<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - yacht</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/yacht</link><description>Newsvine - yacht</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:46:36 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:26:07 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Tunisia recovers yacht of ex-dictator's nephew</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tunisia has received from Italy a yacht worth more than half a million dollars that once belonged to the nephew of its deposed dictator.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765020-tunisia-recovers-yacht-of-ex-dictators-nephew</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765020-tunisia-recovers-yacht-of-ex-dictators-nephew</guid><category>dictator</category><category>tunisia</category><category>world-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:43:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Former presidential  yacht subject of court fight</title>
<description><![CDATA[The owners of the former presidential yacht Sequoia are asking a Delaware judge to prevent a lender from seizing it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Randall Chase]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Randall Chase]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16842586-former-presidential-yacht-subject-of-court-fight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16842586-former-presidential-yacht-subject-of-court-fight</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>presidential-yacht</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 00:07:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Steve Jobs' yacht caught up in payment spat</title>
<description><![CDATA[The sleek, white superyacht Apple founder Steve Jobs commissioned before his death cannot leave the Netherlands just yet due to a payment dispute]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16065551-steve-jobs-yacht-caught-up-in-payment-spat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16065551-steve-jobs-yacht-caught-up-in-payment-spat</guid><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>jobs</category><category>steve</category><category>world-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>steve-jobs</category><category>steve-job</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:02:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8ce958c-7bc6-4df9-a61f-094370f5627a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8ce958c-7bc6-4df9-a61f-094370f5627a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, a yacht is docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands. The sleek, white superyacht Apple founder Steve Jobs commissioned before his death cannot leave the Netherlands just yet due to a payment dispute. Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad reported Friday Dec. 21, 2012 that Starck hired a debt collection agency and got a summary legal order to keep the boat from leaving. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Inadequate lookout likely in yacht wreck</title>
<description><![CDATA[An independent review concludes there likely was an inadequate lookout aboard a yacht that crashed into an island during a California-to-Mexico race, killing four sailors.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14836136-report-inadequate-lookout-likely-in-yacht-wreck</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14836136-report-inadequate-lookout-likely-in-yacht-wreck</guid><category>us</category><category>deaths</category><category>race</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:16:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Yacht commissioned by Steve Jobs  launched</title>
<description><![CDATA[The sleek, white superyacht glistens under a gray autumnal sky, a posthumous testament to the design aesthetic of Steve Jobs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14808844-yacht-commissioned-by-steve-jobs-launched</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14808844-yacht-commissioned-by-steve-jobs-launched</guid><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>jobs</category><category>world-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>steve-jobs</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:46:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fadd056d-26d4-40ea-b38d-a845bf73d2c8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fadd056d-26d4-40ea-b38d-a845bf73d2c8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A yacht is docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012. Just over a year after the Apple founder died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped French product designer Philippe Starck make has finally slipped into an anonymous Dutch backwater. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f209b05f-ca1d-44fb-92ac-b8a30633479e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f209b05f-ca1d-44fb-92ac-b8a30633479e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A yacht is docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012. Just over a year after the Apple founder died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped French product designer Philippe Starck make has finally slipped into an anonymous Dutch backwater. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4fb36f11-8dea-404a-a6d1-937d262574e4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4fb36f11-8dea-404a-a6d1-937d262574e4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers put the finishing touches to a yacht docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012. Just over a year after the Apple founder died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped French product designer Philippe Starck make has finally slipped into an anonymous Dutch backwater. