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 [...]