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Third teen joining globe-circling chase

Australian Jessica Watson eyes the ‘youngest circumnavigator’ title two young men are now pursuing

Zac Sunderland expected to finish his circumnavigation around July 1. He set sail aboard his Islander 36 in June 2008. The title of youngest solo circumnavigator has become an object of hot pursuit. First, 16-year-old Californian Zac Sunderland set off in June 2008 from Marina Del Rey in his refurbished 1972 Islander 36. Sunderland, who turned 17 in March, was within weeks of his destination in early June, having traveled 24,568 miles. Even if he succeeds, however, he might not hold the title for long.

Talkin' Boats - Bob Apple

Bob Apple is the senior vice president of sales and marketing of Volvo Penta North America, based in Chesapeake, Va. Before joining the engine manufacturer, Apple, 50, spent 22 years in the automotive industry, including 11 years for Saturn Corp., where he was instrumental in helping build the new car company.

Talkin’ Boats with Michael Peters

Michael Peters Yacht Design

Michael Peters is an internationally known yacht designer whose company, Michael Peters Yacht Design in Sarasota, Fla., has rendered more than 350 boats from 20 to 160 feet.

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Steps for proper EPIRB registration

For pleasure boaters and commercial mariners alike, the Lady Mary snafu underlines the importance of properly registering an EPIRB by mailing, faxing or e-mailing a filled-in beacon registration form to NOAA ...

and making sure the information NOAA has in its computer files about your EPIRB is correct, says NOAA program analyst Dan Karlson.

EPIRB error hinders rescue response

Clerk misread one character in entering the beacon ID code for a scalloper that sank, with the loss of six

There were several missed opportunities to correct Lady Mary's EPIRB identification code. A clerical error in the registration of an EPIRB was a factor in an 87-minute delay in the Coast Guard’s search for the scalloper Lady Mary, which sank off New Jersey in the predawn hours of March 24 with the loss of six of her seven crewmembers.

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