“About Boating Safely” offered in Clearwater FL on Feb 9-10 by US Coast Guard Auxiliary
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 11-1 Clearwater, is offering the widely acclaimed “About Boating Safely will be held February 9th and 10th .
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FLIR Awarded U.S. Coast Guard AIS Contract
Who you gonna call when you’re in trouble on the sea? The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)! Secure communication and coordination between the USCG’s assets are needed to perform the service’s multifaceted missions
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Team Perfect Vision Sailing’s Lt. j.g. Barnes & Dallman-Weiss Sets Sights on Next Phase of 2020 Olympic Campaign
Miami, Florida, USA (November 19, 2018). Learn, build, grow…and win. This describes the latest evolution in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Lt. j.g. Nikole ‘Nikki’ Barnes and Lara Dallman Weiss’ Perfect Vision Sailing campaign to represent the U.S. in the Women’s 470 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan. Since making their international debut as…
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First VIPCA Marine Apprenticeship Class Graduates
Three of a seven-strong group of teen and twenty-year-old students stood in the shallow end of the St. Thomas Swimming Association Pool, near Red Hook, St. Thomas. Each were outfitted in full scuba gear, including tanks, masks and fins, the same as their fellow students earlier that morning. These young adults, members of the first…
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Food Yacht Takes To The Seas
“People have been trying on and off the concept of selling food afloat in this area. It’s a tough business. You need to put a lot of skills together – mechanic, electrician, business person, sailor and chef.” There’s nothing better than sitting seaside forking into a fresh seafood meal. Now imagine that same experience on…
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USVI Coast Guard Reauthorization Act Passed the House
Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr. said Tuesday night that the 2014 Coast Guard Reauthorization Act passed the full U.S. House of Representatives this evening bringing the territory one step closer in its efforts to regain the yachting industry’s leadership mantle that was once a vibrant part of the local economy. The measure now awaits actions of…
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How to Buy an Older Boat
The best day of your yachting life should be the day you buy your boat. Here are the Top Tips to know When Buying an Older Boat.
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USCG Lt. Hector ‘Rafy’ Ramos Keeps Boaters Safe At Sea
Gut instinct has served U.S. Coast Guard helicopter pilot, Lt. Hector ‘Rafy’ Ramos, well. Last year, flying out of Air Station Borinquen in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Ramos and his team successfully rescued a Virgin Islands’ woman floating in the water several hours after a plane crash and, on another occasion, a fisherman stranded off the…
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How to Buy a Boat, Step 1: First, Choose Your Style of Boat
If you’ve picked up this magazine, chances are you own a boat. But there are a number of non-boaters among our readership who we’ll call “boat curious.” These are people who are thinking about getting a boat but have yet to take the plunge. For them, we present this series on “How to Buy a…
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Know Your VHF Radio Etiquette
A VHF radio is a must-have on even the smallest of pleasure boats – more reliable than a cell phone and nowadays cheaper than one. Here’s a VHF Radio How To
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Coast Guard Puerto Rico Win Award
Coast guard aids to navigation team Puerto Rico have received the prestigious Sumner I. Kimball readiness award. Motorists may take traffic signs for granted and some yachtsmen may do the same with navigation aids. Yet, take these away and disaster can result. That’s why it’s awesome for boaters cruising through the waters of Puerto Rico…
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NEW Law to Affect Life Floats & Rigid Buoyant Apparatus
Life floats and rigid buoyant apparatus need to be replaced by Inflatable Buoyant Apparatus or IBAs by January 1st 2015.
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Oriental Boat Show Kicking off in April
Popular event builds on its previous success The annual In-Water Boat Show in Oriental, NC has gotten off to a remarkable start in its first three years, and organizers are looking to build on that success in the show’s fourth year. The event is scheduled for April 13-15, 2012 at Pecan Grove Marina. “The way…
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Rescue 21 Brings Advanced Lifesaving Technology to the Caribbean
New cutting-edge advanced direction-finding communications technology called Rescue 21 now allows the USCG to locate boaters in trouble and save lives and property at sea.
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USCGC Eagle Makes Splendid Entrance in 2010
The US Coast Guard has continued to employ a sailing school ship, as have the naval and merchant services of many other nations, to train its future officers, called the Eagle.
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An Eye for an Eye
There are certain issues that couples avoid talking about. Craig and I avoided until recently the subject of weapons on the boat and failed to discuss the issue before we set off as newly-launched cruisers on our Maiden Voyage: British Virgin Islands to Panama via Jamaica. Up until the unannounced scare outside of Puerto Rico,…