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e008a788-9c0a-417c-92f1-e9ec3771373a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e008a788-9c0a-417c-92f1-e9ec3771373a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers put the finishing touches to a yacht docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012. Just over a year after the Apple founder died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped French product designer Philippe Starck make has finally slipped into an anonymous Dutch backwater. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Air Canada helps find troubled yacht off Australia</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Air Canada passenger flight bound for Sydney helped pinpoint the location of a yacht in trouble off the coast of Australia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14490219-air-canada-helps-find-troubled-yacht-off-australia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14490219-air-canada-helps-find-troubled-yacht-off-australia</guid><category>rescue</category><category>world-news</category><category>air-canada</category><category>yacht</category><category>cn</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:58:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Calif. father accused of taking 2 kids speaks out</title>
<description><![CDATA[A California man accused of kidnapping his two children and taking them on a stolen yacht for three days said Tuesday that he knew he had "gone crazy" but never endangered them.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/07/13732402-calif-father-accused-of-taking-2-kids-speaks-out</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/07/13732402-calif-father-accused-of-taking-2-kids-speaks-out</guid><category>us</category><category>missing</category><category>stolen</category><category>kids</category><category>northern-california</category><category>us-news</category><category>central-california</category><category>yacht</category><category>south-san-francisco</category><category>stolen-yacht</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Sep 2012 19:42:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76793b3a-5684-4dcc-b086-de974e09b38a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="291" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76793b3a-5684-4dcc-b086-de974e09b38a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="211" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by the South San Francisco Police Department shows Christopher Maffei who was arrested Sept. 7, 2012, after abducting his children and fleeing on a sailboat in California. (AP Photo/South San Francisco Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5eca7adc-e584-4f49-924d-926dcc43dc83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="485" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5eca7adc-e584-4f49-924d-926dcc43dc83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by the South San Francisco Police Department shows Devin Maffei, 2, who was rescued from a sailboat Sept. 7, 2012 after being abducted by their father, Christopher Maffei, in California.(AP Photo/South San Francisco Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=017d50ce-e78e-4b64-8d30-a45e49b61753.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="393" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=017d50ce-e78e-4b64-8d30-a45e49b61753.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by the South San Francisco Police Department shows Brooklynn Maffei, 3, who was rescued from a sailboat Sept. 7, 2012 after being abducted by their father, Christopher Maffei, in California.(AP Photo/South San Francisco Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>$3.2 million yacht sinks in Lake Tahoe marina</title>
<description><![CDATA[Witnesses at the Tahoe Keys Marina say they heard screeching, the sound of tearing metal, and a passenger yell "oh, no!" late Sunday night.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Rindels]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michelle Rindels]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12663433-32-million-yacht-sinks-in-lake-tahoe-marina</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12663433-32-million-yacht-sinks-in-lake-tahoe-marina</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>lake-tahoe</category><category>sunken</category><category>tahoe</category><category>tahoe-keys-marina</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:18:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd92d77b-ae4f-4a2d-8a58-f42b32a7a05f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd92d77b-ae4f-4a2d-8a58-f42b32a7a05f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Monday, July 9, 2012 photo shows the Sierra Rose, a luxury yacht partially submerged at its Tahoe Keys Marina dock in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Witnesses say the three-story yacht that recently sold for $3.2 million hs sunk in a Lake Tahoe marina. It's not clear what sent the 86-foot Sierra Rose vessel underwater at the Tahoe Keys Marina by Monday morning, although neighbors report hearing the sound of tearing metal Sunday night. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Emerson Marcus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b558302-b2cc-43a4-9813-f28da1e765c9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b558302-b2cc-43a4-9813-f28da1e765c9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Monday, July 9, 2012 photo shows the Sierra Rose, a luxury yacht partially submerged at its Tahoe Keys Marina dock in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Witnesses say the three-story yacht that recently sold for $3.2 million hs sunk in a Lake Tahoe marina. It's not clear what sent the 86-foot Sierra Rose vessel underwater at the Tahoe Keys Marina by Monday morning, although neighbors report hearing the sound of tearing metal Sunday night. