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Nautical Word of the Day
The Nautical Word of the Day is Lee shore. Lee shore in context to Nautical means:
A shore downwind of a ship. A ship which cannot sail well to windward risks being blown onto a lee shore and grounded. ... Read More
Nautical News
NOAA hires SAIC for nautical mapping surveys (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Science Applications International Corp. said Monday it received a five-year nautical mapping contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration worth up to $250 million. Read More
Mauritania bemoans nautical graveyard (Financial Times)
A dust-blown town of half-built houses perched at the end of a peninsula of eerie rock formations on the Moroccan border, Nouadhibou boasts little to hint at the vast wealth trawled up since the European Union began negotiating fishing deals with Mauritania in 1987. Read More
Batten Down The Hatches (AskMen)
Here's how to batten down the hatches for a financial storm The expression ?batten down the hatches? is a nautical phrase that dates back to the beginning of the 19th century. A batten is a piece of wood. Read More
Indian shipworkers show solidarity for stricken sailors (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indian shipworkers on Tuesday staged protests across the country to show their solidarity with 18 sailors held hostage since armed pirates seized their vessel off Yemen last month. Read More
Science Applications gets contract worth $250 Mln from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Update (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - Monday, technical solution provider Science Applications International Corporation (SAI) announced that it has received a five-year, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, Office of Coast Survey, or OCS, to provide hydrographic surveying services to support NOAA's nautical charting mission. Read More
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