I grew up in the LA area in the 60s and 70s. Some days it was just plain nasty. You had trouble breathing and your eyes watered and burned. If...
Smog would be the one most people are familiar with. Also the various oil spills such as EXXON Valdez and the BP oil rig disaster.
I'm OK with the houseboat sinking, but what about the speedboat? That was the only thing worth saving.
Even if crude oil was fossil fuel, would that not also be a continuous process? Plants and animals still die off. It then becomes a matter of...
My father flew PBYs in WWII. He was in VP-33 which primarily flew night bombing missions. The planes were painted flat black hence the name...
Captain Schettino has been released from house arrest, but instructed to not talk with anyone other than counsel or his family. Italian cruise...
What's worse is that except for the operators, all involved appear to be children, at least that's what I've read in reports.
This could get nasty for a couple of issues. 1. I don't think a 34 foot Silverton is rated for 27 people, but perhaps someone who is more...
Orsosisland.com This concept of a floating island seems to be a unique take on a houseboat. It offers quite a bit of living space, but...
BoatU.S. Links Here is a website that has a number of transport companies.
Jaguar went to the ZF transmission for the reason you stated. Overall an excellent transmission but replacing the fluid requires a trained...
Brian, The 1990 XJ6 I had required shims as you noted but the clearances stayed fairly constant. The 1996 XJ6 had valves that were adjusted...
I had a couple of XJs with the straight six engine. They were really smooth and bullet-proof. Also they were pretty easy to work on. IMHO Jag...
In my view, the gold standard for yacht conversions would have to be the Suri. It was recently lengthened to 206 feet or so. It has gobs of room...
I don't either. I've seen quotes by a number of finance companies for 20 year loans with 20% down or so. I'm wondering how many owners may...
They were two different planes as I recall. The Avro Arrow was a design exercise for the CAF that never made it to production. It was supposed...
Does this indicate that the yachting market might see a collapse as bad or worse than the housing market? K1W1 made that point and if so, is the...
Dockwise has a pretty comprehensive website that helps you get your vessel ready for shipment as well as what can be expected during transit....
Brian, I agree, it was rather nice looking. One other thing in its favor IMHO is that Huckins is still in business. That should help in...
I did a search on Yachtworld for boats $200K and under for DC,MD and VA and in addition to the Pacemaker you may want to consider the following:...
