Skeleton Shrimp Use 18 Appendages to Feed, Fight and ... Frolic | Deep Look

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On first impression, skeleton shrimp anatomy is confusing. These crustaceans use a funky assortment of body parts to move around like inchworms, feed on bits of sea garbage, stage boxing matches, and make lots of clingy babies.

The striking bodies of skeleton shrimp are gangly and ridiculously elongated. These omnivores constantly sieve food particles or small organisms from the water by waving their bodies back and forth, using comb-like filters on their ...

The New York Yacht Club has decided against contesting the next America’s Cup, though it’s Stars + Stripes team has vowed to stay in the game.. The famous club confirmed to Stuff on Wednesday they were “pausing our pursuit of the 37th America’s Cup”. Defenders Team New Zealand said they weren’t surprised by the development. “While it is disappointing to hear of the apparent loss of the NYYC from AC37, we are not entirely surprised as we started to see them struggling ...

Storm in Athens this week caused lightning strike to boat lost all engines, tried using sail to avoid rocks but weather had other ideas will need a fair bit of repair.

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Peter Burling and Blair Tuke say they are waiting for "clarity" around the 37th America's Cup defence before re-signing with Team New Zealand. The Kiwi sailing duo, who have been competing in Europe for the New Zealand SailGP team following their 49er silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, are off contract with Team NZ in December. In a joint statement to the Herald, Burling and Tuke said they have been in "regular conversation" with Team NZ over their futures but have yet to put pen to ...

30 boats from 12 states and 2 countries, including many of the world's top 505 teams, came to Newport, RI and Sail Newport for the 2021 505 North Americans. We sorely missed our Canadian contingent, most of whom couldn't come race but who encouraged the running of the event as planned and named. After 12 races over 4 days, current World Champions Mike Martin and Adam Lowry hoisted the trophy yet again, besting Mike Holt/Carl Smit by 11 points, with Nic Baird and Eric Anderson 1 point further in ...

A world first: Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane NOAA and Saildrone are collecting scientific data from inside Hurricane Sam NOAA and Saildrone Inc. are piloting five specially designed saildrones in the Atlantic Ocean to gather data around the clock to help understand the physical processes of hurricanes. (Saildrone Inc.) Download Image Saildrone Inc. and the NOAA have released the first video footage gathered by an uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) from inside a major hurri...

Speed, safety, strength and silence: these 4 elements are at the core of R/P's Design No. 283 153.5' Superyacht the REICHEL/PUGH-NAUTA 151 — a one-off, blue water performance sloop with general concept by Nauta Design, Naval Architecture by Reichel/Pugh, and construction at the Royal Huisman shipyard.


At the same time, this radical new concept will offer all the benefits associated with existing Royal Huisman yachts: comfort, low noise levels, an...

While it was launched on July 22, SVR-Lazartigue , François Gabart's brand new flying trimaran was baptized with great fanfare two months later, yesterday Monday September 20. In the presence of course of his skipper and his Mer Concept teams, but also of his sponsor Didier Tabary, Founding President of the French cosmetics group Kresk, new owner of the SVR-Lazartigue trimaran and of the movie star Mélanie Laurent. A star who underlined, for example, one of the key figures...

Maxi Popular Bank XI
This morning Armel, Kevin and the Team returned Maxi Popular Bank XI back to the water at Lorient La Base.
The two skippers will resume training this weekend.








It's the start of the Maxi Popular Bank XI Latest Campaign

During the month of August, the Team worked to revise and optimize the trimaran for the Transat Jacques Vabre ...

Monaco Classic Week-La Belle Classe is not just a regatta but a voyage through yachting history as the final day’s Grand Parade of vintage sailing and motor yachts testify - from the last steam-yacht still active, the 78.4m SS Delphine (1921), to the fleet of 12’ Dinghy (3.67m) class gems via the awe-inspiring gaff schooners Puritan (1930) and 47m Orion (1910) making her return to Monaco, and the 15M IR yachts including organisers’ Yacht Club de Monaco’s flagship Tuiga (1909), Mar...