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Emerson Marcus) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6cfec4de-1cd0-4186-8c27-78f2bd681c56.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6cfec4de-1cd0-4186-8c27-78f2bd681c56.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Monday, July 9, 2012 photo shows the Sierra Rose, a luxury yacht partially submerged at its Tahoe Keys Marina dock in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Witnesses say the three-story yacht that recently sold for $3.2 million hs sunk in a Lake Tahoe marina. It's not clear what sent the 86-foot Sierra Rose vessel underwater at the Tahoe Keys Marina by Monday morning, although neighbors report hearing the sound of tearing metal Sunday night. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Emerson Marcus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Coast Guard: Similarities in Texas, NJ hoax calls</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard believes there could be a link between a hoax distress call reporting a yacht explosion off New Jersey earlier this month and a mayday call in Texas last month, an official said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Dobnik]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Verena Dobnik]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/20/12310644-coast-guard-similarities-in-texas-nj-hoax-calls</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/20/12310644-coast-guard-similarities-in-texas-nj-hoax-calls</guid><category>us</category><category>explosion</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>hoax</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>yacht-explosion</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:24:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7967d71e-aa0b-4417-b85c-045571c8c61b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="336" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7967d71e-aa0b-4417-b85c-045571c8c61b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="101" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen, right, and Special Agent Michael Donnelly of the Coast Guard Investigative Service take questions from the media at a news conference in New York, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Similarities in a caller's voice and phrasings have led the Coast Guard to believe there's a link between a hoax distress call reporting a yacht explosion off New Jersey and a mayday call in Texas last month.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80b20ca9-ce21-4ac8-b9af-6e7cf3be9730.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80b20ca9-ce21-4ac8-b9af-6e7cf3be9730.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen gestures towards a map of New York Harbor while speaking at a news conference in New York, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Similarities in a caller's voice and phrasings have led the Coast Guard to believe there's a link between a hoax distress call reporting a yacht explosion off New Jersey and a mayday call in Texas last month.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b93fdecc-234e-4f87-91a5-9f895c3abb2b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b93fdecc-234e-4f87-91a5-9f895c3abb2b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen gestures towards a map of New York Harbor while speaking at a news conference in New York, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Similarities in a caller's voice and phrasings have led the Coast Guard to believe there's a link between a hoax distress call reporting a yacht explosion off New Jersey and a mayday call in Texas last month.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Transcript of NJ yacht explosion emergency call</title>
<description><![CDATA[A transcript of a hoax emergency call received Monday afternoon by the Coast Guard from a boat identifying itself as the Blind Date. Coast Guard crews and New York City police helicopters searched for several hours about 20 miles off Sandy Hook, N.J., but found no sign of any people or distress in the water.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12190921-transcript-of-nj-yacht-explosion-emergency-call</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12190921-transcript-of-nj-yacht-explosion-emergency-call</guid><category>us</category><category>explosion</category><category>hoax</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>transcript</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:52:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Independent panel believes yacht struck island</title>
<description><![CDATA[An independent review panel investigating the deaths of four sailors said it believes the 37-foot sailboat Aegean ran aground on North Coronado Island off the Mexican coast on April 28 during the Newport to Ensenada Race.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernie Wilson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernie Wilson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12187434-independent-panel-believes-yacht-struck-island</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12187434-independent-panel-believes-yacht-struck-island</guid><category>deaths</category><category>race</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>sai</category><category>north-coronado-island</category><category>ensenada-race</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:45:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hoax sea emergencies cost Coast Guard, taxpayers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hoax emergency calls like the one about a yacht explosion off New Jersey cost U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars a year, yet authorities who police the nation's coastlines acknowledge there's little they can do to prevent them.