While much of the world has been debating the United Nation’s proposed Global Carbon Tax, a watchdog group reported last week about another proposal which seemed to have slipped silently through committee after committee, and is now scheduled for a vote in the General Assembly without so much as a whisper in the popular press. It’s not entirely surprising. After all, the tax affects a comparative few of the world’s citizens: Simply those of us who flagrantly display our wealth with ostentatious possessions known as a yachts … Details
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LAKE HAVASU CITY — The 2011 Lake Havasu boating season gets underway in high gear this weekend. Really high gear.
Starting Friday, the Offshore Powerboat Racing Association will return to Lake Havasu City for the fourth annual Lake Havasu Grand Prix. Boats ranging in size from 22 feet to over 50 feet will hammer down the throttle with speeds upwards of 150 mph.
Closed course heat races are scheduled to begin at  … Details
Surf Rescue Boat Crashes – Training at Del Mar Beach. Eddie Delbridge (Driver) and John Wood (Crewman). IRB
New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Series – Whitianga has always been one of the more action packed venues for the New Zealand Offshore powerboats, and this race was no exception. The start was delayed for 40 minutes as the swell produced by the massive earthquake in Japan created several surges throughout the morning, and boats had difficulty getting out of the marina where the tide appeared to fall and rise within three minutes, making the currents in the narrow channel difficult to navigate or indeed accelerate against.
The earthquake created other problems with large amounts of debris being washed off the surrounding beaches and out to sea, causing at least one boat issues as Schick Hydro  … Pictures & More