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NEWS ABOUT: boating

boating stories: 5 news summaries

Calif. Teen Finishes Record Round-the-World Sail

Zac Sunderland, 17, breaks record for youngest person to sail around the world

Jul 16, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zac Sunderland, 17, returned to Los Angeles today, completing a 13-month journey and earning the title of youngest sailor ever to circumnavigate the globe, the Times reports. Sunderland, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., was greeted by cheering crowds aboard yachts and sailboats. He traveled 25,000 miles, crossing three oceans and... More »

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world record • sailing • world • yachts • teenager • boating • Zac Sunderland • Mike Perham

OPINION

 Gulf of Mexico: 
 More Deadly 
 Than We Think 

10-foot seas, 40-mph winds, hypothermia threaten

Mar 3, 09 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - People may imagine the Gulf of Mexico as a “pond,” but they’ve never seen it “get nasty” in a cold front, writes Terry Tomalin in the St. Petersburg Times. Boaters, like the missing NFL players, can face 10-foot seas and and 40-mph winds. “All it... More »

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Florida • Gulf of Mexico • missing boater • boating • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler • William Bleakley

 NFL Players' Pal Found 
 Clinging to Boat off Fla. 

Nick Schuyler was with missing NFL players

Mar 2, 09 12:13 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the men who was with a pair of NFL players missing off the Florida coast was found alive today, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The Coast Guard pulled Nick Schuyler off a boat he was clinging to west of Tampa Bay; there was no word on any of... More »

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Florida • missing boater • boating • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler

Coast Guard Seeks Missing NFL Players

They went fishing with friends in Fla. and
never returned

Mar 1, 09 5:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The Coast Guard is scanning choppy waters off Florida's Gulf Coast for two NFL players and their friends, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Corey Smith of the Detroit Lions and Victor Cooper of the Oakland Raiders went fishing with two friends yesterday and never returned. Their 21-foot boat is "... More »

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NFL • fishing • Coast Guard • missing boater • boating

(Newser) - The recent terrorist attack in Mumbai has US officials redoubling efforts to secure America’s coastline, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Coast Guard is planning to increase security by issuing ID cards to workers and installing transponders on boats to keep track of activity in US waters. But... More »

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terrorism • Department of Homeland Security • Coast Guard • terrorist attack • ports of entry • Mumbai attacks • boating

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