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The Suez Canal blockage may be the most remembered news story of 2021, largely because of the extraordinary way in which it flooded the internet.
Three punt pole shoes in varying states of wear. A setting pole or quant (quant pole) is a pole, handled by a crew member, to move boats, barges (in which case it is also called a barge pole) or punts by pushing the craft in the desired direction. The pole is used to push against the river or sea bed or, in some cases, the bank of the river.
The more likely a vessel tends to heel, the more a sudden strong wind gust is said to spill out of the sails because the vessel leans out of the way. A vessel that heels easily is termed as being tender whereas a vessel with a larger counter weight down low in the water, called the ballast, is termed as being stiffer. Racing vessels tend to be ...
The problem of poles getting stuck in the mud can be mitigated by twisting the pole at the end of a stroke, before trying to pull it out. Punting on the Thames below Folly Bridge is often less enjoyable, mainly because of the competition from eights and sculls and motor boats ; punts are recommended to keep close in beside the towpath . [ 28 ]
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A community of boat dwellers is protesting attempts by Miami Beach officials to cut off access to a city-owned dock that live-aboards describe as a lifeline that lets them get food and water.
In 1987 a 90-minute loss of power to Nasdaq's automated trading computer, caused by a squirrel, affected twenty million trades. [9] [17] [18] Nasdaq was shut down for about 30 minutes again in 2014 by a squirrel-induced power outage.
Video captured the moment 17-year-old Brady Procon became an unexpected hero over the weekend after he leaped from his personal watercraft to get control of a runaway boat.