Sailing remains a popular sport and Activity!

 Classic sail ships are the pride of many navies?

Many uses for sail ships have been found over the years in young peoples self-improvement programms and other leisure activities, apart from training naval crews in discipline and other!

Maintaining is one aspect of them, but rebuilding has also lead to many construction mistakes in the deign and at other times success in discovering new things that were lost?

Modern sail yachts are the state of the art today with the demands of better vessels for racing and others being sold on for avid sailors and for pleasure, if not also featuring in many movies and other!

Auto-Gyros.

Simple and Cheaper.

The Gyro-Copter is now available to anyone who can afford to buy or to build their own (See Gyro-Planes. Part-One/Two). 

New types of plastic and fibre glass have made this concept of combined aircraft and helicopter much lighter from using glass and metal.

The concept was first conceived jointly in the 1930's in Nazi-Germany and the United States, by the late 50's into the 1960's there were several types flying. From one to five seat versions and the British were responsible for building the largest ever. But they never really took off, in one or two of the fictional James Bond movies 'Nelli was a serious contender for a real military version.

It was believed that designer Barnes-Wallis may of built special one offs for the British secret service? 

 Today there are still many uses for this type of aircraft from patrol of borders to many other similar inspection works, on electricity and pipe lines, other than that it is for sheer pleasure

Cruise Liners. Part-Two.

Many New Ideas.

Design of these new sea ocean monsters are for improved facilities and pleasure, most vessels so far built have kept to a certain genre of dance hall, eating, casinos and swimming pools. Queen Mary-II.

But the future may include theme park additions and underwater viewing galleries. Size and weight may change the out lay of ships that will be able to do this, but there will always be a demand for luxury and being pampered.