Ship location kept quiet to protect hijacked crew

MOSCOW – For more than two weeks, the freighter Arctic Sea seemed to have vanished in the Atlantic Ocean's vastness, but officials said Tuesday they knew where it was all along and were just staying mum in order to bring a dangerous hijacking drama to a bloodless end.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/missing_ship

Energy Determination

The Energy Determination sailed from Bonaire on 5 November 1979, in ballast and bound for the Das Islands in Arabian Gulf for a cargo of crude oil. At 0100hrs 13 December 1979 (local time), she was passing through the Straits of Hormuz when she was ripped by a large internal explosion in vicinity of No 9 starboard tank which contained about 354 tons of slops.

http://www.desertsportsdivingclub.net/articles/energy_determination.htm

Hawaii-based Navy SEAL dies in training accident

The commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command says a fatal training accident involving a Navy SEAL assigned to Pearl Harbor is “a heart-wrenching loss.”

http://cdiver.net/news/hawaii-based-navy-seal-dies-in-training-accident/

Air France pilots body found

French officials said this week that military ships searching for the wreckage have detected sounds in the Atlantic depths but they are not from the flight recorders.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_eu/brazil_plane

Triton - Delta Yachts

Triton’s swim platform features a modified design enclosing a hydraulic lift/lower mechanism to benefit swimmers’ and divers’ entry/exit. Since the owners expect to indulge in avid scuba activity, they also specified a functional approach to handling and refilling scuba tanks. This involves extra tank storage and a lazarette which contains the deep-divers’ decompression membrane system. For advanced deep dives, she is equipped with Nitrox and Tri-Mix capability, plus sonar and Simrad photographic equipment to provide 3-D images of deepwater reefs and sunken ships. Recording these adventures is an aimable sub-surface camera, located just under the stern, complete with underwater lighting.

http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/delta-yacht/3477-review-deltas-164-expedition-triton.html

Delta Marine "Mr. Terrible"

Delta Marine has gone from making high quality innovative fishing boats for northern fisheries to some world class cruising yachts. Click on their showroom to see their current and past projects.
Below is profiled one of their more current projects:

http://www.deltamarine.com/yacht_mrterrible.html

Sri Lanka Poised for Economic "Take Off"

SINGAPORE (AP) -- Sri Lanka is poised for an "economic takeoff" now that its military has routed the Tamil Tiger rebels, the country's foreign minister said Sunday.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Sri-Lanka-says-its-poised-for-apf-15392307.html?sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode=