In modern times, the yacht is normally understood as motor-powered watercraft used for pleasure. It is usually without sails and has amenities for living on the high seas. Meanwhile, a sailboat is a watercraft propelled mainly by sails. There are yachts with sails, partially powered sailboats and then there is this: Sunbeam 32.1 Sailing Yacht.
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U-Boat Worx Nexus Series Personal Submarine: Subsea Adventure For 9
Save for the Cruise Sub series, the personal subs from U-boat Worx are mostly lonely, underwater affairs – unless the sub pilot is a friend. Imagine going ga-ga over odd-looking aquatic animals but no one to share right there and then. But with the new U-Boat Worx Nexus Series, you can share the join of …
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SeaJet Is The Jet Airliner Of The Sea And The Shinkansen Of The Water
Imagine a single-aisle jetliner but as a watercraft. Now imagine a Shinkansen but waterborne. Never mind if you cannot imagine how those will two looked like because Lazzarini Design already did. From the creative minds who dreamed up a Ferrari V8-powered Fiat 500 and the adorable Water Jet Capsule comes the SeaJet.
MIT’s Autonomous Robot Boat, Roboat, Is Close To Achieving Level 5 Autonomy
Going full-on autonomous, i.e. Level 5 autonomy, is a major challenge for road-going vehicles. Meanwhile, it is much more achievable for a waterborne vehicle, as proven by Roboat.
This Conversion Kit Lets You Use The Sublue WhiteShark Tini To Power A Paddleboard
Powered standup paddleboard (SUP) is not new. Anyone can buy one if he or she wants one. But what if you already have a paddleboard that you have grown attached to? Well, fortunately, underwater scooter maker Sublue has just the solution.
U-Boat Worx Super Sub Is The Supercar Of Personal Submarines
You have heard of supercar and superbike, or maybe even superyacht. Now, meet their underwater equivalent, the Super Sub. Super Sub is the Dutch submersible manufacturer, U-Boat Worx’s latest and fastest private submarine yet.
Flying Ship Company Unmanned Ground Effect Cargo Vehicle: The Future Of Shipping
Wing-in-Ground-Effect Vehicle (GEV) – an aircraft that sails or, if you like, a boat that flies – was never widely adopted because of various concerns (like, keeping it at an effective altitude of max efficiency, for example). However, now that the technology has advanced way more than when the concept of GEV was first developed …
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Dream of Winter Gondola For Venice Is A Uber Futuristic Gondola Designed For Winter Season
Can a gondola ever be futuristic? Apparently, it can and the Dream of Winter Gondola for Venice by Philippe Starck is an example how the future of gondola may look like.
Floating Motors Want To Turn Classic Cars Into Seafaring Watercrafts
While most custom car workshops restore classic cars to their original glory, or perhaps with some modern touches, Italian designer Pierpaolo Lazzarini has a totally different idea of restoration.
This Submarine Has Gull Wings, Is Designed To Dive Deep For Visiting Titanic’s Wreckage
Planning to visit the wreckage of Titanic that lies at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, some 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) underwater, before the so-called “extremophile bacteria” devours it clean in a couple of decades time? If so, we heard there are tours for it, but if you are more of the adventurous, James Cameron …