Encyclopedia - 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 cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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 sev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dive Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Dive Boat - Types Of Dive Boat
Many types of boat can be used as dive boats. Some notable types of dive boat are: the rigid-hulled inflatable boat the day boat the liv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Rowing Championships: Encyclopedia Ii - World Rowing Championships - Boats
Rowing takes place in 23 different boat classes, apart from during Olympic years when only non-Olympic boat classes race. Rowers generall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sport Rowing: Encyclopedia Ii - Sport Rowing - Boats
Racing boats (usually called "shells") are long and narrow in order to reduce drag to a minimum. This makes them unstable and liable to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sport Rowing: Encyclopedia Ii - Sport Rowing - Boats
Racing boats (usually called "shells") are long and narrow in order to reduce drag to a minimum. This makes them unstable and liable to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sport Rowing: Encyclopedia Ii - Sport Rowing - Boats
Racing boats (usually called "shells" or "skiffs") are long and narrow in order to reduce drag to a minimum. This makes them unstable and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Boats Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Boats
Boats Dream Symbols: May symbolize some aspect of the feminine, either with a plainly sexual reference or with reference to the uncons...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Boats Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Boats
Boats Basic Meaning: A boat often symbolizes an aspect of the feminine, a reference to the unconscious.   (1) Because of their c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bathtub Boat: Encyclopedia - Bathtub Boat
Bathtub boats are small watercraft designed around bathtubs or close facsimiles and are used in bathtub races. Bathtub Boat - Boat desig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berthon Boat: Encyclopedia - Berthon Boat
After the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, the first time a large passenger ship had actually been sunk by an iceberg, the White Star Line...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dive Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Dive Boat - Dive Boat Features
Features that make a boat suitable for use by divers are: easy and safe entry to and exit from the water marine VHF radio oxygen first a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Boat Race: Encyclopedia Ii - The Boat Race - Results
The 2006 race is due to start at 4.35 pm (GMT) on Sunday 2 April. The Boat Race - Unofficial Wartime Races. ... See also:The Boat Rac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boat Car: Encyclopedia - Boat Car
A boat is an informal (although once widely used) term for the massive cars produced by the Detroit manufacturers during the 1950s and on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aranmula Boat Race: Encyclopedia - Aranmula Boat Race
At Aranmula, where there is a temple dedicated to Lord Krishna and Arjuna, thousands of people gather on the banks of the river Pampa to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U-boat: Encyclopedia - U-boat
U-boat is the anglification of the German word U-Boot â–¶ (help·info), itself an abbreviation form of Unterseeboot (its literal meaning:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinker Boat Building: Encyclopedia - Clinker Boat Building
Clinker building is a method of constructing hulls of boats and ships by fixing wooden planks and in the early nineteenth century, iron p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boat Building: 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boat People: Encyclopedia - Boat People
Boat people is a term (usually) referring to impoverished illegal immigrants or asylum seekers, who arrive en masse in old or crudely-mad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Type Xiv U-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/MilchkÃ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - E-boat: Encyclopedia Ii - E-boat - Variants
The E-boat design evolved over time. The first had a pair of torpedo tubes on the fore deck. E-boat - S-26 class. Entered service in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon Boat - The Crew Of The Dragon Boat
The standard crew complement of a contemporary dragon boat is around 22, comprising 20 paddlers in pairs facing toward the bow of the boa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - E-boat: Encyclopedia Ii - E-boat - History
After the Treaty of Versailles most of Germany's military production was severly curtailed. Small patrol craft were not. The E-boats trac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Boat Race: Encyclopedia Ii - The Boat Race - The Course
The course is 4 miles and 374 yards (6,779 m) from Putney to Mortlake, passing Barnes and Hammersmith. The race is for heavyweight eights...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Boat Race: Encyclopedia Ii - The Boat Race - History
The tradition was started by Charles Merivale, a student at Cambridge, and his schoolfriend Charles Wordsworth who was at Oxford. Cambrid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon Boat - Dragon Boats Versus Canoes And Rowboats
Although a dragon boat is not a type of canoe, they are both paddle-craft rather than rowing-craft, and crew members paddle rather than "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Show Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Show Boat - Songs
A definitive list of songs, per se, is somewhat pointless since the original production ran nearly four hours and thus is almost never pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon Boat - History And Culture Of Dragon Boat Racing
The use of dragon boats for racing and dragons are believed by modern scholars, sinologists and anthropologists to have originated in sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon Boat - Dragon Boat Racing As A Modern Sport
