(south coast today) A tragic combination of circumstances led to the fatal capsizing and
sinking one year ago of the Costa & Corvo, a New Bedford fishing
boat, claiming the life of its captain, Antonio Mesquita, the Coast
Guard announced Friday.  Source

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• captain dies after stroke

     (AP)  Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the television show “Deadliest Catch”, has died, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night.

• Coast Guard released the names of boat fire

     (coastguardnews)  The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the fire aboard the shrimp boat Kelly Rose after it caught fire Sep. 2, 2009, causing the two crewmembers aboard to abandon ship in a life raft.  Source

• Pirates Attack Tanker NC Stream from Guinea coast

    Tanker NS Stream owned by Novoship JSC was attacked by pirates off the coast of Guinea on Saturday night, the shipping company reports. According to captain NS Stream, the incident occurred when the vessel was 60 miles offshore the port of Conakry.

• Tug captain dies in capsize

     (soundings) A commercial towboat captain from Tavernier, Fla., died late last Thursday when his 23-foot vessel capsized while responding to a grounded recreational boat.  Source

• 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

• Coast Guard responds to boat fire Wallapa Bay

     (coastguardnews)  Coast Guard crews responded to a boat fire approximately 40 miles from the coast of Wallapa Bay, Wash., Monday.  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

• Couple rescued 2 hours after boat capsized

     (coastguardnews)  Two people are safe despite spending more than two hours in the water without life jackets after their boat capsized about 10 miles northwest of Racepoint, off the northern tip of Cape Cod Mass., Monday. Source

• Coast Guard continues the investigation of Charleston Harbor Boat Collision

     (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

• 4 rescued at sea off NH starts after boot licking

     (Boston Herald) The U.S. Coast Guard says a good Samaritan boater was the first to help four people in a boat that was taking on water 15 miles off the New Hampshire coast.