Single-masted ketch/cutter Welcome to the forums Omar I think you got your sail cloth weights about right for a relatively heavy displacement...
You might view this Tata Motor announcement with some scepticism. I believe this same Indian company announced the same about the Revetec engine....
Just saw this program ("Crude": 8-10 AM EST Feb 22) and it was simply the most well-done, informative and attention-grabbing program I've seen...
Recovery Wednesday, February 20 -- News sources in New Zealand are reporting that the giant French multihull, Groupama 3, has being recovered...
In the early hours of tomorrow morning, Groupama 3 is set to cross the longitude of the most S'ly cape of Tasmania, and thus enter into the...
....this appeared in an online publication of SailWorld...too good to pass up, Brian Many of the yukkiest, most pointless, timewasting...
I still have great reservations about that myself...just seems to go against all physics we learned. I've followed this Revtec development...
Revetec Engine Here's another very interesting engine without connecting rods. WHen I first read the description of the Dyna-Cam engine I was...
Jules Verne Trophy The connection with the tradewinds of the Saint Helena High were timed to perfection this Thursday lunchtime, and after a...
I don't think closing the tread is an applicable solution. The subject was brought up and lots of discussions have occured. You can't just wipe...
Maiden Voyage of SkySails Vessel A cargo ship has set off from Bremen to Venezuela to gain first-hand experience being towed partly by wind...
Frenchman Francis Joyon in his trimaran IDEC has just set a new world record for the fastest solo 'downhill' time around the world, besting...
(Day 6 - January 30, 2008; 18:38 UTC) The passage of the equator is the first intermediary time, which enables a direct insight into how capable a...
794 miles in 24 hours, under sail That's right. Groupama clocked up this milage on her way across the north atlantic:...
Now its time for the crewed version of this sailing event known as the Jules Verne race Franck Cammas' 105-ft trimaran Groupama 3 is already...
Married a lady here in Khon Kaen, and will 'retire' here soon...commuting at this period of time. I got a great laugh out of this as well. I...
This relates a bit of truth about our government's mode of operation. Just had to pass this along, gave me a good chuckle! Maybe we should all...
Yes, but you were a teenager then, and just starting up on the salary scale. What about the teenager today (those that aren't spoided by their...
A good friend and myself have been forecasting this 'perfect storm brewing' for better than a year now. We just continued to not understand why it...
....from Wikipedia The price of standard crude oil on NYMEX was under $25/barrel in September 2003, and with inflation adjustments had...
