Historic boat set for the trip of a lifetime - Oxfordshire News
26 May 2012, 3:17 am
Organisers believe the pageant will be one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the river. Gaiety – believed to have carried Queen Victoria at one point in its history – was built in 1887 for Salter Brothers of Oxford – now Salter’s Steamers ...

Reminders for safe operation of your patrol boat - Police one.com
25 May 2012, 10:06 am
Stories of sea monsters devouring ships, mermaids luring seamen onto reefs, and even whole flotillas falling off the end of the earth are daily reminders of the dangers of shipboard life. As far-fetched as these stories are they were important reminders of ...

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee: Thames Pageant, One of the Largest Ever Staged, to be Shown Live During the BBC's London Calling Season - Yahoo Finance
25 May 2012, 6:32 am
On Sunday, 3 rd June, the Thames will host one of the biggest flotillas ever assembled in modern times in a joyous day of pageantry and revelry to kick-off the Queen's Diamond Jubilee festivities. BBC Entertainment will broadcast the spectacular ...

Israel – Self-made Global Pariah - Palestine Chronicle
22 May 2012, 6:52 pm
All compassionate attempts by the flotillas to bring aid to alleviate the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza were confronted with Israeli violence, piracy, looting, and imprisonment peaking in the shocking Mavi Marmara massacre through which Israel recruited ...

Sarah’s Jubilee date in capital - North West Evening Mail
21 May 2012, 5:39 am
The Barrow Sixth Form College student will be part of one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the Thames, when more than a thousand boats muster on the river on June 3 to mark Her Majesty’s 60 years on the throne. The occasion is set to comprise ...

Adman's floating-billboard idea deserves to be sunk - Seattle Times
19 May 2012, 10:31 pm
The 14-foot-high signs on pontoons can be linked to make waterborne ad flotillas up to 192 feet long, KING-TV News reported last week. That's a billboard the size of a Boeing 767 jetliner. On the crown-jewel waterways of the Pacific Northwest.

Rose Prince's Baking Club: Diamond Jubilee Special - Daily Telegraph
18 May 2012, 9:32 am
I have unashamedly succumbed to a serious attack of patriotism. What part of my mind is not fluttering foolishly in anticipation of flotillas and fly-pasts is occupied with devotional baking for Her Majesty. This week the Baking Club is honouring the day ...

Safe boating activities planned in Sausalito - Marin Independent Journal
17 May 2012, 11:56 am
In celebration of National Safe Boating Week, Marin's Coast Guard Auxiliary, flotillas 12 and 14, will co-sponsor various safe boating activities in Sausalito from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Coast Guard Station Golden Gate will offer tours at ...

Clegg and Cameron's cruellest day - The Guardian
15 May 2012, 2:33 am
The bungling and dogmatism are unrivalled in postwar Britain. Let's take just one day of their collisions with the real world: see with what insouciance they can create new flotillas of unlikely and needless enemies. Insulting business was just ...

Halifax waterfront to step back in time as port city welcomes tall ships - YAHOO!
14 May 2012, 6:02 am
The city is gearing up for the return of dozens of tall ships this summer and is tying the event to Halifax's role during the war of 1812, when flotillas headed out of the mouth of the harbour to fend off American marine attacks. Colin MacLean, president ...