Category Archives: News
Young Sailor Missing
The Associated Press reported today that Abby Sunderland, a 16-year-old California girl sailing around the world alone, may be in trouble. The last contact with Sunderland was a satellite phone call with her home team around 4am California time today. … Continue reading
Plastiki in Samoa
Twitter provided the news that Plastiki, the catamaran made from recycled materials, has tied up in Apia harbor, capital of Western Samoa. The Plastiki is midway through a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney. US Ambassador to Samoa, David Huebner … Continue reading
Active Hurricane Season Forecast
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has forecast an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season this year. Forecasters are calling for 14 to 23 named storms in the 2010 hurricane season. An average year would only see 11 named storms (with top winds … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic, Caribbean, Environment, Feature, Global Weather, News, North America
Tagged cyclones, hurricanes, storms
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Solo Sailor Returns
Sydney is set to welcome Jessica Watson today when she completes her solo circumnavigation. The 16-year-old set out from Sydney 210 days ago aboard a 34-foot Sparkman & Stevens sloop called Ella’s Pink Lady. Along the 23,000-mile route northeast to … Continue reading
Posted in Feature, New South Wales, News, Study
Tagged circumnavigate, sail, solo, watson
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Plastiki Sails South
Just a couple of updates from the Plastiki crew. The vessel recently made landfall at Christmas Island, Kiribati, about 230 kilometers north of the Equator and almost 7000 kms from their destination of Sydney. The vessel and crew appear to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Feature, Kiribati, News, Pacific
Tagged garbage patch pacific, gpgp, plastiki voyage
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Plastiki Is Underway
The Plastiki, the catamaran made out of recycled plastic, set sail from San Francisco Bay 10 days ago. After four years of preparation, the 60-foot catamaran finally cast off her lines at a Sausalito pier, passed below the Golden Gate … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Feature, News, Pacific
Tagged eco stunts, garbage patch, gpgp, Pacific
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Chile’s Endangered Coast
On the morning of February 27, 2010 residents of Santiago were thrown from their beds as an 8.8 tremblor rocked the Chilean capitol. The epicenter of the earthquake was later placed about five miles west of Curanipe, Chile, or about … Continue reading
Posted in Chile, Environment, Feature, News, Pacific, South America, Video
Tagged coal, disaster, paper plant, quake, tsunami
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Surf Nazis Ride Again
Last week’s New Yorker had an excellent article by George Packer about Dresden and how history is revised. For those of you who haven’t read Slaughterhouse-Five, Dresden is a Medieval city in eastern Germany’s Elbe River valley, that was burned … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Feature, News, Review
Tagged dresden, hitler's surf trip, slaughterhouse five
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Photo Surfari to Rincon Sold Out
The surf photography workshop conducted by noted lensman Art Brewer in Rincon, Puerto Rico has sold out. The Action Surf Photography workshop produced in conjunction with New York’s School of Visual Arts is scheduled for March 6-14. Fourteen students will … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic, Caribbean, Feature, News, Puerto Rico
Tagged arts, brewer, rincon, surf photography, sva
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There Is No Planet B
As developing nations threaten to walk out of the climate talks in Copenhagen, street protesters seemed to be the only ones with a sense of urgency about the warming planet. An estimated 40,000 protesters took to the streets in Copenhagen, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Europe, Feature, News
Tagged climate, copenhagen, Environment, protest
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