Archive for the ‘Boating’ Category
As demonstrated this week, a high-tech speedboat is no match for a Japanese whaling vessel. After being sliced in half in Antarctic waters, anti-whaling ship Ady Gil sank to an inglorious death at the bottom of the ocean after being hit by a Japanese whaling ship. RIP, we say. It was pretty cool ship while it lasted
This week’s face-off between whalers and anti-whaling activists in the Antarctic Ocean was a deep-sea battle straight out of a comic book. As seen in video filmed by both sides, a 171-foot Japanese whaling vessel bore down on an enemy speedboat that resembled a stealth fighter crossed with Batman’s car … Details
A video released by Sea Shepherd showing the ramming from the vantage point of their new vessel, the Bob Barker. It appears that the Bob Barker was sitting parallel to the Ady Gil before the incid…Â Â Â
531 feet make the mega yacht Dubai the largest private yacht in the world. Originally named Platinum 525, this yacht was commissioned by Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei in 1996, but a lack of funds caused the project to be abandoned a couple of years later. Then, in 2001, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, then Crown Prince and now ruler of Dubai, took over the yacht project, renaming it Golden Star. The mega yacht was finally completed in 2006, and at 300 million dollars (US) it was the most expensive yacht ever built. It was then renamed Dubai after its country of residence, where the yacht is currently kept by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai, and the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates … Details & Pictures
Windsurfers and kiteboarders have another reason to be lucky.
Now the iPhone has a very interesting application to measure wind – an iAnemometer.
This wind meter works for both 3G and 3GS and has been on top 20 of iTunes’ Weather Applications for six months.
This anemometer measures wind speed by …Â Details