The two seniors at Christ Church Academy in Jacksonville, Florida, decided to hit the beach with a group of friends in St. John's County on a senior skip day two weeks ago when the day of fun almost turned deadly. The pair jumped in the water at Vilano Beach, but made the mistake of trying to swim farther than they were able.
Fifteen-foot waves crashed over the deck of Cole Brauer’s 40-foot racing yacht, First Light, in the turbulent Indian Ocean as she tried to maintain her balance in the cramped cockpit in the stern.
The family of two Americans who may have been killed after prison escapees allegedly hijacked their yacht in Grenada are clinging to hope the couple might be found alive.
After 35 days, four hours and 30 minutes in their tiny boat, Captain Jim, the five men, known collectively as HMS Oardacious, were greeted on Wednesday (17 January 2024) by hundreds of people in Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour – the first land they had seen since December 13 2023, when they left the Canaries.
In 1988 Bob Bitchin, a 6-foot, 4-inch, 330 pound tattooed biker from Hermosa Beach, sold his motorcycles, and his interests in Biker and Tattoo magazines, and bought a sailboat.
"Been going to too many friends' funerals," he said at the time, by way of explaining his conversion from a biker to a yachty. Bitchin did his best to maintain his outlaw image.
He named his boat Lost Soul. His burgee was a skull and cross bone. And he made no effort to hide the tattoos that cover 90 percent of his...