Modern dragon boat racing is organised at an international level by the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF), and divided into two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pt Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Pt Boat - Service
Originally conceived as anti-ship weapons, PTs were publicly (but erroneously) credited with sinking Japanese warships during the early m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flying Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Flying Boat - History
The flying boat NC-4 was the first airplane to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919. In the 1920s and 1930s, flying boats made it possib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electric Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Electric Boat - Components
The main components of the drive system of any electrically powered boat are similar in all cases, and similar to the options available f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Show Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Show Boat - Production History
Before the Broadway premiere of Show Boat, Ziegfeld produced tryouts in Washington, D.C., the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Show Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Show Boat - Racism And Controversy
Show Boat - Integration. Show Boat boldly portrayed racial difficulties, and for a 1927 show it was quite progressive in doing so. It w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pt Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Pt Boat - Class History
The first 3 PT boat designs were the results of two respected naval architects and the Navy. This led to 8 boats built - none of which we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pt Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Pt Boat - Cultural Impact
The story of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three in the retreat from the Philippines early in World War II was documented in the book They ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharpie Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharpie Boat - Description
Sharpies are long, narrow sailboats with flat bottoms, extremely shallow draft, centerboards and straight, flaring sides. They are believ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Boat Race: Encyclopedia Ii - The Boat Race - Build-up
Training for the boat race officially begins in September (when university term starts). The first tests are in November at the British I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Show Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Show Boat - Plot Synopsis
The story spans about 40 years, beginning aboard the showboat Cotton Blossom in the 1880s, on the Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motor Life Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Motor Life Boat - Modern Motor Life Boats
The USCG has since designed and built new aluminum 47 foot lifeboats, with Textron Marine and Land Systems awarded the contract to design...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinker Boat Building: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinker Boat Building - Fastenings
The planks may be fastened together in several ways: with copper rivets consisting of a square nail and a dish shaped washer called a ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motor Life Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Motor Life Boat - Early Motor Life Boats
The 36 foot T model was introduced in 1929. At 36 ft 10 in length overall, 10 ft 9 in beam and with a 2 ton lead keel, she was powered by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punt Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Punt Boat - Punting In England
The pleasure punts in use in England today were first built around 1860 and reached the peak of their popularity in the 1910s. Their use ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motor Life Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Motor Life Boat - Background
The first lifeboat is credited to Lionel Lukin, an Englishman who modified 20-foot Norwegian yawl in 1784 that was fitted with water-tigh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punt Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Punt Boat - Punt Poles
A punt pole differs from the Fenland "quant" in that it does not have a cross piece at the top. Poles for pleasure punts are normally mad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A House-boat On The Styx: Encyclopedia Ii - A House-boat On The Styx - Summary
The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died (up until the time in which the book is set, which seems to be about the time ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punt Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Punt Boat - Punt Construction
A traditional river punt differs from many other types of wooden boat in that it has no keel, stem or sternpost. Instead it is built rath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boat People: Encyclopedia Ii - Boat People - Indochinese Boat People
Events resulting from the Vietnam War led many people in Cambodia, Laos, and especially Vietnam to become refugees in the late 1970s and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Special Boat Service: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Boat Service - Role
The SBS’s role is not confined to seaborne and maritime operations – their responsibilities do not end at the tide line. SBS training...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Special Boat Service: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Boat Service - History
Throughout the Cold War, the SBS was organized to perform a "conventional " special forces role for the Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharpie Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharpie Boat - Modern Sharpies
