Video Kayak – Whale vs. Kayak – whale jumps out of water, and onto near by kayaker! The quality of the video is low, so it looks a little fake, but the sound of the person recording the video makes it real… watch and see for yo…
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Offshore Powerboat Racing – Powerboat P1 Barrel Roll for Lucas Oil Outerlimits: pilots in hospital
During Sunday’s Powerboat P1 Evolution Class endurance race in Gothenburg, Sweden, an incident involving Lucas Oil Outerlimits resulted in American pilots Nigel Hook and Joe Sgro being taken to Sahlgrenska hospital, Gothenburg, for precautionary observations, where they were both witnessed talking and comfortable.
Lying in second position behind leaders 2B1 Furnibo on lap ten, Lucas Oil Outerlimits appeared to barrel roll to the outside at the first turn at the South-West end of the Langedrag racecourse…Â Details
Chris Vecsey did something on July 24 that few fishermen anywhere, let alone off the Alabama coast, will ever achieve.
He hooked, fought, landed and successfully released an estimated 125- to 130-pound tarpon while fishing from a kayak.
“While she’s not quite the biggest tarpon I’ve caught, I’m more proud of this one than any other,” the 25-year-old Foley resident said of his first such catch from his kayak.
Coming off 13 straight days of work, Vecsey eagerly slid his 12½-foot Ocean Kayak Prowler Big Game boat off the beach near Little Lagoon Pass (West Pass) and paddled alone onto the Gulf’s warm waters around 7 a.m. that Friday… Details
The challengers for the next America’s Cup revealed preliminary details to race an enormous vessel nicknamed “Dogzilla” that is nearly the size of two basketball courts.
The 90-foot-by-90-foot (27.4-meter-by-27.4-meter) trimaran will challenge defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland in the next edition of yachting’s most prestigious race, off the United Arab Emirates in 2010, the U.S.-based BMW Oracle team said in a statement on Monday
“We’re pleased to publicly confirm that the BOR 90, which will continue to undergo modifications, is the boat that will compete for the 33rd America’s Cup in 2010,” BMW Oracle said.
“Dogzilla” has an overall waterline length of 100 feet. The mast is 185 feet. The three sails are 6,800, 6,700, and 8,400 square feet (632, 622 and 780 square meters) — each about 30 percent bigger than the sails used in the last America’s Cup in Valencia, Spain, in 2007.
“The power-to-weight ratio is unbelievable. Nothing any of us have seen comes close …Â Details