Posted: June 18, 2013
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., June 18, 2013 Bertram Yacht, the legendary American manufacturer of luxury sportfishing yachts, has announced that San Diego-based Kusler Yachts Inc. is the newest dealer in the Bertram family, servicing California and the peninsula of Baja California.
Posted: June 17, 2013
Denison Yacht Sales was recently named the Florida and California dealer for Greenline Hybrid, the worlds first serial production hybrid yacht ranging in size from 33 feet to 88 feet.
Posted: June 13, 2013
In California, and in coastal communities throughout the United States, water quality is significantly impacted by the copper used to coat boat hulls, large and small. The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), a grantee of EPA, identified cost-effective methods for boat owners to protect both their boats and water quality.
Posted: June 13, 2013
One of the first visitors to Jupiter's icy moon of Europa could be a tiny submarine barely larger than two soda cans. The small craft might help strike the right balance between cost and capability for a robotic mission to look for alien life in the ocean beneath Europa's icy crust.
Posted: June 13, 2013
How do you catch one of the most mysterious, yet possibly most abundant organisms on Earth, which is also invisible to the naked eye and happens to live in one of the most inaccessible places on the planet? Build a nice house for it and wait.
Posted: June 12, 2013
HONG KONG It was perhaps the most spectacular flight approach in the world: amid mountains, seas and frequently tempestuous winds, aircraft nearing Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong would stage a stomach-churning right turn, glide over the densely populated Kowloon Peninsula and land on a runway that jutted straight out into the sea.
Posted: June 12, 2013
FAIRBANKS Nobody expected to find Cutie alive, that much is certain. But there the little, black-and-white dog was, trapped under the bow of the overturned boat she had been riding in four days earlier when it flipped in the upper Chena River and was swept downstream by the strong current.
Posted: June 11, 2013
They already have to contend with cruel seas and crueler grant reviewers, but American marine scientists may face an even bigger problem: barring major investment, the federal oceanographic fleet is going to be down to half its current size by 2026.
Posted: June 11, 2013
After three decades sailing boats, Capt. Grard dAboville considers himself an experienced seaman.
Posted: June 10, 2013
In many ways, air flows in fluid ways that mimic currents in the sea. On Friday, there was an incredible cloud display that drove this point home.
Posted: June 10, 2013
Never before seen video footage of an elusive 8-foot long deep-sea oarfish, alive and in its natural habitat in the Gulf of Mexico, has been released by scientists who are calling it the first of its kind. The giant bony fish whose mystery dates to tales of sea monsters and mermaids was remarkably filmed in high definition by a remotely operated vehicle in 2011 before the video's release this week.
Posted: June 10, 2013
THE "FLYIN' HAWAIIAN" isn't exactly flying. But at least it's floating. And that's saying something. A lot of people around San Rafael's Loch Lomond Marina were betting the homemade 65-foot-long catamaran would sink like a brick as soon as it hit the water.
Posted: June 6, 2013
Think all those tires, bags, shoes and bottles discarded into the ocean somehow make it back to land?
Posted: June 6, 2013
Eight Bronze Age boats go on display this week in England after extremely meticulous preservation efforts.
Posted: June 6, 2013
Thieves are boarding boats and stealing pieces of Washington state history. Now, owners say theyre moving aboard and bringing guns.
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