The Value of Visiting Yachts
By KAREN EARNSHAW A study on the economic impact of the yachting industry in Fiji has revealed the tourism side-industry contributes about US$30 million to the country’s economy annually. The study stated that, significantly, while yachting tourism doesn’t boast large numbers of arrivals, cruising is one of the “highest yielding tourism segments with annual average Read More
Beran Island
Beran Island on Ailinglaplap is open for action! After being closed for a couple of years, 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 Read More
Moor is Better
October, 2018: The Mieco Beach Yacht Club began working on a mooring project for Enemanet and Eneko Islands in Majuro in 2006. Twelve years later the moorings are still well-maintained and used by yacht club members, thereby saving the precious reefs from anchor damage. Back in the day, we created a powerpoint and showed Read More
Ship Grounded on Taka Atoll
January 4, 2019: The commercial fishing vessel, the Ou Ya Leng No. 6, ran aground at remote Taka Atoll in the north of the Marshall Islands on January 3. According to Kenneth Kramer of the local company PII, on Friday they deployed two tugs to the atoll to “assess the situtation” while they await the Read More
Dream Maker Lands on Likiep
KAREN EARNSHAW August, 2018 Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream, Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream. Children’s nursery rhyme University of Georgia students Christopher Lee and Jacob Pope had a dream: To row across the Pacific from California to Hawaii. They trained, they raised money from sponsors, they Read More
Ocean Day Clean Up
Weeks of organizing paid off last Friday as the members of various local NGOs volunteered to do beach cleanups around Majuro in honor of World Oceans Day. The local beaches and ocean environments were the winners, with tons of plastic, cans, and assorted debris picked up and brought to disposal centers. One group, the members Read More
Yacht Club Beer Can Race
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club Beer Can Race, held at the Marshall Islands Resort on Sunday, was a huge success with over 30 people competing in the shallow waters off the MIR beach. Race Director Larry Jones gave the ‘ready, set’ go’ command on the series of heats, with each seeing five racers attempt to Read More
Celebrating World Tuna Day
World Tuna Day was held on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, with an activity-filled event at Delap Park. Hosting the event were the teams from the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) and the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA). Below is the first-place poem written by the Marshall Islands Journal’s reporter Kelly Lorennij. Below that Read More
Vava II Visits Majuro
The superyacht Vava II arrived in Majuro this week. She is owned by billionaires Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli, who are a fascinating couple partly because of his love of high-end competition sailing and her ongoing passion for writing songs and performing. Ernesto was born in Italy and is now a Swiss entrepreneur active in the Read More
