“Hey, Captain!! Your boat isn’t touching the water!!!! Slow Down!!!
Hydrofoils are nothing new, but this is claimed to be the world’s first totally electric hydrofoil! It’s the Candela C-8 with a fully retractable C-FOIL system. This sleek electric computer controlled hydrofoil is 28 feet long and can accommodate 8 people. The top...The Giz Wiz is an avid boater!
UPDATE 10/22/22 – The boating scene I was involved in for about 50 years has made a drastic change. The West 79th Street Boat Basin closed at the end of October, 2021. It sits there abandoned for now, with talk of a new marina being built starting some time in...DickDe’s Workboat Has Been on ABC’s World News Now Quite A Few Times.
Last Fall I got gas 4 my Farallon “as seen on TV” work boat. Unfortunately, I didn’t get there early enough to get the new Pumpkin-Spice fuel blend, so got regular ValvTect gas. I’ll go earlier next year.New Marina Coming to West 79th Street (Hudson River)
Does that big barge make my boat look small? It’s the workboat on the right. Fortunately, I have no trips planned for now. The barge is there to get ‘core samples’ of what’s down deep. It’s part of the process of building a new marina at...
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