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 …

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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 …

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Weather Underground – October 3, 2015 Hurricane Joaquin is finally accelerating away from The Bahamas, after clobbering parts of the central Bahamas with 36 hours or more of storm surge flooding, high winds and torrential rainfall. All hurricane and tropical storm watches and warnings have been dropped as of 8 a.m. Saturday. Hurricane watches have …

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Published on Oct 2, 2015 The Coast Guard is pulling out the stops in searching for a freighter with 33 crew members that’s gone missing near the center of Hurricane Joaquin. Officials say the ship went out of radio contact near the eye of the storm. (Oct. 2) Mike Hanson, a spokesman for the owner …

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