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May 28, 2010

Nominations open for Distinguished Crew award

Nominations are due Aug. 20 by fax (+1-954-525-4325) or e-mail (info@superyachtsociety.org).

May 25, 2010

Yachties sign up teams for Spin-a-thon

Yachting companies and crew have already signed up for the second annual event on July 16 to raise money for Kids In Distress.

May 24, 2010

Test Your Satellite Phone week begins

The week remind mariners to test their phone and offers tips.

May 12, 2010

Global Marine Travel is aquired by Inchape Shipping Services

Inchcape Shipping Services is to acquire Global Marine Travel, effective 31 May 2010.

May 10, 2010

Monaco show head steps down

After 18 years organizing the Monaco Yacht Show, Luc Pettavino will step down this fall.

May 10, 2010

New Web site tracks oil spill

BoatUS has launched a Web site for recreational boaters affected by the oil spill.

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May 6, 2010

Volcanic ash grounds European air traffic

A roundup of last month's news briefs.

March 24, 2010

ECDIS display problem

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a Notice to Mariners in reference to electronic navigational charts display of isolated shoal soundings. They reported that ECDIS may not display some isolated shoal depths when operating in “Base” or “Standard” display mode. Route planning and monitoring alarms may not always be activated.

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March 24, 2010

No yacht club at Grand Prix

Megayachts have always been a part of the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Fla. Their towering white hulls and superstructures provided the nautical backdrop for this Monaco-style 1.8 mile, 14 turn, street race around the St. Pete waterfront. Unfortunately, the megayachts will be missing from the 2010 event. The Acura Yacht Club – an assembly of temporarily installed floating docks – will not be a feature of this year’s event.

January 19, 2010

Lia Ditton week two, rowing across the Atlantic
Jan. 12. Monday. Combusting magnesium magenta, seas 8-10ft; evening, Sapphire Blue gin bottle blue, seas 6-8ft. Our first bit of really exciting news arrived by text message a couple of days ago. The message said that apart from Charlie, who has an unfair advantage, yours was the best overnight run. Towards the end of my first 3.5 hour watch, I was struggling to keep up the pace. My eyes were sore. So I shut them and continued rowing with my eyes shut! In
January 12, 2010

LIA'S FIRST WEEK ON THE OARS
Earlier this month, sailor and artist Lia Ditton set off from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to row almost 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean with 44-year-old Mick Birchall of the Cambridgeshire Police.
January 12, 2010

The U.S. Coast Guard will terminate the Loran-C
The U.S. Coast Guard announced this week it will decommission the Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C) program and terminate the Loran-C signal broadcasts on Feb. 8. Technological advances in the past 20 years have determined that Loran-C is no longer required as a maritime navigational tool, the agency said in a news release. The final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on Loran-C program was announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on June 12. Loran stations are expected to cease transmitting by Oct. 1.
November 23, 2009

News Briefs: December 2009
EU Court: Island luxury tax illegalThe luxury tax that the Italian island of Sardinia imposed on visiting yachts and aircraft in 2006 has been ruled unfair in the European Court of Justice, according to news reports.An Italian court requested an opinion on the tax’s legality from the European Union after the local marine industry objected that the tax unfairly gave Italian vessels an economic advantage over fellow EU-registered vessels.
October 1, 2009

Britain takes over government of Turks and Caicos Islands

“This is a serious constitutional step which the UK government has not taken lightly, but these measures are essential in order to restore good governance and sound financial management,” British Foreign Office Minister Chris Bryant said in a statement.

September 28, 2009

News Briefs: Oct 09
Britain takes over government of Turks and Caicos Islands
August 26, 2009

News Briefs: Sept. 2009
New USCG medical forms ready Sept. 1, to be used Oct. 1 The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new version of medical evaluation forms to aid the agency in obtaining objective medical information. That type of information will enable the agency to "make accurate and timely fit-for-duty determinations, which will reduce risk to maritime safety," according to a statement from USCG Capt. David C. Stalfort.
July 22, 2009

News Briefs: Aug. 2009
Seafarer fatigue studiedIssues relating to seafarer fatigue will be addressed by a research project introduced in the UK in July. The European Commission-funded Project Horizon brings together 11 organizations in a 30-month research program to examine how fatigue affects the cognitive performance of watchkeepers. Sixty deck and engine room officers will use bridge, engine and liquid cargo handling simulators to assess the impact of fatigue.
June 24, 2009

News Briefs: July 2009
Chef’s killer gets 105 years in prison; captain out of Mexican jail The man who kidnapped, raped and murdered yacht Chef Sara Kuszak in Puerto Rico in February was sentenced in June to 105 years in prison. The man, Eliezer Marquez Navedo, 36, had pleaded guilty to the charges against him, according to a story in the Associated Press.
May 22, 2009

News Briefs: June 2009
Owner fined for endangered animal skins
April 29, 2009

News Briefs May 2009
Broker arrested for tax evasion, USCG credential condensing Broker Rob Moran, owner of Moran Yacht & Ship in Ft. Lauderdale, pleaded guilty in mid-April to filing a false tax return and failing to report more than $3 million in assets he kept with Swiss bank UBS, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.
March 25, 2009

News Briefs: April 2009
Lady Michelle engine room fire cuts sea trial short, starts refit The 161-foot Trinity, M/Y Lady Michelle, suffered an engine room fire while on a sea trial three miles off the South Florida coast in mid-March.
February 23, 2009

News Briefs March 2009
Yacht captain, vessel detained in Mexico A yacht captain was in a Mexican jail in February after officials seized his vessel, a 74-foot sportfish, for a firearms violation.
January 21, 2009

News Briefs: Feb 2009
With mooring field, Sarasota to limit anchoring to three days The Sarasota city commission passed an ordinance on Jan. 5 that would create a mooring field and make it illegal to anchor in the Southwest Florida city’s bay longer than 72 hours.
December 26, 2008

News Briefs: Jan 2009
Despite presence of navies, another hijack off Somalia Pirates hijacked a yacht in the Gulf of Aden on Dec. 16, the third ship to be taken within 24 hours off Somalia despite the presence of international navies.
November 24, 2008

News Briefs: Dec 2008
Merrill-Stevens’ reorganization ditches yacht sales, chartering To focus on its yacht repair and refit business, Merrill-Stevens has discontinued its yacht sales and charter divisions.