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Students design boat for the Queen

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:31:47 +0000

A team of eight students from Nottingham Trent University has been chosen to design the decoration for a boat that will be taking part in one of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee flagship events.
Over 1,000 boats will gather as part of one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the River Thames. Injured soldiers, members of the public and county representatives will be on board the Nottinghamshire vessel, which has a total capacity of 40.
The design – by postgraduate students studying at the university’s School of Art & Design –incorporates major Nottinghamshire themes and landmarks, such as Robin Hood, Lace and Nottingham Castle, as well as including the Queen. Garlands and bunting, made by school pupils and members of the public, will also be flown to give a celebratory flavour to the boat.

Fewer navy border patrol boats

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:23:37 +0000

FEWER navy patrol boats will be available to guard Australia’s borders for the rest of this year after Defence ordered a sweeping shake-up to fix its overworked fleet.

Chief of Navy Vice-Admiral Ray Griggs has approved an overhaul of the navy’s 14 Armidale Class patrol boats from next week to tackle a raft of technical problems and crew shortages that threaten the long-term ability to intercept asylum-seeker boats.

The strategic move means the navy will have about one less patrol boat available each day on average for the rest of this year as more boats are put into heavy maintenance.

However, Defence sources say the overhaul of the fleet — and the temporary drop in boat availability — will result in better long-term reliability of the fleet and is the only way to ensure the navy can meet its high-tempo operational requirements, including border protection.

During the refit program, the navy will aim to provide seven patrol boats to Operation Resolute, but it will be unable to guarantee that number on any given day. Instead, it will cut the number of domestic and international exercises during the refit program, which is expected to last until the end of this year.

The poor labour market has hurt the navy’s ability to recruit skilled crew for the Armidales, especially those with technical qualifications, such as engineers.

World Sailing Championship Update

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:42:05 +0000

Three-time Olympic champion Ben Ainslie has made the best possible start to the World sailing championship by winning the first two races. although he has one the first two races he has not claimed that he is confident in winning the race by stating that there was still along way to go, and with the conditions looking to get worst anything can happen but will Ben ainslie be able to prove his quality in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics.

All about small boats

admin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:15:19 +0000

Here you will find a lot of info about small boats, ostar.