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Paul Larsen and his Vestas SailRocket team left Britain at the end of January for Walvis Bay Yacht Club in Namibia, to attempt to break the Outright World Speed Record.
On the 3rd of December 2008, Vestas Sailrocket set a new ‘B’ class world record of 47.36 knots over the 500 metre course. Unofficially, she is of the worlds fastest boat… but still 3.21 knots short of the Outright world record currently held by the kitesurfers.
Larsen and his team have their sights set on …Â Details
What is an entry-level personal watercraft? Today, entry-level is a misnomer because today’s “value” PWC can come with plush cruising seats, remote-controlled security systems, electronic throttle, reboarding ladders and more.Â
In fact, some of the least expensive models in the watercraft industry today are better designed and more technologically-advanced than many of …. Details
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