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5 Things You Can Do To Help Celebrate Worlds Ocean Day & National Ocean Month!
Posted in Conservation, cruising, Education, Environment, Fishing, non-profit, Oceans, plastic, Turtles, tagged Education, national oceans month, NMMA, oceans, save our seas, Sea Turtle Restoration Project, seafood pledge, seas, sharks, west marine, world ocean day on June 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
BoatU.S. SmartPhone App for Android and iPhone – Available Now!
Posted in apps, boating, Environment, Safety & Security, sailing, small boats, Technology, Uncategorized, Vessel Lost, yacht, Yachting, tagged android app, app, boat gear, boating, BoatUS, Education, emergency assistance, environmental catastrophe, fishing, iphone, members, sailing, small boats, smartphone, Technology, towing, Yachting on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Get the App that revs up the fun factor in your boating lifestyle! Available now for iPhone and Android phones.
BoatUS – THE Boat Owners Association of the United States – knows boaters like to share with friends and family breathtaking cruising destinations, the hottest fishing holes, ‘uh oh’ grounding spots to avoid and best of all – their boats current location.
What are the Seven Seas?
Posted in blogging, boating, clipper ships, Education, History, Language & Culture, Oceans, sailing, Yachting, tagged "sailing the seven seas", adventure sailing, clipper ships, cruising, debate, Education, History, Kipling, Nancy Birnbaum, sailing, seas, Seven Seas, SSCA, world cruising, Yachting on December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Seven Seas are referred to in the literature of the ancient Hindus, Chinese, Persians, Romans and other nations. In each case, the term simply referred to different bodies of water. Sometimes it even referred to mythical seas. To the Persians, the Seven Seas were the streams forming the Oxus River; the Hindus used the term for the bodies of water in the Punjab. There is a group of salt-water lagoons that separated Venice, Italy from the open sea, that the Romans called septem maria, the Latin phrase for Seven Seas.
Still the debate continues. Even the renowned Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution got it wrong…
Cruisers Create Camaradarie at Annual SSCA Gam in Melbourne, Florida
Posted in apps, boating, cruising, Education, sailing, Uncategorized, world cruising, Yachting, tagged AGM, blue water cruising, boating, cruising, Education, Florida, Gam, Melbourne, sailing, SSCA, world sailing on November 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just returned from the Seven Seas Cruising Association‘s 35th Annual Melbourne Gam where it was breezy and cool and the North anchorage off the Eau Gallie Causeway was full with almost 30 boats. It was great to see lots of old friends as well as many “newbies” who have either just set out or [...]
SSCA Needs Your Help To Bring Text Books to Bahamas
Posted in boating, cruising, Education, Humanitarian, offshore sailing, Sailboats, sailing, Travel, tagged Bahamas, blue water saling, boating, Books, cruising, Education, Humanitarian, Operation Bahamas Project, Sailboats, SSCA, world cruising on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Help the SSCA Humanitarian Effort! “Operation Bahamas Project” needs your help to provide each child in the Out Islands of the Bahamas with a retired Math Book. We have completed packing retired text books, workbooks, etc. for the schools in the Bahamas.
New Non-Profit Organization Dedicated to Getting Physically Challenged Anglers Back On The Water
Posted in blogging, Fishing, non-profit, tagged angler, boat, catamaran, challenged, conservation, disabled, Education, fishing, fund raising, non-profit, physically on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A non-profit organization in Fort Lauderdale, Florida has launched a new website and fund-raising effort to help physically challenged anglers get back on the water. The stated mission of Armchair Anglers is to provide world-class fishing trips for the physically challenged on a fully accessible, stable catamaran boat, in an effort to bring the healing that only time spent on the water can provide.
Take a Sailing Course Online for only $6.99? Yes You Can! (But only ’til Sept.1st!)
Posted in boating, Crew, cruising, Education, sailing, world cruising, Yachting, tagged blue water saling, courses, cruising, Education, offshore sailing, online, sailing, special offer, Technology, world cruising, Yachting on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
NauticEd is a great way to get the skills you want, online from anywhere, anytime. We can’t all take time off to head off to a tropical paradise to learn how to sail, and that’s why Grant Headifen designed NauticEd.
Now, for a short time, while the folks at NauticEd are sailing Tonga, they are offering a incredibly special price of just $6.99!! They want something back from you, however…Use your social network to promote for them in exchange. Read more about that below.
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