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Dobnik]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Verena Dobnik]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12184180-hoax-sea-emergencies-cost-coast-guard-taxpayers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12184180-hoax-sea-emergencies-cost-coast-guard-taxpayers</guid><category>us</category><category>explosion</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>hoax</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>yacht-explosion</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=646c85e7-71c4-452a-9379-542181721187.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=646c85e7-71c4-452a-9379-542181721187.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen speaks during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The Coast Guard says a reported explosion on a motor yacht off central New Jersey likely was a hoax and that an extensive search and rescue operation cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c58e58c3-443e-4de7-83cb-2a85d31d2496.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c58e58c3-443e-4de7-83cb-2a85d31d2496.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen speaks to reporters after a news conference in New York, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The Coast Guard says a reported explosion on a motor yacht off central New Jersey likely was a hoax and that an extensive search and rescue operation cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=187458c6-fbaf-4074-a7ec-35fb1c88cbca.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=187458c6-fbaf-4074-a7ec-35fb1c88cbca.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen speaks during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The Coast Guard says a reported explosion on a motor yacht off central New Jersey likely was a hoax and that an extensive search and rescue operation cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Was 'call of distress' about yacht explosion a hoax?</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/11/12172381-was-call-of-distress-about-yacht-explosion-a-hoax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/11/12172381-was-call-of-distress-about-yacht-explosion-a-hoax</guid><category>explosion</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>news</category><category>hoax</category><category>nbc-news</category><category>coast</category><category>yacht</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>nbc-news<p><br</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:46:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-usn-120611-yatchNewJersey2-235p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-usn-120611-yatchNewJersey2-235p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Reports of a yacht explosion off the New Jersey coast may be a hoax, a Coast Guard spokesman told NBC News.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Coast Guard offers reward in yacht explosion hoax</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Coast Guard says a reported explosion on a motor yacht off central New Jersey likely was a hoax and that an extensive search and rescue operation cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/11/12171238-coast-guard-offers-reward-in-yacht-explosion-hoax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/11/12171238-coast-guard-offers-reward-in-yacht-explosion-hoax</guid><category>us</category><category>explosion</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>hoax</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:00:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>11 Chinese, British sailors rescued in Philippines</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Philippine coast guard says nine Chinese and two British sailors have been rescued after their yacht sank in rough waters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12059730-11-chinese-british-sailors-rescued-in-philippines</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12059730-11-chinese-british-sailors-rescued-in-philippines</guid><category>rescue</category><category>philippines</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>yacht</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 05:46:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>18 sailors reach Norfolk Island after boat damaged</title>
<description><![CDATA[Eighteen sailors whose yacht was badly damaged during a race from New Zealand to New Caledonia have reached the safety of remote Norfolk Island.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12055864-18-sailors-reach-norfolk-island-after-boat-damaged</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12055864-18-sailors-reach-norfolk-island-after-boat-damaged</guid><category>rescue</category><category>new-zealand</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>yacht</category><category>norfolk-island</category><category>new-caledonia</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 01:03:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Body ID'd as missing California yacht skipper</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities have identified a body found off Baja California as the missing skipper of an American yacht destroyed during a race last month.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11580675-body-idd-as-missing-california-yacht-skipper</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11580675-body-idd-as-missing-california-yacht-skipper</guid><category>us</category><category>deaths</category><category>race</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>baja-california</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2012 16:39:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US Sailing panel to probe N. Calif. yacht accident</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard is asking sailing's national governing body to investigate last month's fatal yacht racing accident off the San Francisco coast.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11491004-us-sailing-panel-to-probe-n-calif-yacht-accident</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11491004-us-sailing-panel-to-probe-n-calif-yacht-accident</guid><category>us</category><category>deaths</category><category>investigation</category><category>race</category><category>san-francisco</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 22:30:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>GPS suggests Calif. yacht hit rocks off Mexico</title>
