Absolutely potty: £640 for a Moby Dick novel
(but it’s typed out on four and a half toilet rolls!)
By Jill Reilly
Some people will go to any lengths to win a bet – including one man who spent hours typing out an 822 page novel onto a set of toilet rolls.
But even more puzzling is now that [...]
NOAA satellites aid in the rescue of 207 people in 2011
January 23, 2012
In 2011, NOAA satellites were critical in the rescues of 207 people from life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters. The satellites picked up distress signals from emergency beacons carried by downed pilots, shipwrecked boaters and stranded hikers, and relayed [...]
3 years after US accident, boat washes up in Spain
Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard
A boat that was lost at sea off the coast of Massachusetts in 2008 washed up on the coast of Spain more than three years later.
By Becky Bratu, msnbc.com
NEW YORK — As he swam toward the coast of Nantucket, Mass. in August [...]
Marquis Yachts partners with Chinese company
January 24, 2012
HOPKINS, Minn. – Marquis Yachts reported today that it has formed an exclusive partnership with one of China’s largest state-owned companies, Poly Technologies Inc., for the sales and distribution rights for Marquis Yachts throughout China. The new joint venture will be called the Poly Marquis Yacht Co. Ltd. [...]
Woman sues boat operator, renter
Deondra Scott was seriously injured by a propeller at Lake Norman event in June.
By Gary L. Wright
gwright@charlotteobserver.com
By Gary L. Wright The Charlotte Observer
Posted: Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012
A Charlotte woman who lost one of her arms and her breasts after being struck by a boat propeller on Lake Norman last June [...]
WOB News Team: On this day, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we will remember so that we may never forget the victims, heroes, survivors, families, and the acts of heroism and humanity that remain untold even to this day.
Remembering 9/11′s Heroes Afloat
By David Helvarg
New York is a maritime city with one of the [...]
This was the scene on Whites Neck Road near Holts Landing State Park after police stopped a man who they say kept driving after his boat and trailer flipped over. / DELAWARE FISH & WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT
A Pennsylvania man was charged with drunken driving after he hit a parked car with his trailered pontoon boat and [...]
Reggie Fountain may have parted ways late last year with the company that bears his name, but the two parties continue to battle in court. The accusations range from the alleged stealing of trade secrets and intellectual property by Fountain to the company’s retaining trophies and other property Fountain said are rightfully his.
The lawsuits, countersuits [...]
Seems someone on the show has a problem with the rejoin music. We wonder who that could be?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGu9IKIbTp0
BoatUS estimates vessel damage at $500 million
Posted on 30 August 2011
Hurricane Irene likely caused an estimated $500 million in damage to boats, according to Jim Holler, senior vice president of underwriting for BoatUS.
That figure, he said, does not include damage to boating facilities, and includes all boats, whether insured or not, in all states affected [...]
