Speedboats | Motorboats News for 06/04/2009



UK. Fairline Squadron 55 wins Motorboat of the Year award - BYM News (press release)

UK. Fairline Squadron 55 wins Motorboat of the Year award
BYM News (press release), Spain
Leading luxury performance motor yacht manufacturer, Fairline Boats has been awarded the prestigious accolade of the 'Motor Boat of the Year' Award 2009 in the Flybridge Above 50ft category for the Fairline Squadron 55. The Awards are judged by a panel .
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Coast Guard Dispatches Helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City . - InjuryBoard.com

Coast Guard Dispatches Helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City .
InjuryBoard.com, FL
Most boating fatalities from 2006 (70%) were caused by drowning; the remainder were due to trauma, hypothermia, carbon monoxide poisoning, or other causes. Open motor boats were involved in 45% of all reported incidents, and personal watercraft were .
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Wayzata.com: Vintage Speedboats now on display at Wayzata Bay Center
Vintage Speedboats now on display at Wayzata Bay Center. Posted by Serena Calder at 6:00 AM. The boats that were featured in a Mahogany Bay parade last week are now on display at the Wayzata Bay Center. The boats sit in the main hallway ...

Edison Electric Speedboats | The Steampunk Workshop
Growing up near a lake, there were two types of boat people: speed-boat people and patio-boat people. As I sipped drinks from the comfort of a floating drunk-tank, I never really understood the appeal of speed-boats (especially on a ...

Frauscher Cantiere Nautico Feltrinelli
speedboat mixing modern and classic in honor of boatracing legend racer Dino Feltrinelli. Feltrinelli, himself born of an Italian boatbuilding family that has long been allianced to Frauscher, won many racing trophies in the 1930s and ...

The World of Currencies: Rs 150 cr spent to buy speed boats by .
In the aftermath of 26/11 terror attacks, Maharashtra government has set aside Rs 150 crore to buy 28 hi-tech speed boats for patrolling the sea. The first boat, equipped with bullet-proof jackets and sophisticated communication systems ...

Editorial: Reflect on Memorial Day message - Wrightstown Post Gazette

Editorial: Reflect on Memorial Day message
Wrightstown Post Gazette, WI
The exuberant parades, the buzz of motorboats, the clinking of dishes and laughter of family members gathered for a picnic and the blaring TV ads reminding us of "can't miss" sales can all drown out the message that is Memorial Day. .
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Tankers and Speedboats | America in Transition
How does one turn a policy around? Speaking to a student audience in Ankara a few days ago, Barack Obama described it as a slow process. States are like...

Japanese Macaque Monkeys Waterskiing & Driving Speed Boats
More proof that the film EURPlanet of the ApesEUR was prophecy. In this video clip, Japanese macaque monkeys EURMomokoEUR and EURLillyEUR show impressive waterskiing skills. then then raise the bar by driving speed boatsEUR ...

More than 400 still without power in NCCo (The News Journal)
More than 400 Delmarva Customers remain without power in New Castle County after a powerful thunderstorm and gusty winds swept through the region Tuesday...

State to require boating courses for some as of July 1 - Daily Press

Daily Press
State to require boating courses for some as of July 1
Daily Press, VA
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, which will enforce the new regulations, defines personal watercraft, or PWCs, as "motorboats less than 16 feet in length that are powered by jet pumps, not propellers, where the persons stand, .
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Indian navy staves off attack by Somali pirates - AFP

AFP
Indian navy staves off attack by Somali pirates
AFP
The pirates on board three fast motorboats targetted the freighter Postojna, but fled after warning shots were fired from the Indian naval vessel escorting a convoy. Nobody was hurt in the incident, Radio Slovenija said. The Postojna, en route from .
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Boatnik cuts speedboats from festival | MailTribune.com
GRANTS PASS EUR After a 12-year run, marathon jetboats that scream at 110 mph up and down the Rogue River won't be part of the Boatnik Festival this year...

Orleans criminal sheriff shows off boats, mobile units for hurricane season (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff Marlin Gusman today pronounced his office prepared for hurricane season, equipped with "bar code tracking" for inmates and a technology-laden truck in case the parish prison and its 3,000 prisoners must flee the city....

Land Rover Defender 2.5 (na) Diesel (Jersey Insight)
Good sound condition. Engine in good condition and with power steering however slight weep and will need a new union. Recently been repainted red (by hand). Checker plate wing tops.Ideal for towing boats and general use. Need to sell as Ive havent got anywhere to park it...