In recent years, the sharpie, as with many traditional American small craft, has enjoyed renewed interest as designers and sailors have s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fresh Off The Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Fresh Off The Boat - Pronunciation
There are currently two widely accepted (and sometimes disputed) pronunciations of the word FOB. The emphasis is on the "O" sound: FOB(fÅ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Special Boat Service: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Boat Service - Selection
The SBS is an independent unit but part of the Royal Marines. To be eligible for SBS selection, a candidate formerly must have served for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinker Boat Building: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinker Boat Building - Building A Dinghy
From before the ninth century, into the nineteenth ships were clinker-built - even some iron ones. However, that method persisted much la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U-boat: Encyclopedia Ii - U-boat - World War I
In May of 1915, U-20 sank the liner RMS Lusitania. Though there was a great deal of outrage at the sinking of an "innocent" merchant ship...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nehru Trophy Boat Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Nehru Trophy Boat Race - How This Boat Race Got The Name
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of Independent India visited Kerala in 1952. He was given a roaring reception by the people of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinker Boat Building: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinker Boat Building - Relationship Between Clinker And Carvel
The Clinker form of construction is linked in people's minds, with the Vikings who used this method to build their famous longships from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U-boat: Encyclopedia Ii - U-boat - World War Ii
During World War II, U-boat warfare was the major component of the Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted the duration of the war. Germany ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U-boat: Encyclopedia Ii - U-boat - World War Ii
During World War II, U-boat warfare was the major component of the Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted the duration of the war. Germany ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Three Men In A Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Three Men In A Boat - Summary
The story kicks off with Jerome introducing the four characters-George, Harris, Montmorency, and himself, and what hypochondriacs George,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Banana Boat Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Banana Boat Song - Origins
The origins of the "Banana Boat Song" are often stated incorrectly. The song was originally a Jamaican folk song of unknown authorship; i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boat - General Characteristics
RIBs are commonly 4 to 7 metres (13 to 24 ft) long, although they can range in length between 2.5 and 18 metres (7.5 and 55 ft). A RIB is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boat - Construction
Rigid-hulled inflatable boat - Hull. The hull can be made of steel, wood, aluminium, or more commonly, a combination of wood for the st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boat - History
Rigid-hulled inflatable boat - Early days. According to All Inflatables [1] the first modern inflatable rafts were made in the 1830s an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fast Patrol Boats Of The Royal Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fast Patrol Boats Of The Royal Navy - Active Boats
Archer-class P2000 fast patrol boats HMS Archer (P264) HMS Biter (P270) HMS Smiter (P272) HMS Pursuer (P273) HMS Blazer (P279) HMS Das...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boat - Performance
RIBs are generally designed as hydroplaning hulls. Due to their low weight RIBs often out-perform other similarly sized and powered boats...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U-boat: Encyclopedia Ii - U-boat - World War I
In May of 1915, U-20 sank the liner RMS Lusitania. Though there was a great deal of outrage at the sinking of an "innocent" merchant ship...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fresh Off The Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Fresh Off The Boat - Non-offensive Use
The term "Fob" has also been used in a less offensive way of describing Asian American teens that display modern East Asian Generation X ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Sailing Boat Types: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Sailing Boat Types - Keelboats And Yachts
10 Metre | 11 Metre | 12 Metre | 2.4 Metre | 5 Metre | 5.5 Metre | 6 Metre | 8 Metre | Aloha | Antrim 27 | Catalina Yachts | Catalina 30...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Sailing Boat Types: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Sailing Boat Types - Sailing Dinghies And Skiffs
29er | 420 ("Four-twenty") | 470 ("Four-seventy") | 49er | 505 ("Five-oh-five") | Albacore | Australian Sharpie | Blue Jay | Buccaneer 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Champakulam Moolam Boat Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Champakulam Moolam Boat Race - The Legend
King of Chempakasseri, Devanarayana, built a temple at Ambalappuzha as instructed by the royal priest, . But just before the installation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Churchill College Boat Club: Encyclopedia Ii - Churchill College Boat Club - Bumps Progress
By the early 1970s, the men's 1st VIII had risen to the 1st division of the Lent and May Bumps but found itself back in the 2nd division ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster: Encyclopedia Ii - River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster - The Disaster
As queues began to form on the Aberdeen side, people became impatient and pushed their way on to the boat before those already onboard ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glasgow University Boat Club: Encyclopedia Ii - Glasgow University Boat Club - Men's Squad
