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A Sneak Peek at Where They Make the World’s Coolest Yachts 12 Aug 2013 | 04:41 pm
Photographer Benedict Redgrove got to take a peek inside the workshop of Wally Yachts, makers of some of the world’s most luxurious boats. Photo: Benedict Redgrove It’s a different type of yacht phot...
‘DAME SHIRLEY’ BEATS THE GATHERING STORM 7 Aug 2013 | 01:46 pm
On August 2nd in Cardiff the weather made an unexpected turn, thunder and lightning could be heard and seen all over Cardiff, our vessel was in the Bristol Channel at the time and was able to find bre...
Japan unveils largest warship since World War II 7 Aug 2013 | 01:56 am
Japan unveils largest warship since World War II YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest warship since World War II, a huge flat-top destroyer that has raised eyebrows in China a...
Here’s How You Park the World’s Biggest Container Ship 2 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
The newly constructed Triple-E line of cargo ships from Emma Maersk are massively, enormously huge vessels. They dwarf even the mightiest aircraft carriers, displacing some 165,000 metric tons, so ...
The Box That Built the Modern World 26 Jul 2013 | 02:09 pm
Originally posted here BY ANDREW CURRYILLUSTRATIONS BY PETER & MARIA HOEY It was 11:30 am on a sunny Tuesday in mid-April, and the Hong Kong Express had been docked at Hamburg’s Container Terminal A...
HMS69-Manchester (Marianne) gets a new engine 1 Jul 2013 | 07:50 pm
In August 2012 we took the necessary steps of researching a new engine to replace our dilapidated Caterpillar D330, which although is great for fuel efficiency, was becoming increasingly difficult to ...
The World’s Fastest Ship Is Basically an Aquatic Concorde Jet 29 Jun 2013 | 03:04 am
Originally posted on Gizmodo This is no lumbering Staten Island Ferry. This is the Francisco, a wave-piercing catamaran loaded with modified jet engines set to blast commuters across the River Plate ...
An inside look at the world’s largest solar-powered boat 23 Jun 2013 | 10:09 pm
Tûranor PlanetSolar, first boat to circle the globe with solar power, poses for photos in NYC By Dante D’Orazio Catamarans are fairly odd-looking boats, but earlier this week a special breed was doc...
The Sad Demise of a President’s Floating Palace 16 May 2013 | 07:36 pm
How Harry Truman’s ‘seagoing White House’ is rusting away in an Italian shipyard USS Williamsburg was naval ship which became President Truman’s personal yacht in 1945 Hosted international dignitaries...
The Ten Largest Ships Ever Conceived 19 Apr 2013 | 02:50 pm
This article was originally posted here Ever since we realized that it takes less energy to float stuff over water rather than drag it… It’s fairly easy to sort out what’s the biggest car or the fast...
