Charlie Foxtrot
Skipper of Mark Beaumont boat speaks of lucky escape
It was the rower’s equivalent of the four-minute mile: to cross the Atlantic in under 30 days of gruelling, relentless oar strokes. Yet in the end, al it took was two rogue waves and just ten seconds to dash dreams of a world record and almost cost the six-man crew their lives.
Post to Twitter40-foot boat explodes at marina in Washington state; 1 man seriously injured
(Washington Post) Wash. — A 40-foot boat that exploded at a marina on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula Tuesday evening broke windows, inflicted shrapnel-type damage on other nearby vessels and seriously injured a 78-year-old man, firefighters said. READ MORE8 crew missing after ship sinks in Black Sea storm
Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkish authorities have scrambled divers, helicopters and coast guard ships in an effort to find and rescue eight crew members missing after a cargo ship sank in a storm off Turkey's Black Sea coast Tuesday night
Ship carrying rocket parts hits Kentucky bridge
(USA Today) LOUISVILLE – The voyage of a cargo boat that carries space rocket components to Florida's coast for NASA and the Air Force has stalled in a western Kentucky river after it slammed into an aging traffic bridge. The bow of the Delta Mariner was covered in twisted steel and chunks of asphalt from the two-lane bridge. The boat hit the bridge Thursday night on the Tennessee River on its way to Cape Canaveral, Fla.Italian Cruise Ship Wreck: Missing Grows to 29
(ABC NEWS) The number of people missing in the Italian cruise ship wreck has been increased to 29, the Italian coast guard said today. READ MOREIrish trawler tragedy sparks massive search off Cork coast
(Belfast Telegraph) Irish navy, Coast Guard and RNLI lifeboats have joined the search for for five men missing after a trawler sank off the west Cork coast. READ MORETeen sailing star Tess Lloyd in a coma
(Herald Sun) A YOUNG Victorian sailing star is in an induced coma after being knocked unconscious during a race.3 Dead, 37 Rescued in Antarctic Fishing Boat Fire
(AP) Fire raged out of control on a fishing ship near Antarctica as the crew tried to fight back the flames early Wednesday. Three fishermen died, and two of the 37 rescued had severe burns. READ MORE1 dead in fishing boat accident off NJ coast
BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. (AP) — One person died and a second was rescued by a passing vessel when their fishing boat capsized about 10 miles off New Jersey, the Coast Guard said. READ MOREDebris from grounded ship washes up on New Zealand beach
(CNN) -- Debris from a cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of New Zealand last year, and split in two over the weekend, washed up on a local beach Monday. READ MORE