Littoral Ship Tri-hull Look at the minimal bow waves and wakes of this tri-hull design at speed More photos here
Littoral Combat Ship #2 Here are some recent photos of the LCS 2 (to be USS) Independence . She’s at 43 knots here running at half power....
...the car or the boat?
Ocean Rubbish Dump The world's rubbish dump: a tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan
today Hydroptere did 40 knots in 15 knots of wind .....an amazing 2.5 times wind speed !
Four Choices Career Choices for a Preacher's Son An old country preacher had a teenage son, and it was getting close to the time the boy...
Fishing with Jack (Daniels) I finally got around to goin' fishin' this morning but after a while I ran out of worms. Then I saw a cottonmouth...
I've quoted the military aspects of this speech on a number of occasions, but he suggest we look beyond those military options and that temptation...
This was posted today on another forum I visit often. Its been so long since I read it in its entirety. It is a timeless, great speech that...
In a recent discussion on Passagemaking Under Power, the subject of "Get Home Power" came up .... I too have conventional sails as a "get...
Plastic Breaks Down in Ocean, After All -- And Fast Carolyn Barry for National Geographic News August 20, 2009 Though ocean-borne...
Ever-Increasing Usage August may be vacation time for many people, but our reliance on foreign oil didn't take any time off. In August alone...
Lotus Range Extender Engine Lotus details meths-drinking hybrid e-car engine http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/09/07/lotus_shows_e_engine/...
Larinka Stable, fast, and safe - the Wingsail is an eye-catcher and inspirational boat. One of four Walker Wing-sails in the world, this Trimaran...
Here is an interesting website that deals with a sailing technology that was worked on a number of years ago in England. At the time this was as...
Peter Payne's book I had also secured a copy of this book from the Naval Academy Library, and looked it over. VERY mathmatical, but I learned of...
SeaKnife, double play How strange...within a period of a week here we got messages from two fellows involved with the SeaKnife project. The...
Seeing as how Alexmeldrummer revived this subject thread from 2007 to 2009, I guess it can't hurt to revise my last posting on chain/belt drives....
For those that might be interested in the background of Beaul's tri vessel, and some construction photos, he started THIS SUBJECT THREAD a few...
Passed the age for two-wheelers, but 3, that's a different story :rolleyes:;) T-Rex video...
