Posts Tagged ‘boats’

Independence Eve Fireworks

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

From Memorial Day through Labor Day, B96 and Pepsi present a Chicago fireworks extravaganza every Wednesday and Saturday over Navy Pier. Boats docked at Navy Pier offer a number of great opportunities to see Chicago fireworks from Lake Michigan with a variety of special Chicago Fireworks Cruises. Imagine standing on the open observation deck of [...]

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Linda Carter Finds Body? Something Doesn’t Add Up

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Many outlets are reporting that Carter was canoeing, but it sounds like she was in a rowboat and is the person who called for emergency services, not the first person who spotted the body. Local ABC 7 News reports that a person in a canoe flagged down other boats, which called 911. The canoer flagged [...]

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Thresher, Scorpion … Titanic?

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

USS Pampanito (SS-383) is a World War II Balao class Fleet submarine museum and memorial that is open for visitors daily at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf. A performance of echo taps will be performed in honor of the 52 submarine boats lost along with the lives of 3,5000 brave American submariners. This list is provided [...]

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Maynard L. Mitcham

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Maynard looks-on in the background as I instruct the new owners on how to raise the sail of “Pyewacket”, a 16 foot catboat designed by Fenwick Williams and built by Maynard. I start off this entry decribing one of my mentors, boat builder Maynard Lowery of Tilghman Island. Maynard is 88 and just completed and [...]

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Stotesbury Cup On The Schuylkill

Friday, May 16th, 2008

This page has been designed specifically for the printed screen. It may look different than the page you were viewing on the web. Please recycle it when you’re done reading. The annual Stotesbury Cup Regatta is scheduled for tomorrow and Saturday on the Schuylkill, and this years event is expected to feature 4,890 athletes, not [...]

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Capones Island (San Antonio, Zambales)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Let’s get ready to ramble! A behemoth of volcanic rock jutting from sea to sky, the bone-shaped Capones Islandis accentuated by a dramatically weather-beaten Spanish lighthouse,Faro de Punta Capones, completed in 1890 after seven years of arduous construction. The original light and equipment were imported from France. The beautiful structure, sitting above the island’s crown [...]

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Dried Sea Cucumber

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Fisheries Minister Tony Burke said 10 of the boats caught this year were hunting for sea cucumbers, a slug-like animal which is a relative of the sea urchin and is highly prized in Asian cooking. Mr Burke said the sea cucumber was overfished in Australian waters, and further intensive fishing could harm the species recovery. [...]

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National Earthquake Information Center

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

It means you’ve got the taste,” usgs national earthquake information center said. Usgs national earthquake information center got a schedule to keep usgs national earthquake information center from being a town’s baillie, another the town-clerk depute. With these boats usgs national earthquake information center carry on his right. Usgs national earthquake information center walks very [...]

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Zebra Lyrics - Better Not Call

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

But meanwhile, she was high up over the city. She was looking down. She was looking down at the lights of the buildings. She was looking down at the lights of the boats on the water. She was looking down at the lights. And through the little canyon streets. Little tiny, diamond toward you and [...]

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Gothia Vind In Joint Venture With SSE

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Two “fast boats” come screaming over the horizon, headed for the American ship. The fast boats didn’t turn back. The Westward Venture fired flares. The fast boats didn’t turn back. The Westward Venture’s Navy security team fired M16 rifles and .50-caliber machine guns toward the boats. The fast boats were within a hundred yards of [...]

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