(coastguardnews)  The Coast Guard is continuing its investigation into the vessel
collision between a Coast Guard 25-foot response boat and the Thriller,
a commercial power catamaran, which collided in Charleston Harbor
Saturday at approximately 8:30 p.m.  Source

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• Coast Guard boats and commercial catamaran collide

     (coastguardnews) A 25-foot Coast Guard small boat and the Thriller, a 43-passanger power catamaran, collided in Charleston Harbor Saturday at approximately 8:21 p.m.  Source

• Coast Guard continues the search in the air collision on Hudson

     (coastguardnews)  The Coast Guard has suspended its search for the passengers of two aircraft that collided over the Hudson River around noon today.  The search was suspended at 8 p.m. pending further developments.  Source

• U.S. Coast Guard warns of new budget could jeopardize the safety

    President Barack Obama’s proposed $3.8 trillion budget would cut funding to the Coast Guard and weaken the nation’s port security, according to a U.S. Coast Guard representative. Read at U.S

• Boat builders in the flats boat crosses the Atlantic

     (soundings) The owner of a fledging Florida boat company and his brother hopscotched their way up the East Coast and across the Atlantic – an 8,312-mile odyssey – in a 21-foot center console power catamaran, hoping to raise money for military charities while drawing attention to his boat’s seaworthiness. Source

• Tall Ship bound for Newport Hits rocks from the vineyard

     (projo)  A tall ship en route to Newport with an all-female crew fetched up on rocks Wednesday about 400 yards off Nonamesset Island in the Elizabeth Islands chain, just off Martha’s Vineyard, the U.S. Coast Guard has announced.  The Coast Guard said the 16 on board the 118-foot Unicorn are

• Coast Guard to carry out two days, search and rescue drills

     (Coast Guard News) Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England will conduct a two-day, search and rescue exercise Feb. 23-24. Source

• Coast Guard rescues two from Albemarle Sound

     (Coast Guard News) Coast Guard crews rescued two people from a disabled sailboat in the Albemarle Sound during severe weather Tuesday night. Source

• Americas Tall Ship Visits Baltimores Inner Harbor

     (Coast Guard News) The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is currently in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and will be open for public tours. Source

• How to use Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Radios

     (coastguardnews) The Coast Guard Auxiliary explains Digital Selective Calling, or DSC, Radios, as well as the safety benefits of combining the new technology with the Coast Guard Rescue 21 system.  Source

• The study shows container ship is likely a result of collision with destroyer debt

    In an investigation into a crash between a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer and a commercial container vessel in southern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Coast Guard has found that the accident may have been caused by an error by the commercial vessel. The 7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters

• House passes Coast Guard Acquisition Reform Bill

    builds on Coast Guard acquisition reform efforts instituted in response to Deepwater acquisition Read at House passes Coast Guard Acquisition Reform bill

• Coast Guard has filled morning three-spoke

     (coastguardnews)  Coast Guard units in New Orleans rescued three people in two separate incidents Monday. At approximately 4:30 p.m. Sunday, the wife of a fisherman reported her spouse and his friend missing in the vicinity of Hopedale, La. Inclement weather kept Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans from conducting a search until 7:11 a.m. 

• Coast Guard urges mariners to GPS before the end of the Long Range Aids to Navigation Kaufsignal

     (coastguardnews) The Coast Guard is urging mariners currently using United States Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C), to ensure they have a GPS navigation system aboard their vessels and become familiar with it prior to Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, when the Coast Guard will cease transmission of the Loran-C signal. 

• Skipper is the worlds largest solar boat

     (SydneyMorningHerald) A skipper hoping to become the first to sail round the world using solar power said his catamaran could carve a wake for pollution-free shipping as he unveiled the record-breaking yacht Thursday. Source

• Russian coast guard vessel participating in the exercise

     (seattlepi) The Coast Guard says a Russian Border Guard vessel taking part in an exercise in Washington waters is the first visit by such a vessel to the Lower 48.  Source