by Stan Grayson
BENJAMIN MENDLOWITZ
Long a familiar sight in Florida waters, STING RAY V (today renamed STINGRAY) proved to be an able passagemaker on her many voyages between Fort Lauderdale or Boca Grande and New England. Evident here are some of the changes made over time. Originally white, the hull was painted its current color at a later date.
Those with local knowledge will tell you that the New River at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a tricky place. There are tight bends, bridges, and of course, currents. There are shallow places and channel markers that can be confusing, especially where the river’s South Fork meets the Intracoastal Waterway. There is plenty of boat traffic, too. Writing about the area some years ago in
Matlacha Hookers’ ‘Island Luau’ generates $8,000 for Beacon of Hope’s Senior Programs
By Staff | Apr 21, 2021
From left to right, are, (all Matlacha Hookers unless noted) front row, Joyce Boyer, Joanne Correia and DJ Rusick; and back row, Mo Steinman, Linda Bohaceck, Sandy Kerr, Jeannie Glenn, Carlos Gomez (CW Fudge), Nancy Burthman (director Beacon of Hope), Lora Tidwell, Shirley Noble and William Tidball (CW Fudge). PHOTO PROVIDED
To the editor:
The Matlacha Hookers, is a 501c3 woman’s charitable non-profit organization. Our organization has members from Matlacha and the Greater Pine Island area, as well as, Cape Coral, North Fort Myers and Fort Myers.
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Earthworks at Ōpua boatyard and reserve spark concerns
5 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Earthworks are underway at Doug s Ōpua Boatyard to lower a slipway used to haul boats ashore. Photo / supplied
Earthworks are underway at Doug s Ōpua Boatyard to lower a slipway used to haul boats ashore. Photo / supplied
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
Earthworks at an Ōpua boatyard at the centre of a decades-long stoush over a public reserve have raised neighbours hackles but the owner says the work is consented and will create a boatyard that s better for the environment.
New HamiltonJet hybrid boat technology rolled out of Q-West boatyard
19 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Q-West chief executive Colin Mitchell and Hamilton Jet s Albear Montocchio. Photo / Bevan Conley
Some of the newest and most advanced marine technology was rolled out of a Whanganui boatyard yesterday bound for Auckland, with a well-known Whanganui company part of the group behind its development. Put together by Whanganui boat builders Q-West, the vessel was reconfigured as a demonstrater for HamiltonJet, a Christchurch-based waterjet propulsion company.
The boat uses HamiltonJet s hybrid propulsion technology, making use of a traditional diesel engine as well as an electric propulsion system.