Gulf Oil Rig Explodes off La. Coast

(abc) An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.  READ MORE

BoatUS: Hanna has lessons for Earl

(BoatUS)  Four days before 2008's Hurricane Hanna struck the South Carolina coast and ran up the eastern U.S. seaboard, she was downgraded to a tropical storm. But that still didn't stop the damage to hundreds of recreational boats deluged by the storm's intense rains. READ MORE

Classic Yacht Regatta Stylishly Punctuates the Weekend

(newport-now) Classic yacht fans rejoice! This Labor Day weekend marks the 31st Annual Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta sponsored by Panerai and presented by Land Rover.  READ MORE

Coast Guard Holds Decommission LORAN Station Caribou

(marinelink) The Coast Guard is holding a decommissioning ceremony for its Long Range Aids to Navigation (LORAN) Station in Caribou, Maine, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. The LORAN-C station was commissioned in November of 1974, marking 35-years of service.  READ MORE

Iceberg four times the size of Manhattan drifting across Arctic Ocean

(nydailynews)   An island of ice more than four times the size of Manhattan is drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in Greenland.  READ MORE

Massachusetts boatyard closes its doors

(soundings) The Edey & Duff boatyard in Massachusetts, founded in 1968 by Mait Edey and Peter Duff, has ceased operations.  READ MORE

Scallopers claim tribal fishing rights

(capecodonline) The recent boarding of a scallop vessel off Nantucket may be the first shot fired across the bow of the federal government in a dispute over a Maine tribe's right to fish in federal waters.  READ MORE

'There was no argument': Giant Royal Navy destroyer looms over yacht carrying £4m worth of cocaine

(dailymail)  With the full might of a Royal Navy destroyer looming over it, the skipper of this little yacht had little choice but to surrender. HMS Gloucester had been called in to intercept the yacht in the mid-Atlantic which was carrying £4million worth of cocaine.  READ MORE

New England Boatworks to build Puma yacht

(soundings) Puma Ocean Racing announced that New England Boatworks was contracted to build Puma's new Volvo 70 for the upcoming Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012.  READ MORE
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