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- Marine police see increase in traffic on lake
Busy lake: Marine police on Lake Martin saw an increase in boat traffic Friday. Lake Martin’s level is up significantly from last year and Fourth of July fell on a Friday to make a three-day holiday weekend.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:34:43 GMT
- Hull yacht secures silver finish
The Hull and Humber yacht secures second place overall in the round-the-world yacht race.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:12:16 GMT
- No one injured when boat capsizes
MUSKEGON -- No one was injured when a boat capsized on one of the busiest boating days on Muskegon Lake Friday.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:20:20 GMT
- Scottish yacht crew celebrate round the world achievement
The Scottish crew who took part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race are celebrating after posting their highest ever finishing place. Glasgow: Scotland with Style sailed into Liverpool in third place after their 10 month, 35,000 mile voyage around the globe.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:33:11 GMT
- Japanese sails solo across Pacific in a wave-powered boat
TOKYO - Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie took more than three months to sail from Hawaii to Japan in a boat powered by the energy of ocean waves, but says he was blessed with good weather and tasty fish.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:40:00 GMT
- Marine police will be watching the waters
LOGAN MARTIN LAKE — Alabama Marine Police will focus on unsafe boat operators during the Fourth of July weekend. “We’ll have all hands working,” said Capt. Michael Patrick, district two superviser for the Alabama Marine Police.
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:59:54 GMT
- Japanese sailor first to cross Pacific in wave-powered boat
Japanese sailor and environmentalist Kenichi Horie has completed a 110-day solo voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a boat propelled by wave power to claim another world first.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:46:44 GMT
- Grant helps ESCC fund new marine apprenticeship
MELFA -- Area marine businesses will soon be able to train workers through a new apprenticeship program under development at Eastern Shore Community College.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:36:10 GMT
- Fourth of July weekend boat patrols
With the holiday weekend underway, marine patrols are in full force out on the waters.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:17:38 GMT
- Sailing boat hit by bullet
A couple who were sailing on their yacht had a lucky escape, as a stray bullet fired from the AFM shooting range in Pembroke during training hit the boat just a few feet away from where the woman was sitting.
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:48:45 GMT
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News Source: MSN:
- Marine moms, dads, often drop out of boot camp - Newsday
WASHINGTON - Franklin Smith had a wife and an infant son when he convinced a recruiter in Biloxi, Miss., that he wanted to be a Marine. For the recruiter, bringing in a family man like Smith was a dropout risk -- even greater than recruiting someone ...
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:48:00 GMT
- Two escape boat explosion on the bay - Baltimore Sun
A 30-foot powerboat with two Virginia residents aboard exploded and sank in the Chesapeake Bay near Edgewater about 3:10 p.m. yesterday, authorities said. The pair were able to swim away from the burning boat and were pulled from the water by nearby ...
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:51:00 GMT
- Bush breaks ground on Walter Reed replacement - Miami Herald
President Bush, left, greets Marine Capt. Ray Baronie, right, who was wounded in Iraq, during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, July 3 ...
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:44:00 GMT
- Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy - BusinessWeek
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts. The well-heeled buyers of the floating mansions are increasingly coming from emerging economies -- in ...
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:55:00 GMT
- Two escape boat explosion on the bay - Baltimore Sun
A 30-foot powerboat with two Virginia residents aboard exploded and sank in the Chesapeake Bay near Edgewater about 3:10 p.m. yesterday, authorities said. The pair were able to swim away from the burning boat and were pulled from the water by nearby ...
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:48:00 GMT
- High fuel prices keep boaters closer to harbor - Chicago Tribune
Bill Bouwens relaxed on his 36-foot express cruiser this week in Waukegan Harbor, where his boat will stay docked a lot more often this summer. That's the sacrifice Bouwens says he'll make because filling up his 300-gallon tank costs a whopping $1 ...
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:41:00 GMT
- Japanese sails solo across Pacific in wave-powered boat - PR Inside
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie took more than three months to sail from Hawaii to Japan in a boat powered by the energy of ocean waves, but says he was blessed with good weather and tasty fish. «The sea was so calm, and the weather ...
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:18:00 GMT
- Oregon camping: Secrets close to Portland - Oregonian
Clatsop State Forest, five miles south of U.S. 26 at milepost 20. A Coast Range delight, not far off the busy highway to Seaside, along the quiet Lower Nehalem River Road; nice drive-up riverfront sites, even better walk-in tent sites. Columbia ...
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:03:00 GMT
- ILLINOIS STYLE: New book on cartoonist Alex Raymond - Chicago Tribune
NORMAL, Ill. - Tom Roberts read comics as a kid, but he didn't examine the work of Alex Raymond until adulthood, as a college student studying to be a cartoonist. Roberts ultimately switched emphasis, to become an illustrator, but retained a lasting ...
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:03:00 GMT
- Seven share £91m Navy carriers work - Guardian Unlimited
Seven firms have won contracts worth £91 million as part of work on two giant aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. Corus, based in Scunthorpe, will produce steel for the vessels in a £65 million deal. MacTaggart Scott and Co Ltd in Mid Lothian ...
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:05:00 GMT
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