Speedboats | Motorboats News for 04/05/2009



SLIDESHOW - Talkin' Boats with Doug Zurn (Soundings)
What boats does Shelter Island runabout designer Doug Zurn dream of having in his slip? He shares his top three picks, and much more about blending traditional with modern design...

Power back after floods (Sunshine Coast Daily)
Hundreds of Energex customers had power restored at 1pm after lines were brought down in yesterday's torrential rain...

Troops destroy three Tiger boats, kill seven (Hindustan Times)
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No speedboats plying Sunda Strait crossing
No speedboats plying Sunda Strait crossing. Thu, 02/12/2009 2:34 PM | National. JAKARTA: The Merak Bakauheni Port Authority in Banten has temporarily banned express boats from serving the Bakauheni-Merak crossing due to bad weather in ...

Sri Lanka: troops destroy three Tiger boats (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sri Lankan security forces destroyed three Tamil Tigers boats on Saturday and killed at least seven guerrillas trying to escape a major ground offensive, military officials said...

Take me to the river - Scotland on Sunday

Take me to the river
Scotland on Sunday, UK
To preserve the keen sense of wildness, it's better to avoid the whining flat-bottomed motorboats that ply the canal. A solution is to cut over to the Hurrah Trail, which doesn't allow motorised craft and parallels the canal for two miles. .
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Adventures of the Black girls - dead dogs, speed boats, hot buses .
World Nomads Travel Journal: Adventures of the Black girls - dead dogs, speed boats, hot buses, bowling and friends. Well we made it to Laos.. it was crazy adventure!! After leaving Chiang Mai we took a 5 hour mini bus to the ...

Sri Lanka says 111 Tigers killed in fresh fighting (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sri Lankan troops advancing on the last remaining pockets of rebel resistance killed at least 111 Tamil Tigers in separate ground and sea clashes on Saturday, the military said...

Town Finds Joy in Elite Eight - WSHM-TV

Town Finds Joy in Elite Eight
WSHM-TV, MA
But two years ago it was canoes and motorboats going up and down the street," Grimm says. While the town spends this week getting back on it's feet, the basketball team is in Springfield, doing their part, inspiring hope. "The chance to win a national .
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Turning an ocean liner in an era of speedboats is challenging .
WASHINGTON -- Turning the audacity of hope into the power of persistence is a daunting task in an age of Twitter, even for the prime-time and online president, Barack Obama...

Russian Speedboats flips/ejects/hits jetty - Offshoreonly.com
Check out this youtube video. Good reason to wear kill switch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG5-Go1HH7Q I'm not sure, but it looks like a 38 Cigarette? Its...

Transportation proposal includes 5 cent gas tax - BurlingtonFreePress.com

Transportation proposal includes 5 cent gas tax
BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT
The registration fee for motorboats increases by $5 to a range that begins at $22 and goes as high as $126, depending on boat size. The bill also proposes an automatic increase or decrease in the fuel taxes based on an inflation index beginning in 2012 .
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The Donz Knows » Blog Archive » Fish, Cake & Speedboats!
Fish, Cake & Speedboats! The Donz. So this weekend marked my 26th year of life on this majestic planet. Wow, makes it sound kinda epic! Truth is, with the advent of the Internet, the stylization of modern media and advertising; ...

Sri Lanka says 18 rebels killed in sea battle (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sri Lankan security forces destroyed three Tamil Tiger boats on Saturday and killed at least 18 guerrillas trying to escape a major military ground offensive, defence officials said...

Fishing guide floats Buffalo River to raise funds for cancer survivors (The Kansas City Star)
K en Richards knows all about the depressing realities of cancer. One minute, he was a successful fishing guide in Arkansas, with few worries in life except finding the next big trout...

Police beef up river patrols as G20 leaders meet by the Thames - Times Online

Police beef up river patrols as G20 leaders meet by the Thames
Times Online, UK
Heavily protected police motorboats patrolled the river today as world leaders met on the banks of the Thames. Hundreds of police officers manned a mile-wide perimeter of metal barriers and sandbags around the ExCeL centre in East London, .
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Aircraft Carriers vs. Speed Boats « MANSIZEDTARGET.COM
The War Nerd has a good column (as always) about how the Navys commitment to big budgets and unlikely conventional wars leaves our forces vulnerable to low-tech attackers in speed boats. This is familiar territory; its how the Spanish ...

