Kits
Northwest Passage on your bucket list?
Chief Officer Rob MacDonell of M/Y Blue Moon offers a rundown on how to prepare for the Northwest passage based on his experience as a passagemaker.
Provisioner warns against ‘false’ test kits for COVID-19
Fort Lauderdale-based provisioning company National Marine Suppliers has released a statement warning crew that COVID-19 tests found online and at some seemingly reputable companies are reportedly faulty test kits from…
Sea Sick: It’s annual checkup time for first-aid kits
Sea Sick: by Keith Murray It’s that time of year again. Time to buy a new calendar, make New Year’s resolutions and go through your first-aid medical kit. The first…
Donations of used yacht goods help orphans in Uganda
The Chances for Children Foundation, a charity that sponsors orphaned Ugandan children in Kampala, has recently launched the Yacht Goods Donation Program (#C4Cyachtdonations). The program welcomes donations of gently used…
Ferretti opens at LMC
Ferretti Group America has opened a 5,000-square-foot office, workshop and parts facility at Lauderdale Marine Center in Fort Lauderdale. The new facility will employ eight full-time employees, with plans to…
Telemedicine company adds Fort Lauderdale staff
By Lucy Chabot Reed Susannah Hilton has joined Tampa Bay-based DigiGone as business development in the Fort Lauderdale area. She will represent its digiMed product of telemedicine to the large…
SeaKeepers partners with FIU to tackle microplastic pollution
The International SeaKeepers Society has teamed up with Florida International University to launch SARAH, an initiative designed to address the proliferation of plastic pollutants in the world’s oceans with the…
