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NEWS ABOUT: boat

boat stories: 18 news summaries
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 Find a Second Home 
 Afloat—for Less 

Barges or an ocean condo offer less cost, commitment than owning a yacht

Jul 31, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A boat makes a great getaway home, but mooring and maintenance can turn ownership into an expensive hassle. A few alternatives have cropped up that offer the pleasures of sea living without requiring the vacationer to buy in hook, line, and sinker, USA Today reports:
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travel • France • boat • luxury • yachts • Jay-ZTV • barges

(Newser) - Three US teenagers returned from Mexico from what they claimed was a fishing trip with quite a catch: more than half a ton of marijuana stuffed beneath the deck of their boat. The three—two males ages 18 and 19 and a 19-year-old female—were arrested when they docked their... More »

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Mexico • San Diego • marijuana • boat • drug smuggling • pot

Brit Tycoon Murder Suspect
Tried to Flee by Sea

Visited marina day after girlfriend found dead

May 31, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British millionaire sought in the murder of his Polish girlfriend in a tony Paris hotel tried to buy a cabin cruiser to flee, reports Times of London. Ian Griffin visited a British marina earlier this week after his girlfriend was found beaten to death and tried buy a vessel—... More »

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crime • murder • boat • escape • Britain • beatings • Polish • Ian Griffin • Kinga Legg

 Sri Lankan Refugees 
 Describe Deadly Escape 

10 of 21 make it to safety in India; refugees tell their story

May 5, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - As fighting raged between the Sri Lankan army and the rebel Tamil Tigers last month, 21 people managed to escape on a boat. But by the time they arrived in India, nine days later, only 10 remained. “One by one. Dead babies, children. No food. No drink,” one... More »

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India • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • boat • refugee • escape

Hong Kong Brothers Brave Tide With Life-Size Ark

Biblical specs set it apart from others worldwide

Apr 14, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - A trio of billionaire brothers in Hong Kong is offering shelter from the financial storm in the form of a life-size Noah’s ark replica, built using the Bible as a manual, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ark is one of many replicas worldwide, but the only one that... More »

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Hong Kong • ship • Netherlands • Noah's Ark • boat • replica


 Boaters Jumping Ship 
 in Troubled Times 

Erstwhile skippers scuttle their craft for the insurance payout

Apr 1, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many boaters who bought their vessels during sunnier economic times are now regretting their purchases, and some of them are resorting to desperate measures, reports the New York Times. Facing hefty maintenance costs and docking fees, some skippers are simply cutting their crafts—often fully paid for—loose to drift... More »

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boat • insurance fraud • economy • financial crisis • recession depression

(Newser) - The apparent lone survivor of the boat accident that has left three football players missing gave investigators a harrowing version of his ordeal, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Nick Schuyler says the two NFL players with him gave up hope within hours of each other, stripped off their life jackets,... More »

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

 India Sank Wrong Ship 
 in Pirate Attack 

'Pirate mother ship' was actually hijacked Thai trawler

Nov 26, 08 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The "pirate mother ship" blown out of the water by the Indian navy in the Gulf of Arden last week was actually a Thai fishing trawler that had been seized by the pirates, the International Herald Tribune reports. The boat's owner learned of the mistake when a surviving crew... More »

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Somalia • India • piracy • boat • pirates • navy • Gulf of Aden

Father, Son Killed in Paris Tourist Boat Accident

Other 10 passengers survive after bridge crash

Sep 14, 08 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A father and his 6-year-old son were killed yesterday when a small Paris tourist boat stuck a bridge near Notre Dame Cathedral in the Seine, the BBC reports. The boat sank, trapping the two French passengers under water. They were declared dead at a local hospital. The other 10 passengers... More »

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tourism • France • Paris • boat • boat accident

Drug Smugglers' Subs Could
Open US to Terrorists

Semi-submersibles are difficult to detect

Aug 17, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Semi-submersible boats used to smuggle drugs into the US could provide a path into the country for terrorists or their weapons, the Boston Globe reports. “If drug cartels can ship up to 10 tons of cocaine in a semi-submersible, they can clearly ship or rent space to a terrorist... More »