<description><![CDATA[An American yacht destroyed while racing from California to Mexico ended up on the rocky shore of an island just past the border, according to a website that tracks boats by GPS, potentially undercutting the theory that it was crushed by a large ship.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elliot Spagat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Elliot Spagat]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11452989-gps-suggests-calif-yacht-hit-rocks-off-mexico</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11452989-gps-suggests-calif-yacht-hit-rocks-off-mexico</guid><category>us</category><category>deaths</category><category>race</category><category>san-francisco-bay</category><category>southern-california</category><category>pacific-ocean</category><category>newport-beach</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>yacht-race</category><category>full-crew-farallones-race</category><category>eric-lamb</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:58:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b0cff13e-1fff-4da7-b58b-8a5963d801e5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="341" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b0cff13e-1fff-4da7-b58b-8a5963d801e5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Friday, April 27, 2012, photo shows the Aegean with crew members at the start of a 125-mile Newport Beach, Calif. to Ensenada, Mexico yacht race. The 37-foot Aegean, carrying a crew of four, was reported missing Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The yacht appeared to have collided at night with a much larger vessel, leaving three crew members dead and one missing, The Newport Ocean Sailing Association said Sunday, April 29. Race officials believe there are few other possibilities for what caused the accident. (AP Photo/newportbeach.patch.com, Susan Hoffman) MANDATORY CREDIT; LINK TO STORY: &lt;a href=&quot;http://patch.com/A-sPbD&quot;&gt;http://patch.com/A-sPbD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bce79eff-e95c-408f-9987-eba97775f2ae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="489" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bce79eff-e95c-408f-9987-eba97775f2ae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Map locates where yacht went missing during race from California to Mexico&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=54a38eb4-d201-4f1e-8242-21a60e218756.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=54a38eb4-d201-4f1e-8242-21a60e218756.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image taken from U.S. Coast Guard video, a rescuer retrieves a piece of debris from the ocean off the Baja California, Mexico coast near Ensenada Sunday, April 29, 2012. The 37-foot racing sailboat Aegean, carrying a crew of four, was reported missing Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The yacht appeared to have collided at night with a much larger vessel, leaving three crew members dead and one missing. (AP Photo/USCG Petty Officer Third Class Seth Johnson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=46b3bd3a-0c48-44b6-a668-9c63f0302db2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=46b3bd3a-0c48-44b6-a668-9c63f0302db2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A white seat cushion is seen on a white tarp covering wreckage recovered from a yacht that collided with a larger vessel, on a boat used for a rescue search in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2012. The 37-foot Aegean, carrying a crew of four, was reported missing Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The yacht appeared to have collided at night with a much larger vessel, leaving three crew members dead and one missing,(AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21bea48b-4647-4fe8-9b0f-c5fd40a12ccf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21bea48b-4647-4fe8-9b0f-c5fd40a12ccf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A white seat cushion is seen on a white tarp covering wreckage recovered from a yacht that collided with a larger vessel, on a boat used for a rescue search, seen moored with other boats in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2012. The 37-foot Aegean, carrying a crew of four, was reported missing Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The yacht appeared to have collided at night with a much larger vessel, leaving three crew members dead and one missing. