ralph said: <snip> A personal water craft thingy capable of reaching 90 miles per hour goes on sale in October. Called the Laser X-2000, it's made by Swift Oceanics and is nearly invisible. Yes, very "swift" and very silent. There is a newer menace being developed, but I'm not sure if it is in full production yet. It is basically a thicker and wider version of a surf board with a pancake water jet engine. Steering and speed is controlled through a cable that comes up to a hand held controller. Feet are slipped into foot holders. Top speed is supposed to be in the 40 knot range. Interestingly, Canadian Coast Guard regulations outlaw the use of "motorized surfboards" for some time now, so these things may never find their way into Canadian waters. Now, if I could just buy the engine and put it in my Nordkapp, I could get rid of my genuine Canadian Ballast Rocks, Norwegian Trolls ,and my ARBEES (or whatever all these things were called on PW). DL (dribbling onward) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Doug, Be advised, Over here in Scandinavia there are countless tales of those who tried to rid themselves of Norwegian Stability Trolls, never to be seen or heard from again. Hal *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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