Hurricane Joaquin Bearing Down on Bermuda

Weather.com – A hurricane warning is in effect for Bermuda as Hurricane Joaquin moves on a path that will take it very near the archipelago Sunday into early Monday. (MAP: Track Hurricane Joaquin with our New Interactive Storm Tracker)   Hurricane Joaquin Information The latest statistics as provided by NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. The current forecast path …

Missing Container Ship EL FARO – Life Ring Found

10.3.2015 – United States Coast Guard HC-130 search and rescue crew from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, spotted the life ring 120 nautical miles northeast of Crooked Island, Bahamas. A Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter crew recovered the life ring and confirmed it belonged to the missing ship El Faro. “While this reflects that the ship was …

2015 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez – Sailing, and Nothing Else

03/10/2015 Racing and nothing else…one race validated in every class…Tuiga and Mariska star in tomorrow’s final…Y3K leading in the Wally class. The blustery episode from the past two days has been erased today by the sailors’ irrepressible desire to get out sailing at all costs, supported in their mission by the determination of the Race …

American Cargo Ship ‘El Faro’ Missing Near Hurricane Joaquin

Published on Oct 3, 2015 A risky Coast Guard search in the storm-battered north Atlantic is expected to resume for a cargo ship carrying 33 sailors, most of them Americans. The search was suspended overnight because of the fury of Hurricane Joaquin. The ship has been missing since Thursday, when it sent out a distress …