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The Lost Camera and the Sea Turtle
I am not making this up. In the middle of May, a gentleman, whose internet nickname is Aquahound, found a camera in an underwater housing that had washed ashore in Key West. There were still photos...
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Pirates (OK, Not Real Pirates) Drop Anchor in Key West
In my grumpier moments, I object to celebrating Disneyfied pirates, especially given that piracy is, after all, still a serious problem and not merely a quaint relic of the 16th and 17th centuries....
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Happy New Year – New York & Key West Style: Crystal Ball, Conch Shell, Pirate...
Dropping a Pirate Wench in Key West In New York City tonight, just on the other side of the Hudson River from where I am now typing, roughly one million people gather in Times Square to watch a...
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Schooner Western Union Designated Florida State Flagship
The Florida Legislature has designated the schooner Western Union as the state’s official flagship. The schooner was built in 1939 and served for 35 years as as a cable vessel for the Western Union...
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Diana Nyad Making Fourth Attempt at Cuba to Florida Swim
Starting a day earlier than planned, Diana Nyad, 62, began her fourth attempt yesterday afternoon to swim from Havana, Cuba to Key West Florida, a distance of 103 miles across open ocean. Nyad swam...
View ArticleUpdate: Diana Nyad Ends Her Attempt to Swim Between Havanna & Key West
This morning Diana Nyad ended her fourth attempt, her third this year, to swim from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida after being buffeted by squalls and stung by jellyfish. She had been in the water...
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Diana Nyad Nearing 5 Mile Countdown to Key West in Epic Cuba-to-Florida Swim
Diana Nyad is nearing the five mile countdown to Key West on her epic 112 statute mile swim from Cuba to Florida. If she completes the swim, she will be the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida...
View ArticleTime-Lapse: When and If Over-Takes America 2.0, 2019 Wreckers Race
Here is a fun time-lapse of the 1939 built Alden schooner, When And If, overtaking the schooner America 2.0 in the 34th Annual Schooner Wharf Bar Wrecker’s Cup Race in Key West, FL. When And If was...
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