(CNN)  For Mary Crowley, the sea is her second home.  She
learned how to sail at age 4 and spent almost half her life running an
international yacht chartering business in Sausalito, California.  Source

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• Boat disaster a mystery

     (stuff.co.nz)  Two veterans of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race were killed and 16 crew members had to be rescued yesterday after a multimillion-dollar maxi yacht ran aground off the NSW South Coast.  Source

• New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup (NYYC)

     (sail-world)  In a year that marks its 165th anniversary, the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) is organizing the Invitational Cup, a highly anticipated fleet racing regatta to take place in Newport, R.I. from September 15-19, 2009. ‘This event is, in fact, the world championship for the main yacht clubs of the world,’ said Bruno Troublé,

• Iranian Navy retains five Britons on the yacht in the Gulf

     (BBC) Five Britons have been detained by the Iranian navy while sailing a yacht from Bahrain to Dubai for a race, the Foreign Office (FCO) has said.  Their Volvo 60 yacht backed by the UK’s Team Pindar was stopped on 25 November.  Source

• Trash floats Eco-Warrior Boat

     (latimes) Reporting from Sausalito, Calif.

• Lifeboats rescue as yacht sinks Duo

     (Clacton)  LIFEBOAT crews saved two people from a yacht which run aground eight miles off Clacton.  Vessels from Clacton and Walton, as well as a rescue helicopter from Belgium, helped recover the yachtsmen from their yacht, Rhubarb.  Source

• Classic Yachts Ride the wind and waves in Return to Newport

     (nytimes)  Something familiar caught Harry Anderson’s eye as he walked the docks of Newport recently. Anderson, the former commodore of the Seawanhaka Corinthian and the New York Yacht Clubs, saw the 80 wooden sailboats that had been gathered for the Museum of Yachting’s annual Classic Yacht Regatta, but there was one, its sharp

• IYRS to hold annual career day

     (soundings) The International Yacht Restoration School’s fifth annual Marine Industry Career Day is set for March 6 in Newport, R.I.  Source

• Viewed Dubai Boat Show to be a catalyst for ME Industry

     (khakeei Times) The Dubai International Boat Show is set to inject life into the Middle East boating industry, according to one of the world’s leading yacht designers. Source

• Petrobras agrees with the recruitment of vessels

     Petrobras announces that during a meeting held on 12/03, it approved the chartering of twelve of the nineteen vessels foreseen in the program called EBN (Empresas Brasileiras de Navega??o, or Brazilian Shipping Companies).

• Skipper of the UK-crewed yacht admits mistakes u0026quot Iranian waters

     (BBC) The skipper of a British-crewed yacht detained by Iran has said they strayed into Iranian waters by “mistake”.  Oliver Smith added the crew were blindfolded while at sea, apart from him as he was at the helm.  Source and Watch The Video!

• Skipper of the UK-crewed yacht admits mistakes u0026quot Iranian waters

     (BBC) The skipper of a British-crewed yacht detained by Iran has said they strayed into Iranian waters by “mistake”.  Oliver Smith added the crew were blindfolded while at sea, apart from him as he was at the helm.  Source and Watch The Video!

• Oceanteam Provides Q4 2009 Report

     Oceanteam is an offshore services company. Oceanteam’s business is the chartering of ‘’State of the Art’’ Offshore Construction Support Vessels.In addition, Oceanteam provides rental services of installation and burial equipment. ? Click here to read the full Q4 2009 report. ? Source: Oceanteam

• New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup: u0026quot leads as NYYC

     (sailworld)  With brisk breezes to propel them, the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup fleet of 19 teams from 14 nations competing at the inaugural event worked it hard in four shifty, somewhat unpredictable races on Narragansett Bay today.   Source

• Luxury on Lake Yacht

     (theaustralian) LUXURY on the sea is set to get even better with a new yacht designed to resemble a floating island. Source

• New u0026quot for ship owners and investors

    An Asian subsidiary of NEPA Shipping in Holland has launched a new set of services offering shipowners an integrated solution including managing their investments, ownership representation, commercial management, arranging technical management, dry docking supervision, newbuilding and conversion supervision, vessel sale and purchase as well as arranging ship finance. NEPA Projects