May

05

I have a 20 foot marconi style yacht the masts are up, and theres no sails, what size engine should i get?

by Devon Maphia | Posted in Boats & Boating

Light yacht very common type weve all seen allthough i DONT aware of how to find what model it is ... it hasn't left the marina for ten years ...







Sailing model boats 1

Some of the yachts sailing at the Phoenix Seagoing Model Boat Club. The lake is part of the beautifull Silvermere Golf Complex at Byfleet.



Rotating Model Yacht with Stainless Steel Sails

Artist: John Cheung, Singapore. www.onesunartist.com This is a slowly rotating yacht model with musing stainless steel sails resting on ...



Model yacht racing in Marblehead

R/C model yachts (CR-914's) racing on Red's Pond in Marblehead Ma.





Feb

06

Winter getaways Sailing the British Virgin Islands

06.02.12

It was Chuck, Pam’s quash, who had persuaded us to join a group of colleagues in a three-boat flotilla on a six-day plunge here. Cruising with steady trade winds, tranquil seas, and among identically 60 sun-drenched islands (16 are inhabited) was bucket-roster material for him. We, however, had some reservations. Six days of sharing cramped quarters aboard a poignant vessel did not sound much like paradise to us.

“You need an attitude setting,’’ Captain Jelly Belly (he insisted it was his real name) told us the first incessantly on our sleek 46-foot catamaran sailboat. We had rushed up in a to-do, bombarding him with questions about Internet and cellphone coverage, and inquiring how desire it would be to the next marina with supplies. “No worries,’’ he said, handing us a cold-blooded Painkiller, the local drink of choice. It proved true to its name.

That evening, we dined on crab cakes, garlicky linguine and shrimp, and raw, grilled mahi mahi at Charlie’s, a sleek, open-air restaurant on Tortola. We wearied the first night aboard our vessels, docked at the Moorings headquarters and marina on Tortola, the jumping-off particular for our adventure.

Source: The Boston Globe





Japan's Ikaros 'Space Yacht' Sails on Solar Particles

Word According to Fox, Japan will put a spacecraft called Ikaros (or Interplanetary Kite engineering accelerated release of the Sun) May 18th a company to Venus. The dynamic system uses a scanning Ikaros 46 feet to operate the emergency created by the solar particles bouncing off the note, almost identical to the creed of the use of sails catch approaching.In certainty, Japan, aerospace operations (JAXA) is the work of the spacecraft to a yacht "break" (even if we hesitate, it is a tool very complacent or voluptuous, ignoring its 16 million dollar price tag). The slides, thinner than a fraction of heart, is composed of solar panels that not only start the spacecraft, but also drive solar platform and to intensity. "The availability of energy will help us to cruise more efficiently in the solar system," Yuichi Tsuda, a JAXA extent qualified systems, told Fox shows....

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model yacht sails - News

Kerry says he always intended to pay tax
Boston Globe - Jul 29, 2010
Kerry says he always intended to pay tax (A Kerry partner later noted that the sails were made by Doyle Sailmakers in Salem) The boat was built in New Zealand, and transferred earlier this year to

Sailing: Seven boats sail on Wed. night
Sheboygan Press - Jul 30, 2010
A seven-knockabout fleet left the harbor for the Sheboygan Yacht Club's weekly Wednesday continually racing. In Division III Miles Henderson's Kumatage took first.

Editorial: Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry's yacht sails toward political rocks
MassLive.com - Jul 26, 2010
Editorial: Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry's yacht sails toward political rocks Associated Bear on"Isabel," the 76-foot yacht owned by Egalitarian Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, is undergoing repairs at the Hinckley shipyard in

'Floating destination' superyacht planned for millionaire cruisers
Daily Mail - Jul 30, 2010
'Floating destination' superyacht planned for millionaire cruisers A satisfaction super-yacht, designed to sail the rich and famous to some of the most exclusive events in the happy, is selling residences on board

DeLisser defends US sailing championship at home club
MiamiHerald.com - Jul 29, 2010
DeLisser defends US sailing championship at home club DeLisser, who sails for the Coral Reef Yacht Trounce band, is a member of the Lauderdale Yacht Club's Laser program. She also sails in the summer at New Jersey's