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“Angels Don’t Always Travel by Air”
Before Snickers could board Pride of Aloha, he had to have a flea bath and haircut. © 2008 Robby Coleman Robby Coleman forwarded us the following update from Mark Bult, the crewmember from NCL’s Pride of Aloha cruise ship that offered to give Snickers, the little cocker spaniel abandoned by his owners on Fanning Island…
2,965 Solo Miles in 20 Days for Moonduster
The six boats in the anchorage at Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas are dwarfed by the tall peaks. (Note to Jim Corenman of SailMail: we know that photos aren’t supposed to be sent on SailMail, so sorry about the 20 minutes even the reduced resolution version took on the system.) © 2008 Wayne Meretsky Wayne…
Marina del Rey 16-Year-Old to Circumnavigate
At 16, Zac Sunderland hopes to become the youngest solo circumnavigator. © Marianne Sunderland Laurence and Marianne Sunderland of Marina del Rey report that their 16-year-old son Zac, who has 15,000 ocean miles to his credit, will set off next month from Southern California in an attempt to become the youngest person to circumnavigate singlehanded.…
Will It Turn into a Race?
Further to the above report, annoucing that Zac Sunderland, 16, hopes to set a record as the youngest solo circumnavigator, we should point out that another 16-year-old, Josh Clark of Panama City, Panama, may attempt the same feat. After cruising extensively with his parents for eight years, Josh found an abandoned Cal 32 in Panama,…
Besame’s Close Call
A marine insurance industry professional in Southern California sent us an incident report from the 100-ft Northstar motoryacht Besame. The report, filed on March 5, details an attempted boarding by suspected pirates in international waters off Mexico. It appears Besame had left Zihua in the morning, bound for Tenacatita, and by evening were about 20…