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Showing posts with label airboat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airboat. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Monday, June 10, 2013

Breezing through the Bayou with Powerful Airboats

Nothing’s more wonderful than the exciting Everglades airboat tours in Florida. Unwind and explore the bayou with our powerful airboats.

http://ridethewind111.blogspot.com/2013/05/breezing-through-bayou-with-powerful.html

Restoring Wetlands: More Reasons to Book Everglades Airboat Tours Today

Want to learn how to help the environment while having fun? Take a trip on Ride the Wind's Everglades airboat tours and get an up-close view of the local flora and fauna in Southern Florida.

http://ride-the-wind.com/restoring-wetlands-more-reasons-to-book-everglades-airboat-tours-today/

Going on Airboat Rides in Florida: A Different Kind of Travel Adventure for the Whole Family

I have always wanted to go on the airboat rides in Florida. I hear it's amazing! Has anybody been there recently?

http://ride-the-wind.com/going-on-airboat-rides-in-florida-a-different-kind-of-travel-adventure-for-the-whole-family/

Things to Know before Touring the Everglades

If you are looking for airboat rides, Miami is the place to be. Visit Ride-The-Wind and have an awesome adventure this summer!

http://ridethewind111.blogspot.com/2013/05/things-to-know-before-touring-everglades.html

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Breezing through the Bayou with Powerful Airboats

The states of Florida and Louisiana are home to magnificent marshes, slow-running shallow bodies of water. These marshes teem with wildlife unique to the area such as alligators and catfish, in particular. Since these areas are too shallow for commercial boats with large hulls to navigate, a specialized watercraft is needed.

Enter the airboat, a flat-bottomed vessel with an aircraft-grade propeller installed on its back. Airboats are powered by giant fans on the rear side (versus the typical submerged props or jets of traditional boats), while their flat bottoms make them perfect for zipping across the fordable depths of marshes and wetlands that can scrape the lower assemblies of regular boats. Airboats may not be the fastest watercraft around, but they sure beat having to wade in murky and dangerous waters.

Airboats are often used for recreational purposes, such as for touring Florida's Everglades or for exploring Louisiana's various bayous. Some adventure seekers also use airboats as excellent hunting platforms for catching gators. When New Orleans was flooded after the onset of Hurricane Katrina, airboats played an important role in facilitating citywide rescues as their flat underbellies made them suitable for use on flooded avenues. Thanks to their unique construction, airboats are quite versatile indeed.