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First contested in 1965, since 1968 the Vic-Maui has run in even-numbered years, [2] [3] starting in June or July off Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and finishing near Lahaina, Maui, United States, a distance of approximately 2,308 nautical miles (4,274 km). [4] [5]
SS Independence was an American built passenger liner, which entered service in February 1951 for American Export Lines.Originally, she plied a New York-Mediterranean route, specializing in a high-end clientele, sailing one way while her sister ship, SS Constitution, plied the route the opposite.
She finished 2nd in the 2023–2024 Global Solo Challenge on March 7, 2024, sailing a Class40 boat named First Light, making her the first woman from the United States to sail single-handed around the world nonstop and unassisted, and also setting a new around-the-world speed record for the class.
Kauai's iconic Na Pali Coast is also a protected area. Two cruise ships are under investigation by Hawaii officials for breaking state laws.
The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United ...
The Swiftsure International Yacht Race is the premier long distance sailing race in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia area. Starting and ending in Victoria, BC, Canada, the Swiftsure is international because the midpoint markers for the four long courses are in U.S. waters.
Hawaii is seeing a seven-day average of more than 500 cases a day and a test positivity rate of 7.25%, Ige said. Those figures a month ago: 60 cases a day and a test positivity rate of 2.25%.
USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after rescuing a woman, child, cat and tortoise from their sailing ...