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'Luperon Four' Are Freed After Wild Immigration Arrests in D.R.
The Luperon Four: From left, Leonid Viktorovich Traikovskii, Vitaliy X, Nikolai Nikolaevich Martynov and Denis Sergeevich Petrovskikh. Beneath are the people responsible for their arrest: Richard Osoria, an Immigration lawyer named Zuly an...
Notorious Nordhavn: 'The Rest of the Story'
The Nordhavn 80 Jess Conn lies alongside at Nantucket, Massachusetts, after her owner was arrested. (Photo courtesy of the Nantucket Current)
Here’s a shout-out to Marie Weidmayer, a reporter for the Bangor Daily News, who wrote what can s...
Is Boating Becoming Too Luxurious for Boaters?
The author is Neil Chapman, founder and CEO of Boatshed.com, an international yacht and boat brokerage group operating more than 70 offices across 18 countries. Chapman is also author of a Substack called Boatshed Neil, where he publishes s...
Dismasted! USVI Sailboat-Ferry Collision Caught on Video
This the moment the mast fell when a charter sailboat collided with a ferry carrying cars and passengers.
Updated 6 p.m. August 2, 2026: Sean Welsh, Loose Cannon's rules-the-road authority has posted his assessment in the comments section...
The Painful 'Maybes' of That Tragedy on the Bay
These are the three little girls that were killed when this tug-and-barge hit their sailing-camp Hobie Cat on Biscayne Bay on July 28, 2025.
Besides being a regular Loose Cannon contributor, the author is a longtime professor of Psychology...
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Newspaper editor. Cruiser: Nova Scotia to Caribbean. Writer for boating magazines, specializing in Florida, Bahamas and Greater Antilles. Captain of excursion catamarans in the Dominican Republic. Delivery skipper. U.S. Coast Guard master's license.
Currently living between our cabin tiny home (aka RavensRidge) on Saturna Island in British Columbia and our off-grid trailer on our ten acres in Southern Nevada (aka RoadRunner Ranch) that was formerly the Monterrey gold claim.
Founder of Boatshed.com and sailor, plus I try to write stuff when I can :)
Genevieve Jacobs landed in Vermont in 1987 after a lifetime under sail. She is a long time professor of psychology, a mother and grandma, a psychotherapist, writer and bricoleur. Currently, work in progress “Jenny: A Night Sea Journey”.
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