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You are suggesting that the professional crew of a Maltese ship would conduct a suicide attack (why?) by trying to detonate some...

Nope, there's a simple definition in the IRPCS; "(b) The term "power-driven vessel" means any vessel propelled by machinery." A plotter...

It doesn't have to be put back in the bottle, but it also doesn't have to be seen as the best way to promote the sport or the format for...

My point was that the claim "The Americas Cup boats have never been anything that the average boater would sail - the J Class was a...

I’ve had a go at foiling. It’s fast, but there’s little sensation of speed until you crash. If you’re unlucky that is going to hurt...

I think that's a given to be honest. Where the Js, and even the 12s, have enjoyed a long retirement as (very) rich persons plaything...

There's lots of feasible small foiling sailing boats already - do you mean small foiling yachts? The Quant 23s in Europe are similar...

The America's Cup boats of earlier eras were very close to, and often a normal example of, the boats that the average big-boat sailor...

It was removed as part of the changes made to permit challenges under the twelve metre IYRU rule in the 1950s. There was a long history...

My dentist was worth a few bob and a keen sailor. Someone told me he had bought a marina, found out later it was a Morris. .

It really doesn't matter what anyone calls their boat. I think we're all pretty lucky to have a boat/yacht/floaty thing/whatever you...

The foot pump in a life raft isn't there to blow the raft up

And koalas are boring and sound like chavs having a drunken brawl. We have platypuses, which are much more fun but in the typical local...

There was an incident here in Oz a few years ago where a cat was found drifting Marie Celeste fashion. The best theory I've read was...

I confess I'm struggling to make "genuine mistake with a new sail for this regatta" chime with sails measured by the sailmaker in 2022...