San Diego's Coronado tops the list from “Dr. Beach,” otherwise known as Stephen Leatherman, director of the laboratory for coastal research at Florida International University.
The 1.5-mile stretch of Coronado Beach is set against the historic Hotel del Coronado, on an island just across San Diego Bay from the city's downtown. It is reachable by ferry or water taxi.
“The beach is very flat, making it great for skim boarding and walking, and the sand has a silvery sheen because of the presence of mica,” Leatherman's website said.
Coming in second on the list was Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The Dr. Beach website describes the destination as benefiting from a shallow offshore reef that protects swimmers from big waves, making it ideal for children.
The other destinations on Leatherman's Top 10 list are: Main Beach in East Hampton, New York; St. George Island State Park on the Florida panhandle; Hamoa Beach in Maui, Hawaii; Coast Guard Beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts; Waimanalo Bay Beach Park in Oahu, Hawaii; Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne, Florida; Beachwalker Park in Kiawah Island, South Carolina; and Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Last year, the top destination on the list was Siesta Beach in Sarasota, Florida. The 2010 winner was Coopers Beach on New York's Long Island.
Leatherman has released his list of top coastal destinations every year since 1991. His criteria for judging a good beach include the width of the beach, the color of the sand, the slope, water temperature, frequency of rain, noise factors and the presence of lifeguards.
The full list for 2012 coastal destinations is available at drbeach.org.
Source: www.todayszaman.com
Furniture offer is a helping hand to first time buyers - harboroughmail.co.uk
THE DEVELOPER behind a new Harborough estate is offering first time buyers a helping hand.
Barratt Homes is giving a furniture pack worth £5,000 to new buyers who purchase one of the two-bedroom ‘Foxton’ apartments at its new development off Farndon Road.
Sue Blackman, sales director at Barratt Homes, comments “First time buyers often forget that when it comes to buying your first home, it is not just the bricks and mortar that you have to purchase, but also all the furniture too.
“So in a bid to make that important first purchase more affordable, we’re offering all first time buyers a free furniture pack worth £5,000 which can be used to furnish their entire new home.”
The deal is being offered on their two bedroom Foxton style apartments that are currently for sale at the development.
Phone 0844 811 3399 or visit www.barratthomes.co.uk for information.
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Final voyage: USS Iowa on its way to South California where it will be transformed into a naval museum - Daily Mail
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A famed battleship that saw action during World War II and the Korean War and carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a wartime summit traveled along the California coast on Sunday on its final voyage.
The iconic USS Iowa left San Francisco Bay on its way to its new home in Southern California.
Surrounded by pleasure boats and other vessels, the 887-foot long, 58,000-ton battlewagon was towed through the bay and passed under the Golden Gate Bridge at about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Historic: The USS Iowa passes under the Golden Gate Bridge as it is towed out of San Francisco on Saturday, May 26, 2012
Crowds watched from both sides of the bridge as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sockeye provided an official escort and the San Francisco fireboat Phoenix led the way.
At the St. Francis Yacht Club on San Francisco's shoreline, officers and crew members of the USS Decatur, outfitted in their dress whites, saluted as the Iowa drifted past, Rogers said.
Club members also honored the Iowa with a farewell gun salute and a signal flag message - 'Farewell My Dear Friend.'
'Everything has gone beautifully,' said spokesman Bob Rogers of the Pacific Battleship Center, a nonprofit organization that will operate an interactive naval museum on board the USS Iowa at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. 'The Phoenix was spraying water in every direction. She took her right out the Gate.'
Important: Retired military vessel USS Iowa ferried the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the perilous Atlantic waters to a historic meeting with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in the dark days of World War Two
Impressive: Smaller boats surround the USS Iowa battleship as it passes by San Francisco en route from Richmond, California to Los Angeles on May 26, 2012
Iconic: The 887-foot long, 58,000-ton battlewagon passes under the Golden Gate Bridge on its journey to being transformed into an interactive naval museum
The Iowa, first commissioned in 1943 and again in 1951 and 1984, saw duty in World War II and the Korean War.
The ship once carried Roosevelt to a summit with Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek. It also took part in escorting tankers in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war before being decommissioned in 1990.
In recent years, the Iowa sat in the cold and fog, anchored with other mothballed ships in nearby Suisun Bay. Last year, the Pacific Battleship Center beat out the San Francisco Bay Area city of Vallejo when the U.S. Navy awarded the ship to the organization.
The center's future plans include an interactive tour experience that will allow the visitor to experience what life at sea was like during active duty.
Popular: A large crowd gathers to watch the USS Iowa as it's towed away from the Port of Richmond on its journey to the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro
Artefact: The Iowa will have a permanent mooring in Los Angeles, where it will serve as a floating museum
Farewell: Mark Meyer waves the Stars and Stripes as the USS Iowa is towed away
Among the highlights will be viewing the inside of one of the main gun turrets, seeing the 17.5-inch armored conning station on the bridge and viewing Roosevelt's stateroom.
The ship was recently moved to the Port of Richmond, not far from where 'Rosie the Riveters' built ships in the 1940s. Workers scrubbed and painted the ship's exterior, replaced the teak deck and reattached the mast in preparation for the museum commissioning in July.
The Iowa was scheduled to leave on May 20 but was delayed because of a storm system. As it turned out, its departure came on the same day as weekend celebrations were under way marking the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th anniversary.
The trip down the coast is expected to take about four days.
Background: The ship took part in escorting tankers in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war before being decommissioned in 1990
Crowds: Well-wishers gather to see the USS Iowa off on her final voyage
Admirer: Jonathan Canfield, 12, salutes as the USS Iowa is towed from the Port of Richmond on its final voyage
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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