First Voyage Completed The First MS Beluga SkySails Voyage On January 22, for the first time since the masts of major shipping vessels fell to...
Interesting Energy Use ...from another forum Brian, here is a link to a great follow up effort about the concerns "Crude" brings to light....
USA reaction Actually I believe we may have reached the point where the American public will demand conservation and new technology. In the past...
CO2 and Volcanoes Not long ago I had occassion to rewatch a presentation on the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in Indonesia. This single event...
Here is a pretty good photo of that:
CO2 Omissions vs HydroCarbon Usage One of my primary concerns in this debate is not so much the CO2 emmissions situation, but rather our wasteful...
I live in Washington DC (at least for a while longer), and I can attest to many a misleading named foundations and think tanks in this city....
Shore Side arrival The 32 metre French multihull, Groupama 3, is alongside a wharf in Dunedin harbour. She was towed into harbour by a Port...
Bertram 31 Those 31 Bertrams (posting #313) were a classic design, but what has always interested me is the apparent 'out of proportion'...
Salvage Video http://www.cammas-groupama.com/do/mediatheque?type=V&sscat=171&page=0&media=1741 and some other videos:...
Australia Film Interestingly this film is an Australian product Crude - the incredible journey of oil, from its birth deep within our...
Video reference Dear Lars, Did you watch this particular film "Crude" ?? I just found a Goggle Video of it...
San Fran bound?? Saw a brief report of her being in Costa Rica. Possible she is headed for San Francisco....a US appearance...WOW
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...
