Boat checks help boaters avoid fines

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The Coast Guard Auxiliary unit offers safety checks during the weekends leading up to the Gasparilla invasion. They said it is to help boaters avoid hefty fines. They check to see what boaters don’t have on board and fill them in on what they are missing.

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Boat donation drive sails into Bayport

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As the summer boating season begins winding down, Courage Center has an idea for boat owners thinking about getting off the water and getting rid of their watercraft.

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Indonesian navy rescues hijacked tug boat

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JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (UPI) — The Indonesian navy has rescued a tug boat and its nine crew hijacked by pirates in the Straits of Singapore, the International Maritime Bureau said.

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US Navy rescues Iranian fishing boat from pirates

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A U.S. Navy destroyer has rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected pirates just days after Tehran warned the U.S. to keep its warships out of the Persian Gulf.American forces …

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Jubilee Pageant boat order boost

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A family-run boatbuilders in Hampshire is boosted by an order for two training yachts which will take part in the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations.

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Boat saw us and left, say survivors

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SURVIVORS of the sinking of a boat packed with asylum seekers off East Java last month say a vessel twice stopped near them but failed to rescue them, prompting more than 20 traumatised people to try to swim to shore – with disastrous consequences.

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London Boat Show diversifies into art and jewels

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LONDON (Reuters) – The grey-haired men stood admiring the line of luxury cars at London’s ExCel centre while at a nearby stand a woman handed over money for a silver cigarette case — not the usual things you would expect to buy at a boat show. But London’s International Boat Show, one of the biggest in Europe, is looking to tap into other high-end markets to attract new customers during a …

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Burned boat has roots here

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A boat that once ferried passengers and freight between Tobermory and Manitoulin Island and most recently served as a restaurant was gutted by fire in Port Dalhousie, Ont., Wednesday morning.[...]

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Hemingway’s Boat’

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HEMINGWAY’S BOAT: EVERYTHING HE LOVED IN LIFE, AND LOST 1934-1961 By Paul Hendrickson Alfred A. Knopf, $30, 531 pages In 1987, The Washington Post published a three-part series on the sons of Ernest Hemingway, written by then-staff writer Paul Hendrickson. During the intervening decades and several books later, the Hemingways …

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Boat builders on crest of a wave

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This summer, a common ritual will be observed at boat ramps up and down the country as thousands of Kiwis back trailers into the water, launch a boat and whizz off for some sea action.

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Conservationists’ boat damaged by giant wave off Antarctica during chase of Japanese whalers

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SYDNEY — A conservationist group’s boat that was chasing a Japanese whaling vessel off Antarctica was seriously damaged by a giant wave Thursday — a major setback in the group’s ongoing and sometimes violent battle with Japan’s whaling fleet, the activists said. The wave cracked the hull and severely damaged one of the pontoons on the Brigitte Bardot, a scout vessel for the Sea Shepherd …

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Sea Shepherd anti-whaling boat damaged by wave

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A conservationist group’s boat that was chasing a Japanese whaling vessel off Antarctica was seriously damaged by a giant wave Thursday — a major setback in the group’s ongoing and sometimes violent battle with Japan’s whaling fleet, the activists said.

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Russian boat stricken in Antarctic has second hole

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A second hole has been found in a stricken Russian fishing boat in Antarctic waters, but rescuers said they were making good progress with repairs and the vessel should be seaworthy by Wednesday.

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Travel agenda: Looking ahead to the London Boat Show

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After a break for the holidays, the world’s nautical names will descend on London for the 58th London Boat Show, held in and out of the water at the ExCeL center in Docklands. Look out for debuts from British brands, although many will be holding fire until the larger Boot Düsseldorf event, which begins January 20.

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Boat races returning to Greenwood Lake in West Milford

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The overwhelming support offered to the Greenwood Lake Power Boat Association (GLPBA) in their initial planning to bring Power Boat races to Greenwood Lake has been very encouraging to people leading the effort. Tentative dates already set for the race are Sept. 29 and Sept. 30, 2012 off Brown’s Point.

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Storied boat wasting away

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A large, rusting ship partially submerged in a little known Boone County creek might be the only common link to Thomas Edison, Madonna and the tiny Ohio River town of Petersburg, Ky.

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