Wreck On Wednesday.

Welcome to the Kerguelen Islands, I'm Oscar, your concierge. May I order you some vodka to go with the rocks?
Photo of Bernard Stamm's wreck from 2008 during the Vendee Globe. Via the Telegraph.

How Was Your Weekend?

Did you make it out to the beach?

Wrecks On Wednesday.

Abandon ship!

Have A Better Weekend Than These Guys.

Boat for sale......really cheap.....name your price.
Contact Carol Anne or Pat for more information.

Update: Thank you CA for telling me about the omitted letter. I hate it when I do things like that, especially with a teacher waiting in the wings holding a red marker pen in her hand. 

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Wrecks On Wednesday.

What happens when there are storms? What happens when you don't secure your boat for a storm?

2 sailboats washed ashore on a Santa Barbara beach.
Form 'Lectronic Latitude.

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Maps On Monday. The Entrance To San Francisco Bay.

Shawn, take a look at the chart. This is why waves wrap around the point into the cove at (almost) 90 degrees. It's a good place to surf (if you like big rocks, crazy swells, cranky surfers, playing with strong tides and currents....not me).

The chart also shows you why you don't want to sail between the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point.

You remember Capt. Joe Schidmt. He learned how to surf the hard way.

To quote the Puffin, "Munchola!"

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Have A Better Weekend Than This Guy.

Moonduster's tale.

Not A Great Way To Start A New Year.

Don't take short cuts this year.
Krashad J/133  You can say that again.

Wednesday Wipeout.

Dive, dive, dive!

Wednesday Wipeout.

Dive, dive, dive!

Wednesday Wipeout. [Video]

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Ouch!

What Happens When Your Anchor Line Breaks?

Oops!

Via Sailing Anarchy's RSS ....which is really a neat trick put together by Ole, because SA doesn't offer a feed. Thanks Ole!

Tri, Tri Again. Trimaran Thursday.

Not again!
« Je ne sais pas encore ce qui s’est passé… »

Monster Monday. Attack Of The Killer Jellyfish!

Is this from a Japanese 60's movie?
You remember Matango (Attack of the Mushroom People). Spooky!

The trawler, the Diasan Shinsho-maru, capsized off Chiba`as its three-man crew was trying to haul in a net containing dozens of huge Nomura's jellyfish. More here.

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Wednesday Wipeout. Marko Polo Discovers Croatia.

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This past Saturday, the crew of the ferry "Marko Polo", decided that they were thirsty and needed some shore leave. So they beached their ship on an island off the coast Croatia between Zadar and Sibenik.

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Wednesday Wipeout. "Barkeep, I'll Have Mine On The Rocks!"

Kids, don't play chicken with humongous basalt rocks.



The chances are the rocks will win every time.

Joe, what's the story? Read here, here or here.

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Wednesday Wipeout. "Barkeep, I'll Have Mine On The Rocks!"

Kids, don't play chicken with humongous basalt rocks.



The chances are the rocks will win every time.

Joe, what's the story? Read here, here or here.

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Wednesday Wipeout. "Let's Play Chicken Of The Sea!" [Video]

http://embed.break.com/NjA5Nzgw

Look O'Docker, a video. Are you happy?
Can I have a cookie now?

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Wednesday Wipeout.

Sometimes the surf sucks.

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I Told You, Balance The Boat!

The Ice Prince listing to her side.

The Ice Prince was a 328ft Greek-registered cargo ship which sank in the English channel on January 15, 2008, spilling 2,516 tonnes of timber, around 423 tonnes of intermediate fuel oil and 123 tonnes of marine diesel oil. Twenty crew members were rescued by helicopter and lifeboat. (See the video here.)

Timber from the cargo washed ashore along the south coast of England. Beaches along the south coast of England were closed to prevent looters taking away washed-up timber.

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