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drug trafficking • terrorist • boat • submarine • smuggler • drug trade • weapons of mass destruction • submersibles

 15 Dead in Brazil Ferry Accident 

Dozens still missing after early morning tragedy

May 5, 08 3:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A ferry taking passengers home from a nighttime party capsized yesterday in Brazil, killing at least 15 people, AP reports. Dozens more were missing in the Solimoes River, one of the Amazon's largest tributaries. Most of those killed were women. Some passengers swam to shore and others were picked up... More »

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Brazil • death • boat • missing boater • boat accident • Amazon

 Swan-Boat Romance  
 Takes Wing (Again) 

After actual feathered male forsakes her, Petra flocks back to plastic paramour

Mar 28, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - After her real-life avian lover flew the coop, a German black swan has returned to her ex—a swan-shaped paddleboat, the AP reports. Petra was joined at the wing with the craft in 2006—but that relationship seemed to have sung its swan song when both were taken to a... More »

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Germany • birds • zoo • boat • romance • relationship • animal • swan

When It Comes to Yachts, Size Does Matter

Wealthy owners compete for 'bragging rights' with superyachts

Mar 16, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Billionaires have a new way to one-up wealthy neighbors: Buy a bigger yacht. Such jumbo boats confer "bragging rights,” one expert says. "No question, that’s a very strong part of the motivation.” And competition is riding a new crest: Four times as many superyachts, all... More »

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wealth • competition • Dubai • boat • billionaire • yachts • superyachts

Nine Dead, 10 Missing in Amazon Boat Wreck

Brazilian ferry collided with barge in dark of lunar eclipse

Feb 21, 08 1:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Nine people died, and 10 more are missing and feared dead after a ferry in Brazil sank this morning after colliding with a barge on the Amazon River, the AP reports. Authorities, who rescued 92 passengers near the town of Itacoatiara, say  "visibility was very poor" at the time... More »

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Brazil • boat • boat collision • Itacoatiara • disaster • Amazon rainforest

'Ghost Ship' a Case of Intrigue on High Seas

Charter found near Cuba, crew missing;
2 survivors being held

Sep 29, 07 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sea is telling no secrets about an abandoned charter boat found 30 miles north of Cuba this week, missing the young couple who owned it and two crewmembers. But Newsweek reports that the two men who chartered the boat, found floating miles away in its life raft, are failing... More »

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Florida • crime • boat • ghost ship • missing boater • pirates

Sailors Find Iceless NW Passage

As ice thaws, yachts glide through Northwest Passage

Sep 13, 07 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's smooth sailing in the Arctic nowadays. Even in recent years, the ice was apt to claim adventurers who dared navigate the Northwest Passage. This year the passage has no ice. And with global warming claiming some 38,000 square miles of ice a year, the Journal reports, the Arctic... More »

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climate change • Arctic • boat • Arctic race • polar ice caps • Northwest Passage • ice melt

Hamas Launches Navy in Gaza

Palestinian faction is recruiting sailors; now all they need is a ship

Aug 10, 07 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas, the Palestinian faction that seized power in the Gaza Strip in June, is launching a naval defense force, reports the Times. They're busy recruiting sailors—even though they don't have any ships.  “The requirements to join are that you have to be a good soldier, be fit,... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Navy • Islamic militants • boat • guerilla • drug abuse

QE2 to Dock, for Good, in Dubai

Cruising days over, storied ship will be a  floating hotel in the Persian Gulf

Jun 18, 07 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - After 40 years at sea, the glamorous passenger liner QE2 will be sold by Carnival Cruise Lines to a Dubai firm for $100 million, then turned into luxury lodgings. The company promises to restore the interior of the ship, which will be anchored off three man-made islands, and to build... More »

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Persian Gulf • ship • Dubai • QE2 • Carnival Cruise Lines • Ahmed bin Sulayem • boat

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