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		<title>Ocean Acoustics-Does Navy Sonar Really Affect Whales?</title>
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NOAA has recently released a new study about a research effort in Hawaii to determine how marine mammals react to sonar. NOAA&#8217;s Fisheries Service, along with top international scientists and the U.S. Navy are leading the research.
From the NOAA research vessel Oscar Elton Sette and smaller boats, the group tagged more than 30 marine mammals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Couple Celebrates Third Circumnavigation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heidi and Wolfgang Hass and Nordhavn company employees yesterday celebrated the second circumnavigation in their Nordhavn 46 Kanaloa, and their third overall, in a party at the company&#8217;s Dana Point, California headquarters.  The couple arrived in Dana Point last week to complete the latest global tour, a three-year expedition.
The Hass&#8217;s N46 has accumulated 4,839 hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer Ready for Launch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The exquisite torture that is having to wait for something you just know is going to be really good was the inspiration for Carly Simon&#8217;s 1971 hit &#8220;Anticipation.&#8221; That song was also the theme music for an advertisement for a well-loved tomato ketchup brand.  I think we should play it now as Pacific Asian Enterprises [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oceanlines.biz/2008/09/nordhavn-56-motorsailer-ready-for-launch/</link>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t Choose Which Satellite Weather Product to Buy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I can&#8217;t tell you which one to buy, but I can suggest a solution to the hardware dilemma.  Given that the U.S. government has just approved the merger between Sirius and XM,  it&#8217;s a fair bet that eventually you won&#8217;t have to choose one weather subscription over the other for your passagemaking needs.  After [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oceanlines.biz/2008/09/cant-choose-which-satellite-weather-product-to-buy/</link>
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		<title>First Look:  Autosub6000</title>
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The Autosub6000, Britain&#8217;s new autonomously controlled, robot submarine soon will be diving deep into uncharted waters to search for volcanic vents 6km down in the Caribbean. Once the vents are found the life, sediments, and gasses surrounding the vents will be collected and studied.
The research will be carried out by a British team aboard the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oceanlines.biz/2008/09/first-look-autosub6000/</link>
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		<title>New Spy Photos of Nordic Tugs 49</title>
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Ok, they&#8217;re not really spy photos:  The boat is out in plain view in a public facility, but if you want to see it you&#8217;ll have to be at the Seattle Boat Show starting next week because Nordic Tugs hasn&#8217;t released any company photos of hull #1.  These shots, exclusive to OceanLines, were taken by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oceanlines.biz/2008/09/new-spy-photos-of-nordic-tugs-49/</link>
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		<title>Endangered Leatherbacks Lead Researches to Hope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leatherback Turtles have been around for more than a hundred million years but in the last 20 years, the population of leatherbacks in the eastern Pacific Ocean has declined by more than 90%.
Until recently it has been difficult for conservationists to help these turtles because their migratory patterns span the entire ocean. A new effort [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oceanlines.biz/2008/08/leatherback-turtles/</link>
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		<title>Northwest Trawlers Adds 55 to Model Lineup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northwest Trawlers Founder Peter Whiting has announced that his company is adding a new flagship to the company&#8217;s fleet &#8212; the NW 55. Designed by Steve Seaton, the NW 55 keeps the look of the Northwest 45 and 50, but adds a newer, more streamlined flybridge that will eventually make its way to the 45 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oceanlines.biz/2008/08/northwest-trawlers-adds-55-to-model-lineup/</link>
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		<title>Boat Stabilizers:  A Smooth Ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is derived from an article that I wrote recently for Mad Mariner. 
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It was mid-morning on June 18, and Milt Baker was enjoying a nap.  His wife, Judy, was at the helm of their Nordhavn 47, Bluewater, when a low-pressure system overtook their little &#8220;Med Bound&#8221; fleet while it was nearly mid-way between Bermuda [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oceanlines.biz/2008/08/boat-stabilizers-a-smooth-ride/</link>
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		<title>New Photos: 65RP Rounds Out Grand Banks Aleutian Line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grand Banks&#8217; new 65 Aleutian RP debuted in Australia this past May, filling out the three-model Aleutian line with a replacement for the  64, which originally launched the series in 2001. In addition to the extra foot of length on the Tom Fexas-designed hull, the 65RP has been re-styled, with new interior options and features.
Grand [...]]]></description>
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