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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Boat

A boat is a watercraft, usually smaller than most ships. Some boats are commonly carried by a ship or on land using trailers. A boat consists of one or more buoyancy structures called hulls and some system of propulsion, such as a screw, oars, paddles, a setting pole, a sail, paddlewheels or a water jet. Boat - Parts of a Boat. The roughly horizontal but cambered structures spanning the hull of the boat are referred to as the "deck". In a ship there are often several, but a boat is unli ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia II - Boat - Parts of a Boat The roughly horizontal but cambered structures spanning the hull of the boat are referred to as the "deck". In a ship there are often several, but a boat is unlikely to have more than one. The similar but usually lighter structure which spans a raised cabin is a coarch-roof. The "floor" of a cabin is properly known as the sole but is more likely to be called the floor. (A floor is properly, a structural member which ties a frame to the keelson and keel.) The underside of a deck is the deck head. The vertical surfaces dividing the internal sp ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Bathtub Boat

Bathtub boats are small watercraft designed around bathtubs or close facsimiles and are used in bathtub races. Bathtub Boat - Boat design. Early boats were whimsical and crafted from a variety of materials. Today, most bathtub boats are monohull planers with outboard motors. The rules restrict the engine to 8 hp (6 kW), and the weight to a minimum of 350 lb (159 kg) including driver. There are two classes of bathtub boats: stock and modified. A form resembling a roll-top tub must be an integral part ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Boat building

Boat building is one of the oldest branches of engineering and is concerned with constructing the hulls of boats and, for sailboats, the masts, spars and rigging. Boat building - Portions. Each part of the hull has a different name and purpose: bow - the front and generally sharp end of the hull. It is designed to reduce the resistance of the hull cutting through water and should be tall enough to prevent water from easily washing over the top of the hull. bulkhead - the internal walls ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Raft

A raft is a special type of boat, distinguished by the absence of a hull. Rafts are kept afloat either by buoyant materials such as wood, or by inflated containers. This technology has been superseded by hulled boats in most parts of the world but inflatable rafts manufactured of flexible materials are used for recreational navigation of whitewater. See also. Rafting Lifeboat The Raft of the Medusa Project RAFT Thor Heyerdahl
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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Type XIV U-boat

The Type XIV U-boat was a modification of the Type IXD, designed to resupply other U-boats. Because they were nicknamed "Milchkuh/Milchkühe (pl.)" (milk cows), a common name for them was milchcow. They had no offensive weaponry, only antiaircraft guns. In the middle part of World War II, the Milk Cows successfully allowed the smaller Type VIIC boats to raid the American coast during the "second happy time". The milk cows were of course a priority target for all Allied forces, and improved radar and air coverage eliminated them during 1943. Milk cow duty was especially hazardous; 289 sailors were ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Clinker

Clinker has several meanings: In boat building, clinker is a method of constructing wooden boats. In some parts of the world it is known as lapstrake. The shell is assembled without a frame so that the planks overlap each other gaining support from each other. They are then tied together with steamed lengths of wood, typically oak or elm, called timbers, which resemble ribs. These are bent transversely into the already built shell and riveted to the lands of the strakes. Early iron vessels too, were clinker-built.<

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Man of war

A man of war (also man-of-war, man-o'-war or simply man) is an armed naval vessel. The term often refers particularly to ships propelled primarily by sails and armed with cannon, as opposed to a galley, propelled primarily by oars. The man of war was developed in the Mediterranean in the 15th century from earlier roundships with the addition of a second mast to form the carrack. The 16th century saw the carrack evolv ...

Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Chum

Chum can mean: a friend (chiefly a U.K. term but also fully understood in U.S.) a type of salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), native to the northern Pacific and adjacent waterways a mixture of fish parts and blood used to attract sharks any foods used to attract fish or other aquatic animals for viewing a heavy weight attached near the centre of a boat's mooring line. It keeps the rope tight as the tide rises, holding the boat against the quayside. Canada's CHUM Li

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Waterway restoration

Waterway restoration is the activity of restoring a canal or river, including special features such as warehouse buildings, locks, boat lifts, and boats. This work is often carried out by volunteers. Waterway restoration - Waterway restoration in the United Kingdom. Due to the construction of the railways and the style of construction of most UK canals, large parts of the UK's canal system were abandoned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The system managed to avoid being completely abandoned due th ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Windage

Windage is a force created on an object by friction when there is relative movement between air and the object. There are two possible causes of windage: the object is moving and being slowed by resistance from the air a wind is blowing producing a force on the object The term can refer to : either, the effect of the force, for example the deflection of a missile or an aircraft by a cross wind or, the area and shape of the object that make it susceptible to friction, for example those parts of a boat that are exposed to the wind. Aerodynamic stre ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Canoe racing

Flatwater racing takes place on a straight course divided in lanes, on calm water. The distances recognised by the ICF for international races are 200 m, 500 m, and 1000 m. Each boat has its own designated lane, except for races over more than 1000 m, where there also may be turning points. Men race in canoes and in kayaks, women only in kayaks. For each race a number of heats, semi-finals and a final may be necessary, depending on the number of competitors. Flatwater racing has been part of the Olympic Games since 1936 (Berlin) for m ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Clevedon Pier

Clevedon Pier is a seaside pier in the town of Clevedon, on the English side of the estuary of the river Severn. Opened in 1869, it is partially constructed from second-hand railway lines, and is 225 m long and 14.5 m tall. The tidal range at this part of the estuary can be up to 14 m, and the landing stage at the end of the pier has several levels to allow boats to dock at all stages of the tide. On October 17, 1970, the final span of the pier collapsed during stress testing, where long polythene tanks resting on the pier were filled with water, to creat ...

Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Lorelei

The Lorelei (originally written as Loreley) is a rock in the Rhine near St. Goarshausen, which soars some 120 meters above the water line. It marks the narrowest part of the river between Switzerland and the North Sea. A very strong current and rocks below the waterline caused many boat accidents in former times. The name comes from the ancient German words "luren" (look, lurk) and "ley" (rock). The translation of the name woul ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Ferry

A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. Ferries have also been used to transport railroad cars and were once common in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. A foot-passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, is sometimes called a waterbus or water taxi. Ferry - Notab ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Danube-Black Sea Canal

The Danube-Black Sea Canal is a canal in Romania which runs from Cernavodă on the Danube to Agigea (southern arm) and Năvodari (northern arm) on the Black Sea. Danube-Black Sea Canal - Statistics. It opened in 1984, and the 64km canal reduces the distance by boat from Constanţa to Cernavodă by 400 km, being an important part of the European canal system that links the North Sea to the Black Sea. The Canal has a width of 60 metres and a depth of 7 metres. The Northern arm has a length of 26.6 km, ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - City Island Bronx New York

City Island is a small island approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) long by 0.5 mi (1 km) wide. It is part of the Bronx, part of New York City. It had (as of 2005) has a population of about 4500. City Island is located at the extreme western end of Long Island Sound, south of Pelham Bay and east of Eastchester Bay. The body of water between City Island and the even smaller (and uninhabited) Hart Island to the east is known as City Island Harbor. The small island adjacent to the northeast is High Island. Stepping Stones Lighthouse, mark ...

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Boat - Parts of a Boat: Encyclopedia - Side

The ancient city Side (See - deh) lies on the southern coast of modern-day Turkey about 75 km from Antalya (An-tal-ee-ah). Side is located on the eastern part of the Pamphylian coast, which lies about 12 miles east of the mouth of the Eurymedon River (Eu-ree-meh-don). Settlers from Cyme (Kee- meh) in Aeolia (Ai- oh-lia), an ancient district of Asia Minor, founded the city in the seventh-century B.C. Possessing a good harbor for small-craft boats, Side's natural geography made it the most important place in Pamphylia (Pam-fee-li ...