Members of Australia's Horsehead Water Ski Club broke their own world record Jan. 27 when 145 water skiers - shoulder to shoulder - stayed up for one nautical mile behind a 114-foot boat.
A cargo ship carrying rocket components for NASA nearly sent a Tennessee River bridge into orbit last Thursday.
The Dutch courts thought she was too young to sail around the world alone. Truancy administrators didn’t want her to miss out on her schooling while she was at sea. Yet try as they might to keep her at home on terra firma, Laura Dekker sailed into St. Martin on Jan. 21 as the world’s youngest solo circumnavigator at 16 years, 123 days old.
Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirtates, to Sanya, China, was split into two stages to protect the fleet from pirates in the Indian Ocean. The half-dozen Volvo Open 70s left the Maldives Sunday in the second stage of the 3,051-nautical-mile leg to Sanya.
Pod drives have steadily gained popularity since they debuted in the United States about seven years ago. Their design and installation frees space in the stern, increases speed and boosts fuel efficiency.
The owner of the Costa Concordia says the captain deviated from the plotted course without authorization, causing the cruise ship to strike a reef and capsize Friday off Italy’s west coast.
A cargo ship that ran aground off New Zealand three months ago has broken in two, spilling containers into the sea and raising concern about more of its fuel leaking, according to the BBC and other news reports.
This short movie by photographer Mickey Smith will immerse you in the cold, powerful waters of the North Atlantic, right along the near-shore margins where collisions between sea and headlands are most spectacular.
The power and fury of the ocean is something we respect as travelers on the sea.
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