Last Updated 11/21/09 1:25 PM
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The Backwater DIY Electric Boat Marathon
Who said water and electricity don't mix? At the Wye Island Marathon, the pairing of the two is celebrated as racers push more than 23 miles into 20 mph headwinds, 2 foot waves and rough chop, propelled only by DIY battery packs that can fail at any time.
Previous Boating Stories
| How to Build a Boat: PM Constructs a 10-Foot Dinghy (With Plans) A few months ago, home editor Roy Berendsohn tried his hand boat-building, making a 10-foot dinghy. Using old Popular Mechanics plans from 1937, hand tools and a cramped garage, this first-time boat builder got to work. (Published in the September 2009 issue)
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| Gadgets That Let You Walk on Water: Tech Test (With Video!) Humans can float, swim and dive, but they can't walk on water—our bodies are just too dense. Despite this, a few gimmicky contraptions claim to give men the ability to walk on water (or at least skip across it). We test-drive a few.
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| 2009 Sea-Doo GTX iS 255 Test Ride—Putting the Brakes on PWCs Sea-Doo's new luxury PWC packs some never-before-seen features—such as a water-brake and a full suspension system—aimed at making the ride as safe as possible. We took it for a test ride through the salty sound of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
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| Grand Canyon River Guide: This Is My Job Walker Mackay was only 8 years old when he first ran the rapids of the Grand Canyon’s Colorado River. Now 32, he leads 190-mile, 11-day journeys with the family business, Colorado River & Trail Expeditions. (Published in the August 2009 issue)
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| New Personal Submarine Brings Airplane Tech Underwater Graham Hawkes's Deep Flight Super Falcon submarine is an aquatic acrobat—a new submersible that aims to "fly" riders on tours of underwater sanctuaries. The price tag: about $1.5 million. (Published in the August 2009 issue)
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| Wakeboarding Guide: Get Started With the Right Moves and Gear Skilled wakeboarders skate across the water’s surface at 25 mph before flying as high as 8 feet in the air. But the intensity of wakeboarding masks the fact that it’s actually pretty easy to learn. Here are the skills and gear you need to get started. (Published in the July 2009 issue)
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| Personal Submarines Make Backyard Diving Possible Improved materials and electronics are bringing an age-old dream closer to reality: Cruising the depths in your own private submersible. There's a whole world out there to explore underwater, if you have the right ride. (Published in the February 2009 issue)
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| 3 Contenders in the Race for the Perfect Personal Submarine The Ocean Pearl, C-Quester 3 and OrcaSub are seriously expensive, but will make it possible for consumers to go, if not 20,000 leagues under the sea, then up to 2,000 feet.
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| Building the World’s Biggest Ship: Behind-the-Scenes First Look How do you construct the most massive boat ever? One piece at a time. With the world’s next generation of mega cruise liners taking shape in a Finnish shipyard, PM sends one of the world’s top photographers to watch. (Published in the October 2008 issue)
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| Personal Watercraft Buying Guide (With Super-Shredding Video!) It could be the ultimate warm-weather toy. We cut open (literally) a PWC to show how new models work—then recommend three great machines. (Published in the April 2008 issue)
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