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Plastiki – A Big Publicity Stunt!Boating and Sailing News - 13 Mar 2010There are some who would say that Plastiki is just one big publicity stunt - and those people would be absolutely right. The purpose of the strange-looking and improbable eco-yacht - and the goal of David de Rothschild, the rest of the crew, and the project as a whole – is not to set a record, nor to prove any new design, but to attract worldwide public attention to a tremendous and growing problem out in the middle of our oceans. To that end, it seems the crew is willing to do almost anything, including opening themselves to public ridicule and risking their lives, to get people talking about the issues and health hazards of plastic pollution. So yes, Plastiki is a crazy and outlandish scheme - a great big publicity stunt – aimed at Read Complete Article |
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Woodduck Boat Handbook
Ansa Boat Handbook
This is the Ansa boat handbook. Boat Description: Pilothouse sloop Boat Name: Ansa |
Next America's Cup in San Francisco?Boating and Sailing News - 19 Feb 2010San Francisco, USA - As sailing enthusiasts around the world cross their fingers that America's Cup races might come to an area near them, the politicking has already started by fans and city officials to bring the racing to their home waters. As the location of BMW Oracle's Golden Gate Yacht Club, San Francisco is now topping the list as a prime location for the 34th America's Cup, but what are the chances of the racing really coming to the City by the Bay, and what, if anything, stands in the way? Read Complete Article |
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33rd and 34th America's Cup - The King is Dead, Long Live the KingBoating and Sailing News - 18 Feb 2010It almost deserves an epic poem: Two brief battles put an end to a long war, a war which took place between today's equivalent of feuding kings, for what is nothing less than sailing's holy grail. On the one side was the reigning defender, the charming billion-heir Ernesto Bertarelli, who made the rules up seemingly as he went along, and who could be forgiven his tactics by his subjects only for as long as he could keep his power. On the other side was the challenger for the throne, the relentless would-be usurper Larry Ellison, the software billionaire who would be forgiven his revolt and litigious ways only if he succeeded in his quest. Each king had his fortune, his army of champions, his war machine, his spies and his allies, and each king set out to vanquish the other. Read Complete Article |
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Pony Engine (Montgomery 17) Putt-Puttering with Honda 2HP
Puttering along at 4.5 Knots in the east bay estuary. |
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