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Skipper acquitted in manslaughter trial

January 9th, 2019

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (January 9, 2018) – Camden (ME) charter boat captain Rick Smith is free after a federal

January 9th, 2019

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (January 9, 2019) – Two crewmembers of the 43-foot sailboat Cimarron (above) testified in federal court

December 20th, 2018

As popular members of the Snipe Class, Molly Kurvink and Harri Palm had won the 2018 Canadian Snipe National Championship,

December 15th, 2018

A yacht washed ashore on a beach along the southeastern tip of South Africa with a dead man onboard, and

December 10th, 2018

Rick Smith had never met David Pontious before he agreed to welcome the man aboard his sailboat, Cimarron, in October

November 30th, 2018

by Peter A. Janssen, Cruising Odyssey Is anybody paying attention out there? A few alarming, and tragic, events recently make

October 22nd, 2018

The Bristol Yacht Club (Bristol, RI) will be closed until further notice after a fire caused substantial damage at its

October 7th, 2018

A fire caused a total loss to 86 boats and four vehicles on October 7 at the Buford Dam Road

October 1st, 2018

Chicago, IL (October 1, 2018) – Over the past two months, the Chicago Yacht Club (CYC) has investigated the death

August 13th, 2018

Suffolk County, a predominantly suburban county on Long Island and the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York,