Archive for July, 2010

Jul 29 2010

San Diego to Oxnard – way fun

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Jul 15 2010

Sailboat burns, sinks at Anacapa Island

A Hunter sailboat catches fire, sinks at Frenchy’s 7/8/2010 The Coast Guard and Vessel Assist responded to a report of a burning vessel last week. The preliminary report said that the captain was sailing alone, had anchored in Frenchy’s Cove and had started cooking on his rail-mounted barbecue. The captain reported that he fell asleep [...]

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Jul 08 2010

People drown rather quitetly. How distress really looks.

Published by under rescue,safety at sea,Sailing

We all know that a drowning victim waves their arms and will sometimes shout for help. And we’re all acutely wrong. Read gCaptain’s recent blog and you’ll know what to look for. Signs of drowning. thanks, Mack for sending this along to us. //dan Share on Facebook

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Jul 07 2010

Upside down in wild cold seas in Northern California

Published by under rescue,safety at sea,weather

Just gotta wonder what they were thinking. Everyone got rescued, but there was probably no good reason why they should have found themselves upside down under their catamaran in the first place. Read the report in Latitude 38. Then comment, critique, write a diatribe or just speculate. BTW – if you don’t subscribe to the [...]

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Jul 07 2010

Island Fox update – Santa Cruz Island’s famous residents doing well

Published by under Flora & Fauna

Although this particular fox is in the Santa Barbara Zoo, her cousins in the wild are doing very well. I know, anthropomorphism is a bad habit I have, but it’s easier to care about something soft and furry than slimy and spikey. So in the interests of promoting anthropomorphism, here’s a link to a Nature [...]

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