Not a video, just a great image taken on the 3rd leg of La Solitaire du Figaro. The leg was 475 miles from Ireland to France, and of the nearly 50...
Double-handed shenanigans while racing in a Mini650: LINK I love those boats! :D
Video footage (post capsize): LINK
http://www.sail-world.com/Canada/Rambler-100-capsized-in-Fastnet---keel-bulb-fallen-off-+-Video/87337 The third pic down clearly shows the hull...
First reports were than as many as 10 crew were missing, but later updates were better news... everyone was safely rescued. LINK Evidently...
I don't think this guy has made an appearance in this thread yet: LINK Not so much for the outright speed... but the section through oncoming...
Now that I've resized your image from 3000+ pixels wide to 640, you are free to spend as much time as you'd like browsing this forum, where I'm...
What do you mean by "production-ready"? There is already significant solar panel use on racing yachts. Obviously the available real-estate on a 60...
A little while ago I came across this very cool program. Stellarium Basically, you can open the program, input your current location and it...
Escapism
By definition, "plating is a surface covering in which a metal is deposited on a conductive surface." This usually involves acid baths and...
Rodger, I've merged a couple of your Welland Canal threads all into one to tidy things up a little. All your pics can now be posted into this one...
Ok... so it's not a boat joke, but the "gold plated" yacht thread reminded me of this so I had to post it:
Maybe this is just me being nitpicky (my wife says I'm way to retentive about details) but you can't actually "plate" composites, can you?...
Mike, The more I look at that first design, the more classic it feels. I'm picturing all the red as polished mahogany, with a softer white...
Radials are sexy.... pretty much any airframe, modern or vintage, can be made prettier with a radial up front!
Geez... am I the only one here without a form of 2 wheeled transportation? :eek: I'll side with K1W1 as far as bikes go... an R1200GS Adventure...
I'd take the first superstructure over the second... I feel there's too many visual obstructions on the second. The less impeding my view, the better.
LINK Well, that's one way to rinse the boat down...
Just as a matter of curiosity, where can you ride a scooter without a registration? Here it requires a registration and a drivers license...
