Added on November 5, 2021 yachtseal@hotmail.com The World Bank has produced a five-minute video about future ocean inundation scenarios for Majuro Atoll. The video is part of a study produced jointly by the World Bank and the RMI government called “Adapting to Rising Sea Levels in the Marshall Islands.” It provides visual projections about the…
Added on June 20, 2021 yachtseal@hotmail.com [embedded content] The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority is working on a long-term project to place Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) off many of the outer islands to attract ocean-going pelagic fish such as marlin, tuna and mahi-mahi and make it easier for the islanders to catch these fish. The following…
Added on February 26, 2021 yachtseal@hotmail.com [embedded content] Team Jambo (aka PII) took out first place in the First Place Total Pounds in the 77th Kwajalein Day 2021 First Memorial Fishing Derby held on February 12 and 13. Larry Hernandez kindly shared the video with this site. The winning team consisted of: Captain Kenneth Kramer,…
Added on February 18, 2021 yachtseal@hotmail.com [embedded content] CANOE CAPSIZES! Rob and Jo Birch spent many months filming in the Marshalls as they sailed around the atolls on their yacht Double Trouble.In this video, the couple writes: “A traditional Pacific canoe capsizes next to us when we are on anchor at Ailuk Lagoon. The five…
Added on January 29, 2021 yachtseal@hotmail.com The SV Kwai sails out of Honolulu Harbor. In late December, the RMI Cabinet approved the purchase of the passenger and cargo vessel SV Kwai. Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation General Manager Danny Wase is now very happy to welcome the Kwai into the RMI fleet: “Yes, I am happy, particularly as she is expected to…
Added on January 8, 2021 yachtseal@hotmail.com This slideshow requires JavaScript. Fishing/dive boat for sale: Wasabi is 26ft, has a Cummins diesel shaft drive, pilot house, and comes with an aluminum trailer. The price is $45,000. Contact Cary caryevarts @ yahoo.com (no spaces). Wasabi is perfect for fishing and diving in and around Majuro and Arno…
Added on December 4, 2020 yachtseal@hotmail.com [embedded content] Highly recommended viewing! Thanks to the Thomson Reuters Foundation for sharing. Karen The Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean are sinking because of climate change. Litokne Kabua, a 17-year-old climate activist, is part of a global youth movement fighting to save his own home and the rest…
Added on October 22, 2020 yachtseal@hotmail.com The Majuro Ocean Sports Club is seeing a lot of interest from people wanting to join the club and make use of the new outrigger paddling canoes. Follows is the club’s story, as seen in the Marshall Islands Journal. Marshall Islands Journal, Friday, September 18, 2020 Canoes are the…
Added on August 8, 2020 yachtseal@hotmail.com A Wendover Productions Documentary [embedded content] About the Video KAREN EARNSHAW December 10, 2019. Incoming email from Wendover Productions: “We’re a small US-based digital media production company that’s been contracted by a streaming site called Nebula to produce a series of 45-minute documentaries relating to isolated places. The first…
Added on May 2, 2020 yachtseal@hotmail.com The Hunter 41DS yacht Wind Ryder moored in Majuro, Marshall Islands. Photo: Karen Earnshaw The Hunter 41DS yacht Wind Ryder is for sale in Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands … one of the Pacific’s most beautiful cruising nations. WIND RYDER Hunter 41 DS (Deck Salon); Built 2006; Length…