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Sunseeker describes the nature of its business using the Standard Industrial Classification number 30110: 'Building of ships and floating structures'. [3] A holding company, Sunseeker International (Holdings) Limited, was founded in 2006 using an off-the-shelf company. There are other companies in the group, including specialist entities for ...
Long Beach Race Week is hosted by the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club and the Long Beach Yacht Club. [3] is the Southern California Keel Boat championship that has ushered summer into Southern California for 35 years. By the end of 2018, The Americas Cup Committee accepted a second American challenge from Taylor Canfield and the LBYC,. [4]
Oil production began from a man-made offshore island off Seal Beach in 1953. The first strictly offshore oil field in California was the Belmont Offshore Field, discovered in 1948 1.6 miles (2.6 km) from the shore of Seal Beach; production did not begin until 1954 when a man-made island was built in 40 feet of water for drilling and production ...
The North Shore Beach and Yacht Club is an Albert Frey-designed building in North Shore, California. It opened in 1959 as part of a $2 million development along the northeastern shore of the Salton Sea which would become California's largest marina. [citation needed] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The Bel-Air Bay Club is both an event venue (Upper Club) and a private beach club (Lower Club) located in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. The Upper Club, includes an ocean view and on-site accommodations available for private parties. The interior of the Bel-Air Bay Club Upper Club includes large windows, a fireplace, and iron ...
The possible offshore lease sale became an issue in the 2009 race for governor of Virginia. [43] The winner, Bob McDonnell, urged during his tenure that the sale take place. [44] In May 2010, President Obama announced his decision to cancel the offshore Virginia lease sale, in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. [45]
The federal government has had no new lease sales for offshore California since 1982. Offshore drilling has continued from existing platforms in state and federal waters. State offshore seabed in California produced 37,400 barrels (5,950 m 3) of oil per day, and federal offshore tracts produced 66,400 barrels (10,560 m 3) of oil per day in ...
There have been several versions of the Miss GEICO boat, including one of the fastest offshore powerboats in the world. The most powerful was a 50' Mystic powered by twin Lycoming T-53 turbine engines, reaching speeds exceeding 210 mph (340 km/h); which caught fire during testing on June 30, 2012, in Sarasota, Florida , and burned to the ...