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Yamaha co-hosts Maritime Education Consortium in Alaska

Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit has co-hosted a Maritime Education Consortium to train outboard motor instructors and technicians in Valdez, Alaska. Two Yamaha trainers delivered Marine Certification Program curriculum to eleven instructors from the communities of Dillingham, Ketchikan, Soldotna, Juneau, Kodiak, Valdez, Kotzebue, Chevak, Kwigillingok, and Quinhagak. The instructors represented school districts, Alaska Maritime Education […]

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WATCH: Solar boat completes emission-free voyage to Alaska

Father and son team David and Alex Borton have completed what they believe to be the first-ever solar-electric voyage from Bellingham, Washington, to Juneau, Alaska. The duo undertook the journey in their 27ft wooden hull solar-powered boat, Wayward Sun. The electric boat is powered 100 per cent by solar energy with no fossil-fuel combustion engine […]