Outrigger canoe races coming to Comox Bay on June 12-13 (Comox Valley Record)
The Comox Strathcona Canoe Outrigger Racing Club is hosting a new and exciting sporting event. On June 12-13 on Comox Bay, the group will be staging two separate Canadian Outrigger Canoe Association (CORA) sanctioned races: Saturday will feature the Island Iron OC6 race (six-person outrigger canoes) on an 18 km course while Sunday will be the Island Iron Small Boats Race for single person ...

Madoff Yacht Maker Shielded as French Rules Draw Ire - Bloomberg

Madoff Yacht Maker Shielded as French Rules Draw Ire
Bloomberg
EURWe would love to go for another year without paying our bills,EUR said Fabio Ermetto, commercial director at Heesen Yachts in Oss, the Netherlands, which specializes in building luxury motor boats. EURThis is not balanced competition. .
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Tension, Pacing and Speedboats | www.publetariat.com
Think of your story as a speedboat. You, as the author, are the pilot of this speedboat, charged with controlling both the speed and direction of your story at all times. The reader is pulled along behind you as a water-skier and is ...

TWRA launching safe boating campaign for summer - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

TWRA launching safe boating campaign for summer
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, TN
Nationally, open motorboats account for nearly 60 percent of all boating accidents and approximately 55 percent of the fatalities. About 40 percent of all boating accidents involve personal watercraft, including 10 percent of the fatalities. .
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MDI Students Build Boats With Hinckley Yachts (WABI Bangor)
Students at Mount Desert Island High School are tackling a unique project these days. They're trying their hands at building a boat.with the help of some pros from one of the biggest names in the business. Amy Erickson has the story. . . ...

Beale Park boat show this weekend - Reading Evening Post

Beale Park boat show this weekend
Reading Evening Post, UK
The park's seven-acre lake will be packed with everything from wooden boats, canoes and motorboats to steam, solar and pedal-powered vessels. New this year at Beale Park will be a series of talks and demonstrations on a watery theme. .
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ACE Recreational Marine Insurance Announces Top Ten Recreational Boating Safety Tips (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PHILADELPHIA----Recreational boating activity soars during warm weather months, and so do boating incidents and injuries. According to the U.S. Coast Guard's "Boating Statistics 2007,"1 the most recent year available, there are almost 13 million registered recreational boats in the United States...

Hybrid ship ahoy: Valence to supply Siemens (CNET)
Lithium ion battery company Valence signs deals to supply energy storage for hybrid boats and to utility S&C Electric for storing wind and solar power on the grid...

Go where no motorboat has gone before - StarNewsOnline.com

Go where no motorboat has gone before
StarNewsOnline.com, NC
Now, you can get into little places with big fish that those guys in motorboats can't touch. You've got the thrill of not only catching a big fish but feeling him pull your whole boat, even a short distance, across the water. .
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Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright? - CNBC European Business

CNBC European Business
Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright?
CNBC European Business, UK
EURIt's much better to send out 100 motorboats, rather than one huge aircraft carrier, into the unknown. I would bet on at least some of the motorboats making it, instead of the aircraft carrier, a sitting duck, which could get blown up. .
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Japanese Monkeys Waterskiing & Driving Speed Boats
In this video clip, Japanese macaque monkeys EURMomokoEUR and EURLillyEUR show impressive waterskiing skills. then then raise the bar by driving speed boatsEUR via Warming Glow & Best Week Ever. This is a blog post from Laughing Squid. ...

Land Rover Defender 2.5 (na) 1996 Diesel (Jersey Insight)
Good sound condition. Engine in good condition and with power steering however slight weep and will need a new union hopefully sorted today. Recently been repainted red (by hand). Checker plate wing tops.Ideal for towing boats and general use. Need to sell as Ive havent got anywhere to park it...

High-speed boats come racing into Lochranza
Five high-speed boats came racing into the pontoons in Lochranza on Friday night...

First packrafting trip teaches ins and outs of miniature boats (Billings Gazette)
Only seconds into my first packrafting trip, the boat flipped. The 50-degree water of the Madison River triggered an instant injection of adrenaline into my bloodstream. Gasping for air after popping above water, I side-stroked toward the shore, my lo ...

Clubs medal haul (Sunshine Coast Daily)
If the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club scull boats are sitting lower in the water this week it is because of the heavy haul at the Australian Masters championships...



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