In a boat it’s easy to overestimate wave heights. This is because of a phenomenon discovered by William Froude in 1861. He found that, no matter how your boat is situated on a large swell, what you feel to be “straight down” is actually at right angles to the wave. So when you think you’re looking out on a level line to judge a wave, you are actually looking on an angle, distorting your judgment. The only time to make an accurate appraisal of the waves is when you are at the bottom of a trough, midway between two waves, and you are sitting relatively level.
The mission of the Foundation is to encourage all children to experience the joy of recreational and/or competitive sailing and the essential elements of performance boat handling, seamanship and racing. These goals are achieved by encouraging our sailors to learn the value of life-long lessons that promote self-awareness and the understanding and appreciation of others.
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| “LEVITY” is hull number 5 of the Nordhavn 43 series. She is loaded with factory options and extensive additions such as granite counters, Stidd helm chair, ABT active stabilizers and paravanes, air conditioning, full array of nav/com and entertainment electronics, etc. Her sellers have taken great pride in ownership, and it shows! “LEVITY” is ready to take her new owners to any destination they desire, in comfort and safety. |
About 166,800 new powerboats and sailboats were sold, with ski and wakeboard boats topping the list. Also noteworthy is that 2013 was the first time since the start of the recession in 2009 that the ratio of pre-owned to new boat sales decreased — meaning more people wanted new boats again. More than a third of American adults (about 88.5 million people) participated in recreational boating during 2013. Who spent the most to indulge the boating habit?
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The International SeaKeepers Society takes DISCOVERY Yacht Penny Mae to Tiger Beach for a tiger shark tagging expedition. A team of researchers from the University of Miami will tag tiger sharks, take blood samples, and conduct ultra-sounds using a custom-made floating platform designed by Florida Biodiversity Institute and Dr. Neil Hammerschlag. The floating platform will be attached to the stern of Penny Mae, which will serve as the base for the expedition site and research. The newest addition to SeaKeepers DISCOVERY Yacht Fleet, Penny Mae is a 138foot long Tri-Deck motor yacht. Shark tagging provides researchers with information about habitat use by sending signals from the tags to receivers. The researchers will be retrieving receivers that were discharged in October 2013 for data analysis and will be deploying more receivers to continue monitoring.
Do you like a rugged, rock-strewn shore or palm-lined coasts? A street lined with rollicking waterfront bars and seafood restaurants or one local watering hole that gets its catch of the day from its most regular customer? Is this the town you most like to sail into every summer or the one where you dropped anchor for good a long time ago? Greatness — like beauty — is in the eye of the beholder.
The motor yacht Ocean Pearl is owned and operated by Martina and Braun Jones. She is a small boat of the 'Adventure' or 'Expedition' yacht class, designed for worldwide cruising. She was built by PAE Yacht Builders (Nordhavn) and is a model N64. She has replaced our previous boat a Nordhavn 62, named Grey Pearl which in 2011 was tragically destroyed by fire in Phuket, Thailand. This tragedy temporarily interrupted our leisurely circumnavigation of the world, which began 13 years ago.
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| Levity - Nordhavn 43' |
