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RSS FeedsLinks Sort by: Date | Hits | AlphabeticalBoating Fire Safety
June 17, 2008 08:11:39
 Fire safety while boating is essential both when boat is moored and in open waters. Boat fires are less common than fires on land. But when they do occur, they can have destroying consequences. Boats are often far away from the land, so boat fire may result in frighting consecuences. Since it takes... - [Read more] |
Buying Used Yacht
May 8, 2008 15:01:14
 A yacht is your house, a favourite toy, family, a symbol of your life attitude or at least presumptive source of income. Therefore its necessary to chose it as careful as possible, like when purchasing a car.
There are two essentially different variants. A charter yacht and a private one. A... - [Read more] |
Essential Yachting Rules and Etiquette in Details
April 4, 2008 14:30:41
 We discussed yachting rules and etiquette briefly in the previous article. Lets talk about some most essential rules and etiquette in more details in this article.
Life has changed. Besides sailing yachts, motor yachts are successfully used for a long period of time already.... - [Read more] |
Fuel on a Boat - Fire Safety
June 16, 2008 21:35:00
 Fuel on a boat can be different, but each boat uses some fuel or gas. Owners of the boats and those steering them need to know how to manage safely boat engines and fuel in them.
Fires on boats are not as common as fires on land. However, if you are on a boat you will... - [Read more] |
Galaxy Megayacht
June 9, 2008 14:30:18
 Galaxy megayacht is the fruit of formed alliance between Azimut/Benetti group and Fincantieri Yachting and the first project, realized on a new shipyard in Livorno. It began to drew attention long before completion. A notable producer chosen so unusual ultra-modern materials for this yacht and... - [Read more] |
Human Fat-Powered Boat
June 18, 2008 15:07:32
 Human fat-powered boat?! Sounds weird, strange, odd. I found these news just recently and thought may be someone else havent heard of fat-powered boat.
Peter Bethune, New Zealand adventurer, built a boat that is powered by human body fat. He is going to sail across the globe on the new super high... - [Read more] |
Maltese Falcon Unique Megayacht
April 21, 2008 12:09:24
 Maltese Falcon unique megayacht, which used to belong the multimillionaire Tom Perkins, is displayed for sale. Some say the initial price is $115 millions, but others assert shes selled at the the price of $180 millions. Tom Perkins controlled in detail all the stages of... - [Read more] |
Man Overboard! - Lifting a Person Back on Board
April 9, 2008 14:44:28
 The main in the situation called "Man Overboard" that falling usually happens unexpectedly and at the most inconvenient moment.
Instructions how to lift a person back on board are generally included in the structure of all navigator courses of fullsize... - [Read more] |
Personal Watercrafts - the Way to Joyous Jet Skiing
April 24, 2008 07:44:04
 Exremals, if you are not satisfied with sharp feelings from the trips overland and you desire to try something new on the water, buy a personal watercraft and have fun.
Do you know, that speed on the water is felt quite different than on the land or in the air? Even 50 km/h is quite a lot on... - [Read more] |
Pirate Attacks in the Modern World
June 25, 2008 14:25:25
 Sea pirates seemed to be brave robbers and fearless adventurers in childrens books. Pirate attacks in the modern world are made by dangerous criminals who become more and more impudent.
There were 325 pirate attacks registered on the whole planet in 2004 and 445... - [Read more] |
Proverbs and Sayings on Boating and Water
April 29, 2008 18:23:06
 Run away from the water which does not make a noise and does not babble (Armenian).
To draw water in a sieve.
To fish in troubled waters.
Without the water one cant sail even a good boat (Mongolian).
Too much water drowned the miller.
We never know the value... - [Read more] |
Review of the Knives Used in Boating
April 15, 2008 14:51:49
 Necessity of a rigging knife (rescue knife) on a boat is undoubted - almost every instruction of a good marine practice has an item which says there must be a knife on a boat.
The basic and practically unique task of the knife on a boat or yacht is to cut... - [Read more] |
Sailing Yacht Short History
May 13, 2008 15:08:38
 Sailboats were used from times immemorial. Desire to sail across rivers, seas and oceans prompted man to create a boat. The first records of boats were found on clay tablets in Egypt, made more than 6000 years ago. Many historians consider that ancient Greeks began to investigate the Aegean sea more than... - [Read more] |
Smoke Alarms in Boats - Fire Safety
June 12, 2008 21:05:00
 Smoke alarm technology has developed significantly during the past several years with more features being available, such as optical sensors, long life batteries and the facility to ‘hush’ the alarm when, for example, cooking food.
Its strongly... - [Read more] |
The "Catch and Release" Principle
April 18, 2008 11:47:12
 We hear the words "catch and release" more frequent lately. This word combination is met almost on every page in the prints devoted to a fishing subject. It comes to the funny things. It was in a magazine, exceptionally advertising publication, illustrated richly with the pictures of... - [Read more] |
Yacht Voyage round Greece
May 7, 2008 12:27:44
 Those, who are travelling around Greece for the first time feel not only mental and physical comfort, but also the true delight with the beauties of the nature and monuments of ancient civilization which are striking ones imagination.
Its generally known that Greeks are... - [Read more] |
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