According to The Ocean Cleanup, 80 percent of the plastic found in the ocean originated from rivers. The Ocean Cleanup aims to “close the tap,” so to speak, to prevent plastic waste from the reaching the open sea and it wants to do so with this a vessel called Interceptor.
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Iceberg-shaped Superyacht Is On A Mission To Promote Climate Change Awareness
Climate change is real and it is causing ice caps in North Pole to melt at an unprecedented rate. In a bid to make people aware of this dire situation, Monaco-based designer and artist George Lucian has penned a super yacht which christened MY Fata Morgana.
Lift Foils eFoil Hydrofoil Board Lets You Carve Water Even Without Waves
Quit staring at your too-calm-to-be-true local lake and wishing it had waves so you could surf like you were at the Malibu, thousand of miles away. Just grab yourself a Lift Foils eFoil and you will be carving the water even the lake is as still as the deep layers under frozen tundra.
Yamaha Introduces New Electric Drive Outboard Motors, Including A New Saltwater Model
Try hunting for ducks in a swampy locale on a boat and you will find yourself paddling much of the way for fear of making too much of your presence known. But you really don’t have to – if you slap on the new electric drive range of outboard motors from Yamaha to your watercraft.
Vanqraft 16 Is A Perfect Marriage Between A Superyacht And A Jet Ski That Accommodates Six
This is the Vanqraft 16, or VQ15, from Netherlands-based yacht builder, Vanquish Yachts. It is a perfect marriage between a superyacht and a jet ski, AKA water scooter. So, what’s the big deal with the VQ16? The most obvious is, it is super sleek. Way more sleek than any typical water scooter.
The One And Only Racing Boat To Have Ever Been Powered By Scuderia Ferrari Is Up For Grab
This is a Ferrari. But where are the wheels? Well, it does need any because, this handsome fellow is a speed boat, or to be precise, it is a 1952 Ferrari Arno XI Racing Boat. Or to be even more precise, it is a hydroplane. Pretty futuristic-looking for something born out of the 50s, don’t […]
Uber Introduces World’s First Ride-sharing Submarine, scUber
Uber, the company that liberates us from the frustration of whistling for taxis along the busy roadside, plans to have to the air covered by 2023. In between, it is also working to realized fully autonomous passenger transport and also introduced on-demand boat services. So, the American multinational transportation company pretty much has the land, […]
Kymera Introduces New Line Of Personal Watercraft For 2020
Kymera, one of the earliest companies to introduce electric-powered bodyboard, has some new and pretty exciting products lined up, including a jet ski-like personal watercraft called K-X2, a kayak and a surf board – all electric-powered, of course. Among the three, I must say the K-X2 is the most interesting contraption. It is not quite […]
Meet Kokopelli Packraft’s Newest Whitewater Rafting Bad Boy
If whitewater rafting is your thing, you definitely will want to check out the 2019 Kokopelli Recon Packraft. Billed as a river warrior, 2019 Kokopelli Recon Packraft is nimble, stable, incredibly responsive and at the same time tough like a rock. OK. Maybe quite as tough as a rock, but you get the idea. Recon […]
Waydoo Flyer Lets You “Fly” Over Water With “Aircraft Tech”
The exhilaration of gliding over waves is only possible if Mother Nature is willing, but why limit yourself to “if the waves permit”? You don’t have to because, there is a new “surfboard” that you get on with “surfing” even on perfectly calm days. Meet Waydoo Flyer Electric Hydrofoil Board. The Shenzhen-based company recently debuted […]