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Showing posts with label ships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ships. Show all posts
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Buy your own portable island...

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And a submersible yacht to go with it: This man-made private island has a penthouse, helipad, and shark-feeding station For about $40,000,...
Monday, October 26, 2015

The S.S. United States: can she be saved?

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Friends of the S.S. United States Send Out a Last S.O.S. A Titanic-sized supership that once ferried presidents, Hollywood royalty, actua...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Cruise Ship Talking Points

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And why you shouldn't believe them: Six Lies The Cruise Lines Will Tell You After The Costa Concordia Crash Shortly after the Costa ...
Monday, June 17, 2013

The S.S. United States: Darkest Days

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I've been posting about this previously . Here is chapter 4: Published on Apr 5, 2013 CHAPTER 4: DARKEST DAYS. The SS United Sta...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

The S.S. United States: Built to Last

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I've been blogging about a documentary about the ship, made by an organization that's trying to save it from the scrap heap. Today...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

SS United States, Part 2: The Blue Riband

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The grand old ship that's fighting for it's life. I first posted about it here , with a link to a video about the ship. Below is ...
Sunday, April 07, 2013

Save the S.S. United States from the scrap-heap

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I was gonna do a post about this great old ship a few years back, when they were planning to refurbish and relaunch her. But it seems that b...
Saturday, May 05, 2012

Titanic Facts, Figures, and ... Debunked Myths

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On my earlier post about Titanic Cabin Classes , I mistakenly suggested that after the third class accommodations, there was Steerage class....
Monday, April 30, 2012

A New and Better Titanic for the 21st Century?

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That's one billionaire's plan: Billionaire promises to build Titanic II by 2016 CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian billionaire said...
Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Modern Pirates chase even More Modern Ships

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Thank goodness the Nautica was able to outrun the Somali pirates: Under Fire, U.S. Liner Outruns Pirates [...] The liner, carrying 656 inte...