The Hydrofoiler SL3 from Manta5 is described as half bike, half plane . It works by the rider pedalling to spin a propeller, which is augmented by an electric motor to help gain speed.
April 13, 2021 | By Andrew Magness
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Love to bike? Pedal on rivers, lakes, or oceans with the Manta5 Hydrofoiler XE-1 e-bike.
Guy Howard-Willis founded Manta5 in 2011, bringing to life one of his recurring dreams cycling on water. He teamed up with designer Roland Alonzo, and they tweaked and trialed their way to a prototype.
Since those early days, the company based on the North Island of New Zealand has grown to 30 employees. The first consumer-ready model, the XE-1, reached New Zealand consumers in January 2020 and international markets last summer.
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Stannard Rock Lighthouse was completed in 1883.
It is 39 kilometres from land, a desolate beacon guarding against an underwater mountain in a US lake, a place so unremittingly grim that it has been dubbed “the loneliest place in the world” . welcome to the Stannard Rock Lighthouse. The 30-metre-high structure in Lake Superior, Michigan is the most distant lighthouse from shore in the US and one of the most remote in the world.
US Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City
The US Coast Guard had to make an emergency stop. Earlier this month the US Coast Guard had to make an emergency visit after rough weather had blown out one of the windows, posing a risk to the lighthouse’s light.
‘The Loneliest Place in the World’: Coast Guard flies out to fix icy Michigan lighthouse
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Posted Feb 02, 2021
Icy conditions greeted U.S. Coast Guard crews during a Jan. 26, 2021 trip out to Stannard Rock Lighthouse.
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LAKE SUPERIOR, MI - After a harsh winter storm blew out a window in the very remote Stannard Rock Lighthouse in Lake Superior, a team from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder recently hitched a ride on a Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City to make the icy repair.
Teams had been worried the missing window could threaten the electronics inside - and even the working light - at the historic lighthouse that sits off the eastern shore of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.