Darwin Beer Can Regatta, Northern Territory, Australia
Watch the crowds lining Mindil Beach for a day of hilarity at Beer Can Regatta, one of the ‘must-do’ things in Darwin. This annual, typically Australian event is a spectacle for the whole family, as homemade boats of aluminium cans and cartons flounder and sink in the shallows.
World Championship Cardboard Boat Races
Kids second heat at the famed races at Sandy Beach in Heber Springs, AR, July 31, 2010.
An exciting look at the Team OSG Donzi Racing. A Donzi 38 ZR piloted by Giancarlo Cangiano And Stefano Cola Winning the Powerboat P1 Evolution World Championship.
After a series of twelve open-ocean endurance races in five countries against an international field of competitors, the “OSG Donzi” 38 ZR won the 2006 P1 Powerboat UIM “Evolution Class” World Championship.
The final two races of the 2006 season were held in the Atlantic at Cascais, Portugal. The Naples, Italy-based race team of charismatic owner/throttleman Giancarlo Cangiano and driver Stefano Cola faced stiff competition all season long, against rugged Italian-built ocean racers powered by exotic Lamborghini and Isotta Fraschini engines.
The OSG (“Operation San Gennaro,” a reference to the patron saint of Naples) Donzi team capped off an exciting season with their championship win and proved that in rough water conditions, a Donzi is still the boat to beat.
KAHULUI – Na Kai Ewalu may be getting some final closure after a fire in November of 1996 destroyed the club’s hale and nearly its entire fleet of canoes.
They made a quick recovery from the blaze, replacing all but one canoe within eight months.
The only absence has been a koa vessel, but as the club celebrated its 40th anniversary on Saturday during the John Wilmington III Regatta at Kahului Harbor, it closed in on the funding needed to make that emotional addition  … More