Avila Beach, a California coastal community north of Santa Barbara, was the scene of a dramatic video of a humpback whale breaching just a few yards from a woman paddling a kayak.
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During the summer of 2009, Sprague Theobald, an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and professional sailor, wanted to observe firsthand the changes to the Arctic that he attributed to global warming.
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A federal court judge in Norfolk, Va., ordered a Somali pirate on Monday to serve a dozen life sentences in prison for his role in the hijacking of a German merchant vessel and a U.S. cruising sailboat, saying the hostage negotiator was lucky he wasn't facing the death penalty.
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A 76-foot yacht trapped under ice in Antarctica is the subject of a eerie photos making the rounds on the Internet.
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It seems to be a story tailor-made for a movie script: A small boat is swamped, dropping three anglers into the ocean. One is rescued as a hammerhead shark circles him after he treaded water without a life jacket for 20 hours.
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A green laser directed at a Coast Guard helicopter temporarily blinded the aircrew and forced them to land abruptly Wednesday morning while they were searching for the source of three orange flares spotted near Garden City Beach, S.C.
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A four-day event celebrating the 1975 movie "Jaws" begins today on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., the actual setting of the fictitious Amity Island in the blockbuster movie.
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Three children — a 7-year-old boy and two 13-year-old girls — and two adults were rescued Aug. 2 when their 21-foot powerboat capsized after taking on water in the Gulf of Mexico near Corpus Christi, Texas.
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It all started with a trihull runabout built with the help of a few buddies. It was Alton Herndon's first boatbuilding project and, at 23 years old, he was hooked for life.
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An experienced boater who lost his footing and fell overboard, leaving him to tread water without a life jacket for 11 hours as his 23-foot boat motored away, has told his story.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: As the formal inquiries into the July Fourth Long Island Sound tragedy continue, Soundings asked Eric Sorensen, a regular contributor, to discuss boat design principles, especially as they relate to seaworthiness and the physics of buoyancy and stability. Sorensen is the author of “Sorensen’s Guide to Powerboats”; consults for boatbuilders, the Navy and boat owners; and was the founding director of the J.D. Power and Associates Marine Practice.
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Diver and shark expert Jim Abernethy was filming a blue marlin that Guy Harvey — the conservationist and marine artist — had hooked on a recent expedition in the Bahamas when he was jolted by a mako shark estimated to be 10 feet and 600 pounds as it shot through the camera frame.
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The Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show returns Aug. 10 to Rockland for its 10th year, as the magazine that started it all celebrates 25 years of publishing.
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A boat tour of Greenland’s glaciers became a scramble to throttle up and power away from a wave caused by a slab of ice that broke off and slid into the sea.
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A crew for Canada’s Global National newscast was shooting the evacuation by boat of residents in Johnsons Landing, British Columbia, the day after last week’s massive landslide when another slide spilled into Kootenay Lake.
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If you operate a boat with a piltohouse or enclosed helm, chances are parts of its superstructure impede your view aft, making docking and low-speed maneuvering stressful.
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Near-shore shark sightings on the East Coast and West Coast are fairly common, yet each dramatic photograph or video clip seems to stir up a media frenzy and public fascination.
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Investigators are beginning to examine the 34-foot Silverton convertible that capsized and sank July 4 on Long Island Sound, killing three children, after it was raised Wednesday from 60 feet of water.
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Yamaha and Mercury outboards might dominate the water in many coastal areas, but a smaller manufacturer such as Suzuki deserves serious consideration, especially after unveiling five new engines from 15 to 250 hp.
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