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94aad873-b269-48f5-b3f6-3cb053aca06e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="440" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94aad873-b269-48f5-b3f6-3cb053aca06e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="132" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A white seat cushion is seen on a white tarp covering wreckage recovered from a yacht that collided with a larger vessel, on a boat used for a rescue search in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2012. The 37-foot Aegean, carrying a crew of four, was reported missing Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The yacht appeared to have collided at night with a much larger vessel, leaving three crew members dead and one missing,(AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfedd40c-0585-40a2-a799-4835515fa7f5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfedd40c-0585-40a2-a799-4835515fa7f5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yachters and others view lists of race winners posted outside a hotel in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2012. One racing boat, the 37-foot Aegean, carrying a crew of four, was reported missing Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The yacht appeared to have collided at night with a much larger vessel, leaving three crew members dead and one missing.  Debris had been spotted and recovered from the ocean off of Ensenada. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ocean boat races halted after fatal Calif. crash</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sailboat racers were grumbling Friday after the Coast Guard temporarily stopped races in ocean waters outside San Francisco Bay following a deadly yachting accident.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11371982-ocean-boat-races-halted-after-fatal-calif-crash</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11371982-ocean-boat-races-halted-after-fatal-calif-crash</guid><category>us</category><category>accident</category><category>race</category><category>san-francisco-bay</category><category>san-francisco</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>yacht-race</category><category>farallon-islands</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:58:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5acc01e4-ecb4-4cf0-8d24-49d3102ebe11.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5acc01e4-ecb4-4cf0-8d24-49d3102ebe11.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People on board a San Francisco Yacht Club boat observe a moment of silence during a memorial flotilla for five sailors who were killed in a yacht race last weekend, in Belvedere, Calif., Saturday, April 21, 2012. Nearly a hundred boats from throughout the Bay area took part in the flotilla to honor the crew members of the Low Speed Chase who died April 14 during the Full Crew Farallones Race off the Northern California coast. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=85fac1bb-08d6-4b4a-966a-4919dbf63279.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=85fac1bb-08d6-4b4a-966a-4919dbf63279.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boats make their way through the Racoon Straits with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, during a memorial flotilla for five sailors who were killed in a yacht race, in Belvedere, Calif., Saturday, April 21, 2012. Nearly a hundred boats from throughout the Bay area took part in the flotilla to honor the crew members of the Low Speed Chase who died April 14 during the Full Crew Farallones Race off the Northen California coast. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81a6b2b7-6228-4c7e-8bbf-194cac9ed5bb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81a6b2b7-6228-4c7e-8bbf-194cac9ed5bb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A girl tosses flowers from a boat into the water, during a memorial flotilla for five sailors who were killed in a yacht race last weekend, in Belvedere, Calif., Saturday, April 21, 2012. Nearly a hundred boats from throughout the Bay area took part in the flotilla to honor the crew members of the Low Speed Chase who died April 14 during the Full Crew Farallones Race off the Northern California coast. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Search for 4 missing California sailors called off</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11220740-search-for-4-missing-california-sailors-called-off</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11220740-search-for-4-missing-california-sailors-called-off</guid><category>accident</category><category>swept</category><category>toll</category><category>overboard</category><category>francisco</category><category>yacht</category><category>halted</category><category>sailors</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:38:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120415-yacht-rescue-cguard445a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120415-yacht-rescue-cguard445a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rescuers halted the search for four sailors swept overboard from their yacht off the coast of San Francisco, raising the likely death toll from the accident to five.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Crew in fatal yacht race shared love of racing</title>
<description><![CDATA[The racing yacht that was slammed by unexpectedly large waves in a tragic accident that left one crew member dead and four missing was manned mostly by experienced sailors who understood the risk, according to friends and fellow sailors.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Leff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lisa Leff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11206547-crew-in-fatal-yacht-race-shared-love-of-racing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11206547-crew-in-fatal-yacht-race-shared-love-of-racing</guid><category>us</category><category>accident</category><category>race</category><category>san-francisco-bay</category><category>pacific-ocean</category><category>san-francisco</category><category>northern-california</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>yacht-race</category><category>full-crew-farallones-race</category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:17:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a1775285-5a90-4020-bd83-c9da6e240d00.