Honda of South Carolina’s ATV plant looms large as motorists whiz down I-95 through Florence County. But few passers-by ever notice the tiny town hidden in its shadows.
When Honda opened the plant to make all-terrain vehicles — or ATVs — in 1998, economic development officials and politicians proclaimed its arrival as the start of change for Timmonsville, located in the heart of… Details
People who love wooden boats held a bon voyage party Friday evening on the Sausalito waterfront for one of the rarest and largest wooden ships still afloat.
They were celebrating the at-long-last-finished restoration of the historic Frithjof Wiese, a 55-foot-long Norwegian gaff ketch constructed of 60 tons of Douglas fir and white oak.
In 1986, the owners of the massive old sailboat, originally used to rescue Norwegian fishermen in the North Sea, began a marathon effort to refurbish the 80-year-old vessel…Â Details
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 Sharp-eyed, loyal readers may have noticed last week that a blog I had written about the usual environmental gloom and doom inadvertently wound up briefly being improperly credited to blogmeister Elissa Bass, who normally weighs in on way more popular topics, such as “American Idol,†which I gather is some kind of television talent show.
After CPR was successfully administered to Elissa, and her many fans, once made aware of the error, called off their plans to storm the newsroom and perform either an exorcism or …Â Details
One month into the longest leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, the Puma Ocean Racing team are preparing to face heinous conditions over the next four days, as they make their way towards Cape Horn. With 1,700 nautical miles to go until they round the iconic landmark, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet is about to be shaken up again, with the opportunity for place-changing at the front of the fleet. Puma is currently in third place behind rivals Ericsson 3 and Ericsson 4, but are closing the gap between the boats every mile that they sail.
Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America, is fabled for the hazardous conditions commonly encountered by boats rounding it. Where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet, strong winds, large waves, strong currents, freezing temperatures and rough seas combined with the chance of iceberg sightings make its rounding threatening to the most experienced ocean going sailors.
With a huge low pressure system currently building …Â Details
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