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TRAINING
Upcoming Courses:
NEWPORT, RI
March 3-14: Master 100 Ton Daytime Course
March 7-April 23: MARTHAS VINEYARD
Master 100 Ton Weekend & Evening Course
March 24-29: STCW-95 Basic Safety Training
April 14-25:Master 100 Ton Daytime Course
April 15-June 20:Master 100 Ton Evening Course
April 14-22:OUPV Daytime Course
April 14-22:Able Seaman Daytime Course
Launch Operator License: Weekend courses offered in April & May (Dates coming soon!)
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TRAINING
BLOCK ISLAND
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Confident Captain/Ocean Pros is offering OUPV, Master 100 Ton Upgrade, Launch Operator and Sail & Tow endorsement courses on Block Island this spring!
Click Here for Block Island Schedule
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TRAINING
MARTHA'S VINEYARD
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Confident Captain/Ocean Pros has teamed up with SailMV to offer Master 100 Ton Captains License and Launch Operator courses! Click Here for MV Schedule |
Marine Trades Career Day
SATURDAY
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Newport, RI-- The
International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS) of Newport will host its
Third Annual Marine Industry Career Day on Saturday, March 1. The
one-day event, the only marine-exclusive career fair in the state,
comes at a time when newly released research tallies a 10% job vacancy
rate in the marine business in Rhode Island and growing job
opportunities for the future.
Marine
Industry Career Day runs on March 1st from 11 am to 2 pm, at the IYRS
campus at 449 Thames Street in Newport. Admission is free. The event is
made possible with support from the United Way of Rhode Island.
For more information on Career Day and IYRS programs, visit the school's website at www.iyrs.org or call 401-848-5777, ext. 220.
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RACING
Charter boats urgently needed
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Several crews from Australia, the
US and South Africa who are urgently looking for charter boats for the
2008 Volvo Melges 24 Worlds in Porto Cervo, May 28- Jun 7 2008. Click Here for More Information
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FEBRUARY 29, 2008
CAPTAINS DISPATCH
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IN THE NEWS
Yacht marooned near Key West since '05 has been freed
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News reports out of Key West this week indicate that the infamous megayacht Legacy, which has been marooned in a Florida wildlife refuge since Hurricane Wilma in 2005 has been towed out of the seagrass and is now docked in Key West. The saga of this yacht has been widely covered by the press in the past few years as the yacht's owner, Peter Halmos, and crew lived aboard the stranded yacht to ward off pirates, thieves and sightseers.
Click Here for the Full Story
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IN THE NEWS
MCA cautions Yachtmasters about internet fraud
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Police have cautioned a 29-year-old woman after she chartered a yacht
off the south-coast using a sailing certificate she had downloaded from
Facebook.
The
charter company, based near Dorset, required to see a valid MCA/RYA
Yachtmaster Certificate - one of the UK's highest sailing
qualifications - before leasing a vessel. The 29-year-old found an
image of the certificate on the social networking site Facebook, which
she then doctored and reproduced, claiming it was a photocopy of the
genuine document.
Captain Andrew Phillips of the MCA
Enforcement Unit did stress, however, that there were real dangers
associated with social networking sites, and asked that seafarers never
publish copies of their certification online: "If you have already done
so then you are strongly advised to remove them immediately."
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IN THE NEWS
Alaskan fishing boat limping back to Dutch Harbor after fire
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 The Pacific Glacier, the Seattle-based fishing vessel that caught
fire Tuesday evening north of the Aleutians, could return to Seattle by
next week for repairs, its owner said.
No one was injured in the blaze, which started around 7:30 p.m. and
appeared to be confined to the ship's laundry room. It forced the
evacuation of about 90 crew members, said John Bundy, president of
Seattle-based Glacier Fish Co.
Coast Guard officials will meet the ship, which was scheduled to return to Dutch Harbor early Thursday, to investigate. Click Here to Read Article |
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IN THE NEWS
French wine "on sail"
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French vineyard owners are returning to a slower pace of life by
starting to export their wine by sailing boat - a method last used in
the 1800s - to reduce their carbon footprint.
The
three-mast barque Belem, which was launched in 1896, the last French
merchant sailing vessel to be built, will sail into Dublin after a
voyage from Bordeaux that should last about four days. The wines
will be delivered to Bordeaux by barge using the Canal du Midi and
Canal du Garonne, which run across southern France from Sete in the
east, via Beziers in Languedoc. Each bottle will be labelled: "Carried by sailing ship, a better deal for the planet." Read Full Article
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IN THE NEWS
"Cleanest Ship" demonstrates clean shipping technology
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Inland navigation is safe and environmentally friendly. On average, CO2
emissions of an inland vessel are only 1/3 of the ones a truck emits
per ton-kilometre (tkm), due to higher energy efficiency. However, SOX
emissions are actually much higher than the ones resulting from road
transport, even when related to tkm.
The Cleanest Ship Project, a project in co-operation with energy com- pany BP, shows how inland navigation can improve its environmental performance. Click Here to Learn More...
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JOBS
The Search is on for the Best of the Best...
NEWPORT, RI- Confident
Captain/Ocean Pros (www.confidentcaptain.com), Newport's
premier training facility for professional mariners is searching for the
"best of the best" in local mariner talent to join their team of
instructors.
Instructors
are being sought for many of their core professional mariner curriculums
including US Captains and UK Yachtmasters certifications. The recruiting effort
is in response to the strong demand in Newport
by students from around the world looking to advance their maritime careers.
CC/OP Instructors are a
team of dedicated marine industry professionals who have achieved a high level
of success on the water and are committed to imparting their skills and
professional experience to help other professionals achieve success. Instructor positions are part time to enable
our expert staff to continue their on the water responsibilities and pursuits
while adding the esteemed title of "instructor" to their repertoire. E-mail your resume and availability to: tory@confidentcaptain.com
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