The Final Years of Majuro
A Wendover Productions Documentary
About the Video KAREN EARNSHAW December 10, 2019. Incoming email from Wendover Productions: “We’re a small US-based digital media production company that’s been contracted by a streaming site called Nebula to produce a series of 45-minute documentaries relating to isolated places. The first of these was released last week, about St Helena, and we’re now 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
Adapting to Sea Level Rise
The World Bank has produced a five-minute video about future ocean inundation scenarios for Majuro Atoll. The video is part of a study produced jointly by the World Bank and the RMI government called “Adapting to Rising Sea Levels in the Marshall Islands.” It provides visual projections about the flooding that is forecast to occur 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
Wasabi’s for Sale
Fishing/dive boat for sale: Wasabi is 26ft, has a Cummins diesel shaft drive, pilot house, and comes with an aluminum trailer. The price is $45,000 or best offer. Contact Cary caryevarts @ yahoo.com (no spaces). Wasabi is perfect for fishing and diving in and around Majuro and Arno and has done a number of trips 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
