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Island 92s sailing/maritime show broadcasts from St. Maarten, the Yachting Capitol of the Caribbean. The show is heard by listeners in St. Maarten/St. Martin, Anguilla, Statia, Saber and St.Barts and worldwide via the internet. YachtBlast is also available as a weekly podcast from Itunes or you can download it by following the instructions on www.yachtblast.com If you would like to comment on the show or its contents then please do. The sea is such an amazing subject and the people who work and sail the oceans are a joy to know, although I don't always agree with what they do or say. Your comments will probably be read out on the show, so mean what you say and have at it. Cheers, Gary.

Where have you hidden the Bilge Pump!

Three men were rescued from the overturned hull of their sports fishing boat last week after being adrift for eight days in the Gulf of Mexico. The coastguard searched for the men for seven days, covering an are of 86,000 square miles before calling off the search. Fortunately the men were spotted the very next day by a yacht and plucked to safety. Talking to the press about the ordeal, one of the fishermen said he woke to find the beanbag he was sleeping on was afloat and a few minutes later the boat capsized. He said the accident was caused by a water extractor malfunction...
Fancy going to sea without a bilge pump!