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a1775285-5a90-4020-bd83-c9da6e240d00.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This framegrab image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows one of three crew members from the yacht Low Speed Chase being rescued from the Farallon Islands west of San Francisco Saturday April 14, 2012 by the U.S. Coast Guard. The sail boat carrying eight crew members ran aground during a race off San Francisco Saturday, killing one person and leaving four others missing, the Coast Guard said. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/64419625-4fb8-4b10-9f74-ce9a3fbff012.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="474" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/64419625-4fb8-4b10-9f74-ce9a3fbff012.jpg" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This framegrab image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows one of three crew members from the yacht Low Speed Chase being rescued from the Farallon Islands west of San Francisco Saturday April 14, 2012 by the U.S. Coast Guard. The sail boat carrying eight crew members ran aground during a race off San Francisco Saturday, killing one person and leaving four others missing, the Coast Guard said. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8d1a8f85-93a6-431f-9314-ba1db810b276.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="484" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8d1a8f85-93a6-431f-9314-ba1db810b276.jpg" width="120" height="145" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this 2000 photo released by the San Francisco Giants, is former bat girl Alexis Busch at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco. The Giants will observe a moment of silence Monday to honor the former bat girl lost at sea during a California yacht race. Busch of Larkspur, Calif., is one of four sailors still missing following the wreck of the yacht Low Speed Chase near the Farallon Islands on Saturday. (AP Photo/San Francisco Giants, Heidi Montoya)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/123b0bec-f913-41d1-b008-9b890523ebb2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/123b0bec-f913-41d1-b008-9b890523ebb2.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Coast Guard cutters Pike, right, and Sockeye, center, that were involved in the weekend search and rescue of yacht crew members thrown form their boat during a weekend race, are shown docked at the Coast Guard station on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco, Monday, April 16, 2012. The search for the missing sailors off Northern California was indefinitely suspended, with the Coast Guard saying the &quot;window of survivability&quot; had passed. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3784dde5-f219-4576-8d16-910a4394c716.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3784dde5-f219-4576-8d16-910a4394c716.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Coast Guard Commander Tom Stuhlreyer stands by the cutter Pike and talks about the search for four yacht crew members thrown from their boat on a weekend race, during an interview at the Coast Guard station on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco, Monday, April 16, 2012.  The search for the missing sailors off Northern California was indefinitely suspended, with the Coast Guard saying the &quot;window of survivability&quot; had passed. The Pike was one of the Coast Guards cutters involved in the search and rescue. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yacht damaged off of Calif. expected back in race</title>
<description><![CDATA[Repair work was being done to get a racing yacht battered by a monstrous wave off the Northern California coast over the weekend ready to rejoin an around-the-world race later this month, team officials said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terence Chea]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Terence Chea]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/31/10962167-yacht-damaged-off-of-calif-expected-back-in-race</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/31/10962167-yacht-damaged-off-of-calif-expected-back-in-race</guid><category>us</category><category>rescue</category><category>race</category><category>san-francisco-bay</category><category>pacific-ocean</category><category>san-francisco</category><category>northern-california</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>yacht-race</category><category>western-australia"</category><pubDate>Sun, 1 Apr 2012 02:44:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5f2f4859-287f-4f8a-9b50-0b6ef5ef1c90.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5f2f4859-287f-4f8a-9b50-0b6ef5ef1c90.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard Air National Guard parajumpers, from the 129th Rescue Wing prepare medical supplies to be dropped from a Coast Guard aircraft to a 67-foot sailing yacht with three injured persons aboard, the Clipper Venture Six which is sponsored by Geraldton Western Australia, in the Round the World Yacht Race, Saturday, March 31, 2012. The Coast Guard's Rescue Coordination Center in Alameda, Calif. is coordinating the efforts to rescue the three injured persons 400 miles west of San Francisco.  (AP Photo/Seaman David Flores, U.S. Coast Guard)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d912346c-e282-4cdf-8c78-8e12c2c5811e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d912346c-e282-4cdf-8c78-8e12c2c5811e.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard Air National Guard a Coast Guard drop master prepares to drop medical supplies to the Clipper Venture Six, a 67-foot sailing yacht, Saturday, March 31, 2012. The Rescue Coordination Center in Alameda, Calif. is coordinating the rescue efforts of three injured boaters. (AP Photo/Seaman David Flores, U.S. Coast Guard)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6ff68238-922d-4387-95b1-a6bd53134083.