Model Boat Articles
Extra Oats means longer, lighter and louder
SHE moans and squeals and bends and surges. But the ride aboard four-time Rolex Sydney to Hobart line honours winner Wild Oats XI is anything but rough.
Keel was Lexcen's: designer
A BOAT designer who worked on Australia's 1987 defence of the America's Cup has defended Ben Lexcen as the designer of the celebrated winged keel.
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Ruby's claim to Fame
Fear For Boat Users As Distress Beacons Are Phased Out
SEARCH and rescue authorities fear thousands of Australian boat users will hit the water this summer carrying emergency beacons that don't work because overseas authorities are decommissioning the satellite receiver that picks up the distress signals.
Sos Issued Over Boat Emergency Beacons
SEARCH and rescue authorities fear thousands of Australian boat users will hit the water this summer carrying emergency beacons that do not work because overseas authorities are to cut the satellite receiver that picks up the distress signals.