The reason why I have no reason to go for a swim or fish in the Amazon, but you fishermen out there can book a flight as soon as you are ready....
Learning from the Youth ...from another forum
Brief details from Susan Altenburger his partner here: http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=97170 Some nice biographical type...
One of the most innovative boat designers ever has killed himself-distraught at the onset of age related problems. He was a great man..... Here...
Interesting variation on 'single engined multihull' Aspen Power Catamarans After considering many designs, the team settled on a completely...
I think its just a sign of the economic times...lots of boating businesses going out of business. Boat manufacturing has always been a cash...
Some one sent me this beautiful collection of photos, and I just couldn't resist posting them on YachtForums. :) Cheers, Brian Note: The...
I originally posted this poem back in 2007 on the Maltese Falcon subject thread. I thought it was so apropose' . I did not know the author of...
From Peter Harken: Michael Borga put it best regards "Sponsorship" (in Scuttlebutt 2846). I have found in my many years of regatta experience...
Don't throw away your paper charts! - GPS failings to come ...courtesty of Sail World A report just out by the Government Accountability...
The cylinder deck (10 cylinder version). Cylinder liners are die-cast ductile cast iron. Look at the size of those head studs!: The first...
The internals of this engine are a bit different than most automotive engines. The top of the connecting rod is not attached directly to the...
Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke...
I know what you are saying...often we get contributors that just have a bit too much time on their hands, and only feel a desire to put two cents...
That's an interesting site for many such discussions, and I thank you for posting it. Certainly as users of these oceans, all of the members...
Jeremy Jackson, marine ecologist and environmental advocate, professor of oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, describes how...
Marine Hybrid Propulsion Systems, development & funding initiative 'The rise in popularity in hybrid cars has inspired ICOMIA to invest in a...
Thanks, that was quite informative. Lots of data there, but no mention of Ethanol blend. Appears as though my interpetation of bunker fuel was...
Open 60 sailing in Extreme Conditions Just happened across a couple of good videos of flat out sailing in some extreme conditions on an Open 60....
Maybe I used the wrong term here. I generally thought of 'bunker fuel' as that lower grade, heavy crude that is burned in big freight ships. There...
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