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A polyester boat or repair

A polyester boat or repair One of the biggest advantages of a polyester boat is that it is easy to get him to fix it. While for a damaged wooden boat is expensive and complicated to get him to fix it, is a polyester boat usually easy to fix with only a few materials, even [...]

The Mir, a Russian training ship

Construction of the ship The Mir is a fairly recent ship. It was built in 1987, as the third ship in a series of six sister ships in the M108-class, also called MIR-class. The first ship, which was built in this series is the Dar Mlodziezy, a Polish ship. The Mir was built on the [...]

The Dar Mlodziezy, sister ship of the Mir

Construction and history of the Dar Mlodziezy Construction The ship was built on the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk (Poland). It is part of a series of six Polish and Russian vessels, the so-called Mir-class or the m-108-class. The Dar Mlodziezy was the first ship that was built and it dates back to 1982. The nautical [...]

Road signs-traffic regulations on the water

Recreational boating-commercial With the increasing prosperity of the last few decades the pleasure or recreation speed has increased enormously. File-sailing in the summer and hustle and bustle for bridges and locks are no longer an exception already and ask knowledge, understanding, patience and those skills. On the water is preventing collisions, of course, the most [...]

Dewaruci, greatest Indonesian training ship

Construction and history of the ship Construction of the ship President of Indonesia Sukamo considered it necessary that ships would be built for the maintenance and for the safety of the Indonesian archipelago. So, it was in 1932 with the construction of the Dewaruci started, but this had to be stopped by the outbreak of [...]

Cheap travel by ferry with Stena Line

Stena Line is one of the largest companies in the world, with ferry services in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, England, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. Stena Line is a big part of Stena AB, itself part of the Stena Sphere, a group with Stena AB, Stena Metall AB and AB Stena Sessan. History Stena Line [...]

Titanic at the bottom of the sea

Titanic at the bottom of the sea On the night of 14 to 15 april 1912 the Titanic hit an iceberg, and became, within a few hours the soil, with many deaths and injuries as a result. In July 1985, a French-American expedition to the last known position of the Titanic in an attempt to [...]

The Shtandart, replica of an ancient ship

The original Shtandart The frigate Shtandart is the first ship of the Baltic fleet. The name Shtandart was given to the Royal ships of the Imperial Russian Navy until the revolution in 1927. It was with the construction of the Shtandart started under Peter I and by order of Governor Aleksandr Menshikov on 24 April [...]

Ferries: Trans Europe sailings to England

History Trans Europe Ferries S.A. is a subsidiary of trans Europe Shipping Lines. Trans Europe Shipping lines offer shipping services in the Mediterranean Sea. The parent company started in 1998, a freight service between Ostend and Ramsgate. In 2001, Translation Europe Ferries incorporated, a subsidiary that crossings for passengers. Only in 2004 was the route [...]

Stena Line: crossings to England

History Stena Line is a Swedish company. The company is one of world’s largest crossing companies. In 1962 took Cost A. Olsson Skagenlinjen about the company, which resulted in Stena Line. The seat is today remained the same, Gothenburg (Sweden). Stena Line has for the Dutch traveler one route to offer at Hoek Van Holland-Harwich. [...]