Speedboats | Motorboats News for 06/14/2009



You could literally walk across the Channel - WalesOnline

You could literally walk across the Channel
WalesOnline, United Kingdom
EURThose of us who survived were in the water for about two hours and we were picked up by two of our coastal motorboats.EUR George had an eventful war, also having served at Dunkirk, and being mentioned in dispatches while attached to the US Navy. .
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Indian navy staves off attack by Somali pirates - AFP

Earthtimes (press release)
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 .
INDIAN NAVY FOILS PIRATE ATTACK Maritime Global Net
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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 ...

Same old story for Crimson (Boston Globe)
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Four miles was not enough, not with classes and commencement behind them and the summer ahead. So after they'd beaten archrival Yale by 5 lengths on the choppy, sloppy Thames River yesterday and claimed their sodden blue shirts, Harvard's varsity heavyweight crew turned around and rowed all the way back upstream to their Red Top headquarters, ...

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 ...

Texas storms flood, cancel flights, shut off power (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
A series of powerful storms packing heavy rains and frequent lightning strikes grounded dozens of flights, left hundreds of thousands without power and caused widespread damage across portions of Texas on Thursday. No deaths or injuries were reported from the storms that began whipping the Dallas-Fort Worth area Wednesday night with winds up to 70 mph. By the time the storms cleared the city, ...

Ex-river guide among many who fought dam - Stockton Record

Ex-river guide among many who fought dam
Stockton Record, CA
Last weekend, Dubois, 60, of Bainbridge Island, Wash., visited New Melones on his own for the first time since chaining himself to the canyon wall. He saw the bathtub ring of mud around the lake. A half-dozen motorboats jetted through the water. .
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Boaters Beware! - InjuryBoard.com

Boaters Beware!
InjuryBoard.com, FL
On average the subjects were males, 21 to 40 years of age, and were in small open motorboats and non-powered craft. Important to note is that the study found that passengers had the same risk of dying as the driver, regardless of whether the boat was .
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Severe weather in Dallas-Forth Worth area causes power outages (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
DALLAS (AP) - A series of powerful storms packing heavy rains and frequent lightning strikes grounded dozens of flights, left about 245,000 North Texans without power and made for a chaotic Thursday morning rush-hour commute through flooded streets without working traffic lights...

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...

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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High-speed boats come racing into Lochranza - The Arran Banner .
The Arran Banner | Where your community comes alive: Discover News . Five high-speed boats came racing into the pontoons in Lochranza on Friday night.The Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBS) included the current holder of the round Britain ...

Beneteau scales back number of forced redundancies - Motor Boats Monthly

Beneteau scales back number of forced redundancies
Motor Boats Monthly, UK
Beneteau Group, the French maker of Beneteau and Jeanneau motorboats and yachts, today announced that it will only be making 60 forced redundancies after revealing that its sales had fallen by around 50%. The company had originally been planning to .
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Texas storms flood, cancel flights, shut off power (The Daily Jeffersonian)
DALLAS (AP) -- A series of powerful storms packing heavy rains and frequent lightning strikes grounded dozens of flights, left hundreds of thousands without power and caused widespread damage across portions of Texas on Thursday.No deaths or injuries were...

NY Senate power struggle may drag into next week (The Auburn Citizen)
ALBANY -- The struggle for control of New York's Senate is likely to drag into next week...

Boat builder Dave LeClercq helped launch Alaska's fishing fleet (Seattle Times)
Dave LeClercq, who died last Saturday, transformed a childhood fascination with boats into a decades-long run as the most productive boat builder for the Alaska fishing fleet...

No-wake zones among top boat-safety issues - Leader-Telegram

No-wake zones among top boat-safety issues
Leader-Telegram, WI
Motorboats are prohibited from creating a wake within 100 feet of a dock, raft or buoyed restricted area, said Scott Thiede, a state Department of Natural Resources warden based in Eau Claire. For personal watercraft, the no-wake zone is 200 feet. .
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EagleSpeak: Somali Pirates: View of the Attacked
1012: Speed boats located port quarter of our vessel only by its wake. 1015 : Vessel altered course by 40 to stbd to confirm if the speed boats were chasing or is it passing by. 1020 : It was confirmed speed boat was chasing, ...

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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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...

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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Rower claims boat speeds are dangerous (Sunshine Coast Daily)
Donna Muller has seen a lot of close calls between sailing boats and power boats and believes it is "only a matter of time" before there is a tragic accident...

Speedboats
Two or three fun days. Yesterday was Street War in Malmö. Me and Joley enjoyed it. Said goobye to each other and found each other again. 4713_220319395001_517595001_7083670_3933717_n. n517595001_7083671_8167376 ...

Summer Rituals | Boat Club - New York Times

Summer Rituals | Boat Club
New York Times, United States
Many of the 88 members are retired civil servants and tradesmen who fix up used motorboats and spend weekends chasing bluefish and drinking Budweiser. The bar is open to the public, but is usually filled with raucous members comparing pensions and .
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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 ...

Tiny speedboats race at Westmoreland Casting Pond
All of the speedboats are 1/10-scale, Holmberg said, and must include all of the features of the full-size watercraft after which they were modeled, including engine cowlings, exhaust stacks, and windshields. To make the races a test of ...

6 ways to savor the river - Sun, 14 Jun 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
This may be the best summer to get into the flow of the Spokane River. Clubs, groups, businesses and agencies are joining as stewards of the rivers health as well as keeping it safe and available for river rats and newbies alike. The Spokesman-Review recently has covered a range of issues such as river closures and hazards at Barker Road bridge construction, Avista agreeing to keep water ...

Violent Thunderstorms Cut Power to 240,000 in Texas (Fox News)
A series of strong thunderstorms and dazzling lightning strikes grounded dozens of flights Thursday, left nearly 150,000 north Texans without power and made for a chaotic morning rush-hour commute through flooded streets without working traffic lights...

Texas storms flood, cancel flights, shut off power (AP via Yahoo! News)
A series of powerful storms packing heavy rains and frequent lightning strikes grounded dozens of flights, left hundreds of thousands without power and caused widespread damage across portions of Texas on Thursday...

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 ...



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