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A sea tornado hits a beach: here’s what happens

Striking images captured by several people on their smartphones show a sea tornado hitting a beach full of bathers, maybe too busy looking at it to get away in time. It happened on a Brazilian beach

Castaway

Rescued after 5 months adrift at sea

Last October 25th, the U.S. Navy rescued two sailors, both from Honolulu, after five months adrift at sea. Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba had set sail this spring from Hawaii to Tahiti, where they were

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Video: spectacular salvage of the Modern Express

On 26th January 2016, the Modern Express, a 164-meter-long ferry sailing in the Atlantic, lost stability during a storm and would have caused a terrible environmental disaster along the north-western French coast if a team

sailboat stops bike race

SAILBOAT STOPS BIKE RACE IN NORWAY

Right at the 5km to go marker, four riders have established a good gap when, rounding a corner, they see something unthinkable. The road leading to the bridge is closed. Slowly, the drawbridge raises and

out-of-control tender

OUT-OF-CONTROL TENDER CRASHES INTO TWO YACHTS AND A JETTY

It should have happened last August 11th in Safak, Turkey. An out-of-control tender crashed into a jetty spreading panic among bathers. The pilot had fallen overboard during a manoeuver, probably because he didn’t wear the

THE PERFECT STORM. HOW SEA PROFESSIONALS FACE IT. VIDEO.

Everybody has his own limits. They are personal and, above all, indisputable since one’s decisions are directly connected with the capacity to face the sea and, consequently, with safety. Some sailors immediately get scared when

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