EXOCET French Fishing Boat

EXOCET French Fishing Boat

Famous french fishing boat EXOCET at her home port near La Baulle on the Bay of Biscay.

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 21

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 21

After sailing 5000 miles the top three boats are separated by less than 5 miles. The fleet tries to dodge the light-air clouds and prepares itself for the onslaught of the Southern Ocean. Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest [...]

The Whitbread – 1989-90 The Whitbread Highlights Show

The Whitbread – 1989-90 The Whitbread Highlights Show

Southampton replaced Portsmouth as the start and finish port and around 4000 boats carrying an estimated 50000 people gathered in the Solent for the send off, a show that Steinlager 2 stole when she whizzed out ahead of everyone else to grab a 16-mile lead by nightfall on the first night of many en-route to [...]

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 28

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 28

The race to the scoring gate at Fernando de Noronha. Delta Lloyd and PUMA are separated by 5 boat lengths! Magnus Olsson is in great pain aboard Ericsson 3 “when I breathe, it hurts”. Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the [...]

OOCL Seawise Giant World Longest Supertanker 1979

OOCL Seawise Giant World Longest Supertanker 1979

www.islandnavigation.org The Seawise Giant was a 564763 ton super super-tanker. She was the longest and largest man-made creation on the sea — recalls the erection over 2000 years earlier of the Great Wall of China — longest and largest man-made creation on the land. Tow wonders of the old and new worlds: the Great Wall, [...]

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 29

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 29

The seven boat blast to Boston is on! The leaders go into Stealth Mode and it has dramatic consequences… Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 11

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 11

Near misses between the boats in the dark en route to Singapore and near disaster aboard Delta Lloyd. Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 16

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 16

The fleet approaches the eye of a catastrophic storm in the South China Sea. For the first time in Volvo Ocean Race history will boats take shelter off the coast of the Philippines? Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest [...]

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 26

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 26

A quick look back on one of the great sporting comebacks by Ericsson 3 and as the teams prepare in earnest for the Alicante In-Port Race, battle is re-joined for Telefonica Black and Delta Lloyd. Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all [...]

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 22

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 22

Ericsson 3 makes a radical gamble, will it pay off all the way to Rio? Meanwhile more disaster on-board Telefonica Blue deep in the Southern Ocean… Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 23

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 23

Into the eye of the storm. The fleet battles its way towards Cape Horn with the opportunity for light relief from the unrelenting conditions of the Southern Ocean. Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 15

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 15

Singapore and after the In-Port Race attentions are turned to what may lie ahead for the fleet en route to China through the South China Sea. There are fears that not all the boats will make it safely to Qingdao! Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel [...]

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 13

Volvo Ocean Race – 2008-09 Weekly Show Episode 13

The first four boats cross the line in Singapore inside 20 minutes. Truly an extraordinary Race!!! Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com

Hyundai Discovery Engine Room 1

Hyundai Discovery Engine Room 1

Part One of a tour of the engine room onboard the container ship Hyundai Discovery built 1996. Engine – Man B&W Output – 75000bhp Max RPM – 105 Max Speed – 26.5 knots

Interceptor 42 in huge seas at Cork Harbour

Interceptor 42 in huge seas at Cork Harbour

Cork pilot boat in storm force 10 and 10m seas undertaking pilot boarding

Iron Maiden – Revelations Solo (Adrian Smith) – by Felipe Rinke

Iron Maiden – Revelations Solo (Adrian Smith) – by Felipe Rinke

Aulas de Guitarra – São José dos Campos: tel(12) 8824-4118 email: fcrinke@hotmail.com Great solo of Adrian Smith, one of the bests! I hope you enjoy Gear: Condor CPR Pro II with Suhr Doug Aldrich pickup (bridge position) Behringer V-ampire LX112 Planet Waves Circuit-Breaker cable. JVC Camcorder GR-DVL-505

Public Transport in Brisbane

Public Transport in Brisbane

A look at the buses, trains and ferries around inner Brisbane, Australia.

Interceptor Pilot 55 on Trials off Cork

Interceptor Pilot 55 on Trials off Cork

First Interceptor 55 Pilot on Trials in heavy weather

Tuning for speed – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

Tuning for speed – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

We get onboard Abu Dhabi to experience a headsail change decision in order to gain speed. Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com

A Wing and a Prayer – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

A Wing and a Prayer – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

The fleet are now in the middle of the Southern Ocean. Camper face some repair difficulties and Abu Dhabi look to the skies. Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com

Chinese at 36 – Volvo Ocean Race Redux

Chinese at 36 – Volvo Ocean Race Redux

I guess when you are travelling at 36 knots it is hard to tell if you are having a “Chinese”! Great package (1 of 2) from Ericsson 4 during the 2008-09 Race as they lose steerage in a storm… Expect more from the Redux Series to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube [...]

Lone Wolf on the Peripherique – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

Lone Wolf on the Peripherique – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

Lone wolf, Groupama, goes it alone in a bid to get the jump on the pack. Heading south they are hoping to find a way around the low pressure trough that has the other boats in a stanglehold. But what will the outcome be? Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo [...]

Auckland In-Port Race Departures 2011-12

Auckland In-Port Race Departures 2011-12

Catch up with the six Volvo Ocean Race crews as they depart the dock in Auckland, New Zealand ahead of the Auckland In-Port Race. Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com

Once More Unto The Breach – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

Once More Unto The Breach – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing are back up and running. If they could only see what was happening on the other boats, would they be so keen? Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com

Pedal to the metal – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

Pedal to the metal – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

The boats are flying as they hit peak downwind sailing conditions in the South Pacific…the Volvo Ocean Race at its most electrifying! Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com

Interview at the Extreme – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

Interview at the Extreme – Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

As the Volvo Open 70 boats flight through the Southern Ocean in extreme conditions, CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson is being interviewed on a video call by sailing journalist Martin Tasker. Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com

Big winds and heavy seas – Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09

Big winds and heavy seas – Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09

Green Dragon gets on board the Southern Ocean Express For all the latest news please go to www.VolvoOceanRace.com