For those who know the cut over the bank to Bimini you might recognize this. Yes, the one where they did not replace the missing bouys that were there last year. This poor 50-footer got pushed/blown out of the cut on Wednesday , March 10 shortly after 2 p.m. under heavy seas. She was entering for the first time, with the quarentine flag and courtesy flag up. 

• Seacoat Technology released Sea-Speed V5 Non-Toxic
• Northern Lights: better generator
• West Marine: foul weather gear
• Iridium: data transceiver
• OceanView: night vision camera
• VEI Technologies: marine display
• Inmarsat broadband honored
• KVH adds Singapore office

We have a new player in the ever-increasing field of international standards for yacht safety. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) joins the likes of the United Kingdom, the Marshall Islands, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Malta, and Belize with the introduction of its “Yacht Regulations for Yachts above 24 meters.”

The 2010 International Marina & Boatyard Conference kicked off in Tampa in late January with a bleak assessment of the past couple of years in the industry and a slightly optimistic outlook for 2010/2011.

La Amada Resort and Marina has been open in Cancun, Mexico, for nearly a year, and dockmaster Miguel A. Perez has been on board since the beginning. The European-style luxury resort hosts yachts up to 172 feet. Guests can enjoy the residences on property, La Amada Hotel or stay on their yachts with privileges at the spa, restaurants and amenities..

Week eight of Lia Ditton’s Atlantic Row has seen the much improved relationship on board Dream Maker help the crew deal with the frustrations surfacing as a result of the ‘stop-go’ nature of this year’s event. Worn out behinds, the need for sleep and longings for real food have taken their turn in the forefront of the the team's thoughts. Currently in 8th position, 2 miles behind and 20 miles ahead of young all male crews, the pressure is on for the final 600 miles!

Prompted by an e-mail from a freelance megayacht chef on a bad gig, this month's survey seeks to find some industry standards for crew food. Unlike our unhappy chef, the majority of the 284 respondents in our survey not only enjoyed the food on their vessel, but often eat as well as the owner and/or guests.

Sometimes, it's best just to let the captain tell his story. "We were sitting in Panama, coming this way because of the weather, and we're coming right by Haiti so we wanted to see if we could do something. So we loaded up with rice, water, baby food, canned foods and came over. We're sitting now 37m off Port au Prince."

When news came down in December that Merrill Stevens would cease operations, Superintendent John Spencer knew he had to do something. At the very least, he wanted to give his guys some hope that they wouldn't be out of work for long.

Winds built over 8 hrs to 90K with gusts to 130K from the SE. The eye passed right over us providing a hour and a half break where we could reset chafe gear and check the boats. In the end most of the boats fared well. Everyone who took precautions saved there boats in Vava'u. This has been a very active cyclone season and more cyclones are predicted to form this week.

Eng. Pawel "Pav" Kwiatowske of M/Y Charisma, the 154-foot (47m) Feadship, died in the British Virgin Islands in late January. He was 32 years old. For six days, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Virgin Islands Search and Rescue conducted aerial searches and police units looked underwater.