Tag Archive 'Coast Guard'

Feb 26 2010

Schooner American Pride runs aground in Long Beach

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Oct 19 2009

F/V Lady Francis comes home one last time, F/V Donz Rig survives but needs repair

The squid fleet is having a hell of a time keeping their boats afloat. About two weeks ago the Fishing Vessel Lady Francis (thought ladies spelled in Frances) ran aground in Smugglers and Sat. night, the F/V Donz Rig ran aground trying to find her way into the harbor.   The Fishing Vessel Donz Rig***** [...]

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Apr 20 2009

Licensing boat drivers – a violation of our freedoms or a way to save sailors lives?

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©Randy Bush 2009 Our Sailtime shipmates Randy Bush and Steve Van Hook overheard an interesting conversation on channel #16 a week ago. It’s kinda funny and bit frightening. It’s a dialogue between a powerboat captain and the Coast Guard. This is Anastasia — where am I? Saturday was one of those “gottta go out” days. [...]

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Jan 22 2009

Coming home to Oxnard in Heavy Weather

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© Wayne Lambright 2005, photos used with permission Santana 22, about to be engulfed, passes beneath Golden Gate Bridge. This does not go well. This picture shows this hapless boat just before it and the crew are tumbled by the breakers. This most graphic of graphics prompted Mack Frankfurter to ask the best strategy for [...]

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Oct 25 2008

More Tales of the Southern California Santa Ana

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              Twenty years ago, Captain Sean Quine set out for the first overnighter on his new yacht. He sailed to Smugglers Cove on an idyllic afternoon. Conditions changed. Radically. People – though not in Sean’s crew – died. Log entry: 28 October 1988 Maiden overnight voyage on Down Under, [...]

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