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Pentagon: 2 U.S. Navy Boats, 10 Sailors Held By Iran to Be Released
Brendan O'Connor · 01/12/16 06:25PMHamilton Nolan · 08/24/15 05:30PM
2 Dead, Including Child, After Boat Capsizes in Ohio River: Police
Brendan O'Connor · 07/05/15 03:25PMGun Nuts Troll Facebook Post Praising Navy's USS Gabrielle Giffords
Adam Weinstein · 06/12/15 02:12PMThey must have roamed the internet, thirsty, like wild dogs of the African savannah, until they found it: A popular military veteran’s Facebook site, gently praising the Navy’s christening of the USS Gabrielle Giffords. It was a veritable oasis, drawing in the pack of gundamentalists: There was water here.
Hundreds Missing After Passenger Ship Capsizes in China
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/01/15 06:10PMDayna Evans · 08/31/14 01:04PM
The Best Restaurant in New York Is: The Central Park Boathouse
Caity Weaver · 07/29/14 02:05PMHere's What It Looks Like When a Tornado Hits Your Sailboat
Andy Cush · 07/10/14 09:40AMA 70-foot yacht competing in the Clipper Round the World Race was sailing in the Pacific Ocean north of Papua New Guinea when it was hit with a surprise 115 mile-per-hour wind. In short order, the boat was on its side, and crew members were tumbling into the water.
Independence Day Boat Collision in Florida Kills Four
Dayna Evans · 07/05/14 11:45AMThese Insane People Are Rowing From California to Hawaii
Andy Cush · 06/12/14 07:36AMOld Timey Booze Cruise Sinks, Like Dreams
Dayna Evans · 03/03/14 08:00PMThe inimitable, the proud, the only boat in Big Bear Lake, California with a liquor license sank on Saturday, leaving fans of drinking on replica pirateships at a loss for a weekend activity. Due to bad weather at Holloway Marina, the 27-ton booze boat was submerged below water, potentially not to be salvaged.
Hamilton Nolan · 12/02/13 04:04PM
Whoops, They Didn't Need to Build the World's Biggest Boat After All
Hamilton Nolan · 09/26/13 08:40AMAt Least 13 Drowned in Capsized Riverboat on the Amazon
Maggie Lange · 04/19/13 03:30PMWhoops, Turns Out the Navy's $37 Billion Boat Is a Death Trap
Hamilton Nolan · 03/28/13 03:21PMAfter 9/11, the US Navy launched a massive program to build a "Littoral Combat Ship" that could fight submarines, clear underwater mines, and perform other tasks close to shore, because, um... you never know where the terrorists might be, with snorkels. Astoundingly, it appears more and more like this boondoggle has become—you guessed it—a boondoggle.
Which 'High-Profile' Member of Congress Stalked a Female Reporter?
Cord Jefferson · 02/27/13 04:48PMIn an article on The New Republic today, journalist Marin Cogan details some of the sexual advances female reporters in Washington, D.C., must field from even the most rainmaking of our elected officials. Nodding toward a House of Cards episode that broached the subject of fraught journalist-source flirtations, Cogan writes that colleagues of hers have been hit on by fundraisers, lobbyists, think-tank brains, and beyond, some of whom were wearing wedding rings whilst trying to get laid.
Homeland Security Took Michael Arrington's Boat Because 'America Is Myspace'
Mallory Ortberg · 02/23/13 12:09PMAll TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington wanted was a simple life, with a simple boat, so that he might draw out his remaining days in peaceful aquatic seclusion. Chartering retired couples and young honeymooners on day trips, resolving the quarrels of local fisherman, nibbling on sponge cake and watching the sun bake all of those tourists covered in oil. He was done with the game, and he thought the game was done with him.
This Is What Happens When Overzealous Boaters Try To Take On 'Large Wake'
Kate Bennert · 09/05/12 05:18PMMeanwhile, in the same webcast, the local newsreader went on to report the death of a child, the death of a man who drove into a tree, and the fact that there will be a boat race in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri in 2013. All with the same horrible, emotionally defunct monotone.