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You know the economy is bad when they start advertising “buy one get one free” deals on boats. This is no joke! I received this on a promotial email from Yachting magazine. Oyster Harbors Marine of Osterville, MA is giving away a 24 FS Regulator center console boat with the purchase of a Maritimo 52′ [...]

A while back I blogged about the DSe Hybrid yacht, a cruising motor-boat that used electric motors coupled with a pair of small diesel generators and a bank of batteries and solar panel array. The boat could steam along under diesel or electric power alone and provide power indefinitely for living “on the hook”.

If you [...]

 In my opinion, nothing embodies the spirit of auto racing in its purest form than rallying. This form of motor sport harkens back to the days before closed circuits when road racing literally meant what its name implies: two or more cars racing on public roads from point A to point B. It is no [...]

I recently read about Honda’s ground breaking for a new $100 Million facility in Greensboro, NC to produce the new Hondajet. The facility will house engineering, development and production for Honda’s new light jet and turbo fan engines. This is exciting news for us independent travelers (and airplane aficionados) as it points to a bright [...]

Just the other day I was editing some video from Europe (Don’t worry. I will post some of it online eventually… honest!) and thinking of the virtues of travel by campervan. Running around with everything you need within easy reach is extremely appealing but, in a van, you have the added advantage of easy movement [...]

With the “Green” Emmys now behind us and the success of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”, there seems to be an increased awareness of the environmental challenges we are likely to face in the coming century (at least among Hollywood’s elite). It has become “cool” to drive a Prius Hybrid. In reality driving a hybrid [...]

Now there is one more reason to love Porsche’s mid-engine supercar, the Cayman S—as if I needed more reasons; however, all the reasons in the world will not help me overcome the steep purchase price. In November 2007, the company will be introducing the Cayman S “Porsche Design Edition 1”.

The car incorporates styling cues traditionally [...]

Aviation has always been a great interest of mine. As a child I spent countless hours putting together plastic models and pouring over the glossy illustrations of sleek jets and old prop planes that appeared in whatever books and magazines I could get my hands on. During college I got my private pilot ticket from [...]

One of the few things that was left undone during our 2005 European odyssey was to visit the Nürburgring. This legendary track in the Eifel Mountains of Germany, 70 kilometers outside of Cologne, was known as “The Green Hell” during the early days of the modern Formula 1 championship when “Ringmeisters” like Juan Manuel Fangio, [...]