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speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline
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Some 30 minutes into the 40-minute speedboat trip from Phuket’s Ao Po Marina, the resort’s main hill juts out from the sea.
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Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
Isla Barú and Islas del Rosario Drive out to the white sands of Isla Barú or take a speedboat ride to the more remote Islas del Rosario for what are the best beaches near Cartagena on this side of Tayrona National Park.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
According to accounts obtained by the Miami Herald, the groups had operated freely in the coastal area until September, shortly after U.S. military strikes against speedboats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean began.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
But most experts on criminal cartels and deadly street drugs say military strikes on speedboats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific will also have little or no impact on overdose deaths in the United States.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 15 Dec. 2025
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Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
Isla Barú and Islas del Rosario Drive out to the white sands of Isla Barú or take a speedboat ride to the more remote Islas del Rosario for what are the best beaches near Cartagena on this side of Tayrona National Park.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
According to accounts obtained by the Miami Herald, the groups had operated freely in the coastal area until September, shortly after U.S. military strikes against speedboats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean began.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
But most experts on criminal cartels and deadly street drugs say military strikes on speedboats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific will also have little or no impact on overdose deaths in the United States.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Speedboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speedboat. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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speedboat
noun
speed·boat
ˈspēd-ˌbōt 
: a fast motorboat
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