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Archive for the ‘Boating Disasters’ Category

What would you have done?

By sailthec • Dec 22nd, 2007 • Category: All Stories and Articles, Boating Disasters, What's Inside

Seventy-Year-Old Sailor Rescued Off Santa Cruz Island
Rescuers say a lone 70-year-old sailor lost all electricity on his 50-foot yacht near Santa Cruz Island and was airlifted to safety by a U.S. Coast Guard crew before his vessel ran aground and was destroyed.
A Coast Guard official said that without electricity, the man could not start his [...]



Intro: Life and Times of a Marine Surveyor

By jrodgers • Aug 21st, 2007 • Category: All Stories and Articles, Boating Disasters, Random Images

As a marine surveyor, I am required to bear witness to some sad events. In these examples, prudence and good judgment could have easily averted disaster. In coming articles I will discuss ways in which you can avoid events such as these.
Joseph Rodgers,
www.rodgersandassociates.com
Note: Dates displayed in the photos do not reflect the dates of the incidents.
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Libertad Burns

By sailthec • Jul 18th, 2007 • Category: All Stories and Articles, Boating Disasters, Video Stories

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Tenicatita Bay is one of the sweetest anchorages on Mexico’s Gold Coast. Joel and I had just finished surfing at the river mouth and we were lounging aboard Songline, blissfully tired. As the sun dipped westward our reverie was broken by an approaching motor yacht. She was about 85 feet long. She came roaring [...]