Forget water taxis and tourist rides, if you want a fresh perspective on La Serenissima, jump in a kayak and paddle up to St Mark’s Square
It’s rush hour and there’s a traffic jam on the Grand Canal. Popping out into the canal from one of the narrower waterways is a trio of gondolas; hurtling towards them is the number-one vaporetto (water bus) loaded with its summer cargo. So far so familiar, but in the midst of this waterborne whirl of gondolas, buses, taxis, pleasure and motorboats there’s me, in a kayak, with a honking, crane-bearing delivery boat up my backside.
Spying what I thought was an available gap I’d sneaked into it so I could take some photos – but I’d parked in front of a restaurant and there was a Coke fridge to deliver. Under the watchful eye of the … Details
Video Offshore Powerboat – MTI 42 Drambuie On Ice Speed Challenge Lake Williams Quebec Canada – September 2009 Speed Run of MTI 42 Drambuie On Ice we ran 110 Octane with 850 HP motors. Multiple passes wit the best pass at 122 MPH on radar and 124MPH on GPS. This lake is very small and
America’s Cup Defender, Societe Nautique de Geneve have hinted, through their legal counsel, Barry Ostrager that the International Sailing Federation could take action against Golden Gate Yacht Club following the comments made by Justice Shirley Kornreich suggesting that the Challenger had engaged in unsportsmanlike behavior
In a story in the US legal news website www.law.com, a story has been posted commenting on the continuing America’s Cup saga and how beneficial it has been for the the involved US law firms …Â Details