the surface at their base locations.
Biological Species The Endangered Species Act is incredibly popular and effective. Trump is weakening it anyway.Vox - Brian ResnickIn May, a United Nations panel on biodiversity released a massive, troubling report on the state of the world’s animals. The bottom line: As many as 1 million species are now at risk of extinction if don’t
Update on the Proposed Georgia Anchoring RulesCruising World - By Ed Tillett Ed Tillett, editor-in-chief of Waterway Guide attended this week’s public hearing that addressed new anchoring restrictions in Georgia’s estuarine …
Long Island Bahamas Regattasailingscuttlebutt.com - Assoc Editor These photos by Jan Pehrson are of the A-Class winners of the 52nd Annual Long Island, Bahamas Regatta, sailed June 5-8, 2019. This sailing regatta …
Miami doesn’t need car races or casinos, it needs accessible green space and waterfront | Opinionmiamiherald.com - By Xavier Suarez In the early 1980s, Miami was “Paradise Lost.” Rightly or wrongly, it had a bad reputation as the city with the highest homicide rate, the most …
Sailing, an efficient solution to maritime transport pollutionthehindu.com - Mathilde Golla, Le Figaro Ninety percent of the worldwide transportation of goods happens on the oceans. The maritime transport sector accounts for about three percent of …
Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right – after 2,469 yearsThe Guardian - Dalya AlbergeIn the fifth century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus visited Egypt and wrote of unusual river boats on the Nile. Twenty-three lines of his Historia, the ancient world’s first great narrative history,
Fort Myers Spanish sailing replica visits Fort Myers Beach | Fort Myers Florida Weeklyfloridaweekly.com - By Florida Weekly Staff | on February 13, 2019 The Nao Santa Maria can be seen on Fort Myers Beach. The replica of one of the most famous ships in Spanish maritime history is on Fort Myers …
North Pole Earth's Magnetic North Pole Has Officially MovedForbes - Trevor NaceThis map shows the new location of the magnetic North Pole (the white star). Earth's magnetic North Pole has drifted so fast that authorities have had to officially redefine the location of the magnetic
2019 International WASZP Games - Day 4sail-world.com After celebrating Australia Day in Perth the only way the WASZP fleet knows how, we launched back into racing today. Australia Day was a real treat, …
Why we are suing federal government over water crisisnews-press.com - John Cassani, Special to the Fort Myers News-Press The popular expression “Nero fiddled while Rome burned” seems an appropriate metaphor for the water quality crisis afflicting Florida. Some suggest …
New Electronics to Make Your Boating BetterYachting Magazine - By David Schmidt High-throughput satellite (HTS) service has been snapping heads with fast speeds, allowing yachtsmen to binge-stream their favorite Netflix or Hulu …
The Willy-T Finds a New Home in the British Virgin IslandsIslands Magazine - By Lori Barbely The William Thornton Floating Bar & Restaurant, commonly referred to as the Willy-T is one of the most iconic bars in the British Virgin Islands. …
I led the National Park Service. Zinke's resignation leaves lasting damageThe Guardian - Jonathan B JarvisHopes were high for the interior secretary’s tenure. But profiteers and climate deniers quickly changed that When President Trump’s new secretary of the interior Ryan Zinke rode a horse across the National
Reverso: The boat of the future is heresail-world.com At the Nautic de Paris, the Reverso dinghy is creating waves. It was born from an idea proposed on the shores of the Mediterranean, in fact in the …
Photographer Mac Stone's Journey to Document Florida's Wetlandstheepochtimes.com - Eva Pomice When it comes to his beloved Everglades, photographer Mac Stone doesn’t like the word “fragile.” The Florida wetlands may be imperiled by pollution …
Billionaire builds beach access app after violating rulesAssociated PressNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A tech billionaire whose elaborate wedding in a redwood grove violated California rules has helped create a smartphone app that shows users a map of more than 1,500 spots people
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Putting a Price on Natural Resources ⋆ For Truth Mediafortruthmedia.com - Chris Grisby Last week Florida Gulf Coast University hosted Dr. Robert Costanza, Vice Chancellor Chair in Public Policy at The Australian National University. He …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Miccosukeeland - Community Pulse Episode 2 ⋆ For Truth Mediafortruthmedia.com - Chris Grisby Come with us to “Miccosukeeland” where we talk to the indigenous about their beloved home, the Everglades, and their fight to protect it. Host Chris …
10 U.S. Islands that Feel ExoticIslands Magazine - By Brooke Morton As much as we all wish to see every corner of the globe, it can be a challenge to do it all with limited funds and vacation time. Luckily, the United …
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The globe’s biggest maritime shipping company is abandoning fossil fuelsQuartz - Chase PurdyThe world’s largest maritime shipping company is slowly ditching fossil fuels, and in doing so has thrown down a challenge for the rest of the industry to follow suit. Denmark-based AP Moller Maersk this
Packed Day at World Sailing Conferencesailingscuttlebutt.com - Assoc Editor Sarasota, Florida (October 29, 2018) - A packed day of Sub-committee meetings mixed in with an open forum on safety in sailing sparked the …
Report: Hurricane Michael's Storm Surge Dredged Up 119-Year-Old Vessels Wrecked By Carrabelle HurricaneGizmodo - Tom McKay Hurricane Michael, an unprecedented storm that slammed into the Florida Panhandle at Category 4 strength, may well be an harbinger of things to come …
Golden Globe Race Skippers Rescued After Violent Stormforshore.net - Magnus Thiersmann Two Golden Globe Race Entrants are Rolled and Dismasted in Powerful Southern Ocean Storm – one Endures Life-Threatening Injuries as the Other Hurries …
Video of the amazing IMOCA 60 Charal foilingsail-world.com One month ago we posted news of the new IMOCA 60 Charal leaving the CDK Technologies yard in Port-La-Forêt, Brittany. Now the Charal Sailing Team …
Hole 200-300 metres wide opens up on Queensland beach Australia News - Australian Associated Press‘Nearshore landslip’ just a few hundred metres from 2015 incident which swallowed caravan, a car and tents Another hole has opened up on a popular Queensland beach, not far from one that swallowed a caravan,
Sailing Where there’s smoke, there’s firesailingscuttlebutt.com - Editor The multihull era of the America’s Cup halted the legacy monohull boats enjoyed. Whereas the 12 Meter, International America’s Cup Class, and even J …
Two Marine Emergency Kits That May Save Your Lifeforshore.net - Jason Pim From the Summer 2018 issue of Bluewater Yacht Sales’ OnBoard Magazine:The low light of Spring Break ’91 was Dad and I being airlifted from our boat …
