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I'm under the impression that balsa or foam core catamarans are unsinkable.

Very true.when I srrived in Sweden there were very few houses for sale. Capital gains tax etc took 25% of the money recieved to buy...

And I very much doubt that the full details will be publicly released by either World Cruising or Ocean Breeze until all the legal...

Another beautiful day here today. Temperatures are a bit down after the rain but still 16/17⁰.

Falling overboard can never have a probability of zero.

Of course, but as this and other incidents show, it happens, so how to maximise recovery is key. We don’t know anything about this...

Not even. Have a look at the images at this link (I cannot link them directly) AIS SART: caso reale This was an AIS SART, so a boat AIS...

Thank you, that's very good info.

No, not submerged nor even if very wet; well yes it transmits but it's all grounded into water and EM waves cannot go anywhere. Another...

As I understand it, radio waves don’t penetrate water to a significant extent so any beacon would be impacted by submerging its antenna.

Can an AIS transmit if it is submerged, as might happen in this situation?

World Cruising Club have updated their website today 3rd December. World Cruising Club YB tracker also shows following boats have...

I can't find a reliable link, but here's a screenshot from an update from another boat doing the Arc. It's not good news at all.

A bad day on the ARC - a 45ft catamaran has been abandoned. The crew are safe aboard another boat. World Cruising Club

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