boating
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Emirates Team New Zealand Land-Yacht Breaks Wind-Powered Land Speed Record
Emirates Team New Zealand has broken the wind-powered land speed record with its land yacht Horonuku. Horonuku reached 222 km per hour in 40 km/h winds on the dry basin of Lake Gairdner in South Australia. The team famous for winning the America’s Cup, yacht racing’s most prestigious prize and the oldest trophy in international…
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Rotterdam Won’t Dismantle Historic Bridge to Let Jeff Bezos’ $AU730 Million Superyacht Pass
A historic bridge in the Netherlands won’t be dismantled for Jeff Bezos superyacht, for now at least, after an outcry. As reported in the New York Times, Rotterdam is no longer going to take apart a nearly century-old bridge to allow Bezos’ new half-billion-dollar boat to leave its shipyard.