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6ff68238-922d-4387-95b1-a6bd53134083.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CORRECTS TO REMOVE AIR NATIONAL GUARD FROM SOURCE - In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a Coast Guard drop master prepares to drop medical supplies to the Clipper Venture Six, a 67-foot sailing yacht, Saturday, March 31, 2012. The Rescue Coordination Center in Alameda, Calif. is coordinating the rescue efforts of three injured boaters. (AP Photo/Seaman David Flores, U.S. Coast Guard)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/af41f3a5-1753-4a21-802a-30c7bc5e05ee.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/af41f3a5-1753-4a21-802a-30c7bc5e05ee.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, Air National Guard parajumpers, from the 129th Rescue Wing prepare medical supplies to be dropped from a Coast Guard aircraft to a 67-foot sailing yacht with three injured persons aboard, the Clipper Venture Six which is sponsored by Geraldton Western Australia, in the Round the World Yacht Race, Saturday, March 31, 2012. The Coast Guard's Rescue Coordination Center in Alameda, Calif. is coordinating the efforts to rescue the three injured persons 400 miles west of San Francisco.  (AP Photo/Seaman David Flores, U.S. Coast Guard)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1247df04-156e-4abf-b708-efbff81614d5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1247df04-156e-4abf-b708-efbff81614d5.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jane Hitchens, 50, a doctor from Kent, England, center left in blue, and and Nik Brbora, 29, a software engineer from London, at right in red, are helped onto stretchers before being loaded onto ambulances in Alameda, Calif., Monday, April 2, 2012. A battered yacht and its bruised crew limped into port Monday after a giant wave smashed over the stern with such force that it carried away the boat's steering wheel and knocked the crew about like bowling pins. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/92222135-386a-4e89-bbc6-e97fe2192e50.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/92222135-386a-4e89-bbc6-e97fe2192e50.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nik Brbora, 29, a software engineer from London, is helped into an ambulance in Alameda, Calif., Monday, April 2, 2012. A battered yacht and its bruised crew limped into port Monday after a giant wave smashed over the stern with such force that it carried away the boat's steering wheel and knocked the crew about. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2aa3026f-a208-4db2-bce0-27ba01dfa4cc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2aa3026f-a208-4db2-bce0-27ba01dfa4cc.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Capt. Thomas Crabbs, Coast Guard cutter Bertholf Commanding Officer, center, and Justin Taylor, Clipper Yacht Race Assistant Race Director, right, speak to reporters at a news conference in Alameda, Calif., Monday, April 2, 2012. A battered yacht and its bruised crew limped into port Monday after a giant wave smashed over the stern with such force that it carried away the boat's steering wheel and knocked the crew about. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4969bb2e-0c3e-4757-97bc-0fe221d8a569.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4969bb2e-0c3e-4757-97bc-0fe221d8a569.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jane Hitchens, 50, a doctor from Kent, England, is helped into an ambulance in Alameda, Calif., Monday, April 2, 2012. A battered yacht and its bruised crew limped into port Monday after a giant wave smashed over the stern with such force that it carried away the boat's steering wheel and knocked the crew about. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/298ae40d-e056-4841-b631-15f8370ff660.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/298ae40d-e056-4841-b631-15f8370ff660.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Coast Guard cutter Bertholf arrives at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., Monday, April 2, 2012 after rescuing two injured members of a racing crew whose yacht was smashed by a giant wave in the Pacific Ocean during an around-the world race. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ef3e86ae-e503-46d4-b4d6-5965a35815ef.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ef3e86ae-e503-46d4-b4d6-5965a35815ef.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nik Brbora, 29, right, a software engineer from London, waves as he is helped off the Coast Guard cutter Bertholf in Alameda, Calif., Monday, April 2, 2012. A battered yacht and its bruised crew limped into port Monday after a giant wave smashed over the stern with such force that it carried away the boat's steering wheel and knocked the crew about. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Canada investigating human smuggling on boat</title>
<description><![CDATA[One man is dead and three are missing and presumed dead after a yacht carrying nine people issued a distress call off the coast of Nova Scotia in what is being investigated as a case of human smuggling.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10893261-canada-investigating-human-smuggling-on-boat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10893261-canada-investigating-human-smuggling-on-boat</guid><category>canada</category><category>death</category><category>world-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>nova-scotia</category><category>cn</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:34:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Van crushes small car at Redneck Yacht Club</title>
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