The Rainbow Warrior Podcast
GIFF JOHNSON* A podcast about the evacuation of Rongelap Atoll, the multi-decade fallout from the 1954 Bravo hydrogen bomb test, and the last voyage of the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior has been shortlisted for a major radio award in the United States. The jointly produced six-episode story from Radio New Zealand and Australian Broadcasting Corporation has Read More
Enen Kio (a.k.a. Wake Island)
Island of the kio flower
By KAREN EARNSHAW Posted in December, 2016, in Majuro. As a number of Asian nations on the Pacific Rim beef up their military prowess, it is expected that the US will, in the next few years, begin upgrading its facilities at the strategic Wake Island (a.k.a Enen Kio), which is 1,501 miles east of Guam, Read More
The Tale of SV Liberty
By Mark and Angie Stearns on the yacht Uno Mas In November, 2020, the Columbia River Maritime Museum’s then Education Director Nate Sandel found out that one of their mini-boats, SV Liberty, was stranded in Ailuk Atoll. The subsequent relaunch of SV Liberty morphed into a project involving people around the world: Nate found New Read More
Beran is Back
Surfing star Martin Daly’s website www.indiestrader.com announced September 21, 2022: “With the border gate now well and truly swung open and off the hinges out in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) our first surf season in two years at Beran Island on Ailinglaplap is looming large along with a forecast La Nina year…” Read More
Yacht Club Burgee Swap
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club’s burgee* is now amongst the hundreds of yacht club flags that are hung in the Waikiki Yacht Club in Honolulu. MBYC’s Vice Commodore Cary Evarts and the WYC’s Membership Coordinator Lynette Duque followed the sailing tradition of swapping burgees on November 10, 2022. Lynette and other club officials were happy Read More
Ailuk FAD
The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority is working on a long-term project to place Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) off many of the outer islands to attract ocean-going pelagic fish such as marlin, tuna and mahi-mahi and make it easier for the islanders to catch these fish. The following is the statement from MIMRA about their latest Read More
Kwaj Tourney Winners
Team Jambo (aka PII) took out first place in the First Place Total Pounds in the 77th Kwajalein Day 2021 First Memorial Fishing Derby held on February 12 and 13. Larry Hernandez kindly shared the video with this site. The winning team consisted of: Captain Kenneth Kramer, Chief Mate Joseph Bigler, Fishing Master Joseph ‘Jojo’ Read More
SV Kwai at work in RMI
After the RMI Cabinet approved the purchase of the passenger and cargo vessel SV Kwai.,Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation General Manager Danny Wase said he was very happy to welcome the Kwai into the RMI fleet: “Yes, I am happy, particularly as she is expected to play an important role in the promotion of our strive for a safer environment through the Read More
Majuro Ocean Sports Club
The Majuro Ocean Sports Club is seeing a lot of interest from people wanting to join the club and make use of the new outrigger paddling canoes. Follows is the club’s story, as seen in the Marshall Islands Journal. Marshall Islands Journal, Friday, September 18, 2020 Canoes are the first focus for new ocean sports Read More
Ailuk’s Canoes
CANOE CAPSIZES! Rob and Jo Birch spent many months filming in the Marshalls as they sailed around the atolls on their yacht Double Trouble.In this video, the couple writes: “A traditional Pacific canoe capsizes next to us when we are on anchor at Ailuk Lagoon. The five visiting yachts all head over in their dinghy Read More
