When you’re driving a 16-foot boat 115 miles per hour with the river as your race course, there are bound to be times when you end up upside down, underwater and strapped into a small cockpit. That would most certainly incite panic in many people, but that’s what safety drills are for.
Mark Jakob, who lives near Kankakee, drives a Formula 2 Class powerboat. It’s a 16-foot craft with a V6 engine that glides across the water at incredible speeds. Jakob said it’s the competition that got him hooked to the sport in 2003.
“It’s not so much the speed — it’s like anything you’re trying to race, you’re always wishing it would go faster,†he said. “It’s the closeness of the competition and the way (the boats) take a corner.  Details
Molokai paddlers take the island’s new koa canoe for its maiden voyage at Kamalo Wharf. Photo by Ed Misaki…
… For the first time in over 30 years, Molokai has its own koa canoe. The canoe took its maiden voyage at Kamalo Wharf last Thursday, and was celebrated by the island’s four canoe clubs which will be sharing the outrigger.
“It’s a special day in our lives,†said one community member who has been involved in building the canoe. “We’re celebrating Hawaiian culture.  Details
As from June 18th and as soon as the weather permits, the Team Banque Populaire will set sail towards New York on an attempt to reduce the 4 days 3 hours 57 minutes and 53 seconds of the record. The stopwatch will go off on the finish line set between Ushant and Cape Lizard, revealing whether the maxi trimaran built by the Sailing Bank is to write a first line in its race against time, the beginning of a story that will reach the main plot with the Jules Verne Trophy starting next winter…
Molokai gets a koa canoe.
Today, a new chapter begins in the Maxi Banque Populaire V’s book of records. In a few days, Pascal Bidégorry and his twelve crewmen will set sail for the United States, their sights set on achieving a new reference time for the North Atlantic crossing.