Somali pirates assault Israeli ship - Ynetnews

Somali pirates assault Israeli ship
Ynetnews, Israel
The pirate gunmen, riding on two motorboats accompanied by a mother-ship, opened fire at the Zim ship and then attempted to board by steering close to its hull and leaping from the boats. They were unsuccessful, however, as the ship's hull was .
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A fun day boat for just 50000 - MoneyWeek

A fun day boat for just 50000
MoneyWeek, UK
Glastron boats cater more for the budget end of the market, but the firm's new, twin-cabin GS289 model comes with an improved level of fit and finish, and is its "most luxurious boat yet", says Motorboats Monthly. It'll cost you just 50858. .
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Council quiets motor boat operations near Ross Island - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com

Council quiets motor boat operations near Ross Island
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR
by James Mayer, The Oregonian The Portland City Council on Wednesday endorsed a plan to quell motor boat operations around Ross Island. The council signed on to a request to the Oregon Marine Board to create a No Wake Zone in the Holgate Channel .
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Pontoon Boat, AquaCub | Used Pontoon Boats
Plus it depends if your family likes to fish, swim, and cruise to enjoy the scenery or they want fast action from the speedboat. Just remember, speedboats gobble up gas way more than a pontoon boat. :). KelsoFabulous Says: ...

EagleSpeak: Latest ONI Worldwide Threat to Shipping Report (to 1 .
The captain spotted a speed boat approaching the vessel at a speed of 17kts. The master alerted the crew who prepared with counter-piracy measures. The boats closest point of approach was approximately 1NM astern. ...

Business in Brief - Ha'aretz

Business in Brief
Ha'aretz, Israel
(Nathan Sheva) Somali pirates on two motor boats, accompanied by a mother ship, tried to board an Israeli-owned freighter after opening fire at the ship yesterday. The pirates attacked the Africa Star, owned by Zim Shipping Services but sailing under a .
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Mother Lode fishing report (Calaveras Enterprise)
Trout: Trout fishing remains strong with many boats taking limits. Trollers working the west end of the lake are doing best with night crawlers or Sep's orange grubs behind a dodger from 25 to 35 feet during midday hours...

The wild Okefenokee Swamp - Gwinnett Citizen

Gwinnett Citizen
The wild Okefenokee Swamp
Gwinnett Citizen, GA
The worse part were the tourist-filled motorboats buzzing by us as we exerted manual labor with our paddles for propulsion. We eventually turned off the canal onto a motor-prohibited canoe trail. There the trail narrowed and the scenery expanded. .
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Hong Kong Marine Police "Police 3" + Speed boats. on Flickr .
The marine Police have been doing loads of exercises in Tseung Kwan O bay the past few weeks. The main boat here "Police 3" seems to have a few senior guys standing upfront watching two of the police speedboats chase down the third...

FISH FORECAST: Power Authority platform is open (Niagara Gazette)
The New York Power Authority has announced that its fish platform in the gorge is now open. The elevator may not be functioning now due to ice damage, but the stairs are working just fine. One of the projects taking place this year will be expanding the parking area at the base of the hill for non-handicapped fisher people...

Blogspot Calibro 9: Napoli serenata calibro 9
We get to see those cool speedboats that crop up in Alfonso Brescia's later I Contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia or even Lucio Fulci's Luca il contrabbandiere. The speedboats suggest this could be a smuggling movie and this is confirmed ...

IT'S HOTZ OUTSIDE: Time to make your motorboat seaworthy for summer - StarNewsOnline.com

IT'S HOTZ OUTSIDE: Time to make your motorboat seaworthy for summer
StarNewsOnline.com, NC
Those of us with more expensive toys, such as motorboats, have to be particularly on top of our springtime inspections. Boat US, a recreational boater advocacy group, just happened to e-mail me a list to help with the process. I've pasted it below. .
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Fish just jumping into local boats! (The Weekly Calistogan)
Two Lakes EUR” No Waiting! What a way to finish the winter bass season in the wine country. Lean back, eyeball these four photos and join the applause: EUR˘ Napan Steve Orndorf got the best of Lake Hennessey with this big, fat 5.5-pound large mouth bass. He used a wacky-rigged Magic Stik worm...



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