Before the short course 2km season, the squads train throughout the winter for longer 5-7km 'Head' races. The final and most prestigious ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster: Encyclopedia Ii - River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster - Aftermath
There had been plans for some time for a new bridge across to Torry but the final impetus was provided by the disaster and Queen Victoria...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster: Encyclopedia Ii - River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster - Context
Aberdeen is a city which sits on the north bank of the River Dee, on the south bank sits the Royal Burgh of Torry. April 5th was a public...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Sailing Boat Types: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Sailing Boat Types - Types Of Sailing Vessels And Rigs
Bark | Barque | Barquentine | Bilander | Brig | Brigantine | Caravel | Carrack | Catamaran | Catboat | Clipper | Dutch Clipper | Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saar 5 Class Missile Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Saar 5 Class Missile Boat - Defensive Systems
Saar 5 class missile boat - Detection Systems. Air search radar - Elta EL/M-2218S Fire control radar - Elta EL/M-2221 Sonar - Type 796...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride: Encyclopedia Ii - Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride - Plot
While waiting for the school bus, Stan's dog, Sparky, shows up. Stan claims his is the toughest dog in South Park, but Cartman thinks Syl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Windermere Lake: Encyclopedia Ii - Windermere Lake - Boating
Racer Norman Buckley set several world waterspeed records on Windermere in the 1950s. A road ferry service runs across the lake from a po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lifeboat: Encyclopedia Ii - Lifeboat - Modern Life Boats
Modern motor life boats (MLB) originated as life boats that had been modified with the addition of a engine and provided more power to ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jetboat: Encyclopedia Ii - Jetboat - How Jet Boats Work
A conventional screw propeller accelerates a large volume of water by a small amount, in a manner similar to the way an aeroplane's prope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British T Class Submarine: Encyclopedia Ii - British T Class Submarine - Group Three Boats
Wartime austerity meant that they lacked many refinements such as jackstaffs and guardrails, and had only one anchor. Much of the interna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donald Crowhurst: Encyclopedia Ii - Donald Crowhurst - Crowhurst's Boat And Preparations
The boat Crowhurst built for the trip, Teignmouth Electron, was a trimaran. At the time, this was an untested type of sailing boat for a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eyemouth: Encyclopedia Ii - Eyemouth - Harbour For Working And Pleasure Boats
In 1997, Eyemouth was given EU funding from a scheme to regenerate declining fishing villages and raised matching funds itself to constr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natchez Trace: Encyclopedia Ii - Natchez Trace - Bushwhackers Bibles And Boats
Despite its brief lifespan, the Trace served an essential function in the years it was in existence. It was the only reliable and most ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Battle Of The Atlantic: Encyclopedia Ii - First Battle Of The Atlantic - U-boats In The Mediterranean
With the suspension of unrestricted submarine warfare, U-boat activities around the British Isles declined to routine minelaying at the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bras D'or Lake: Encyclopedia Ii - Bras D'or Lake - Boating
A favoured vacation destination in its own right, the remarkable scenery of Bras d'Or Lake has become increasingly popular with tourists,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Type 205 Submarine: Encyclopedia Ii - Type 205 Submarine - List Of Boats
The German boats have been built by Howaldtswerke, the Danish by The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen. Notes: U1 and U2 have originally built ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delta Class Submarine: Encyclopedia Ii - Delta Class Submarine - Delta I Project 667b Murena 18 Boats
The Delta-class submarines could deploy on alert patrols in the marginal ice-seas of the Soviet Arctic littoral, including the Norwegian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delta Class Submarine: Encyclopedia Ii - Delta Class Submarine - Delta Iv Project 667bdrm Delfin 7 Boats
The Russian Navy operates seven Delta IV class strategic missile submarines. The submarines, based at the Saida Guba Naval Base, operate ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpreation Boat: Dream Interpretations Dictionary - Boat
  Dream Interpretation Boat The boat is a symbol of a part of your personality which you need in order to move ahead in the oce...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary Boat: Meaning Of Dreams About Boat
  Boat Boat signals forecast bright prospects, if upon clear water. If the water is unsettled and turbulent, cares and unhappy ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Boat Of The Sun, Seker Boat, Hennu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Boat Of The Sun, Seker Boat, Hennu
Boat of the Sun, Seker Boat, Hennu (Egyptian) A frequent Egyptian representation is the boat in which the god Seker is seated. In its ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Solar Boat: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Solar Boat
Solar Boat (Egyptian) {SD 1:141, 2:227, 529}   (See also: Solar Boat , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dreams About Boat: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Boat
  Boat As mentioned in all relevant dream symbols, bodies of water represent your unconscious, your emotions and your accumulated...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary Life-boat: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Life-boat
  Life-boat To dream of being in a life-boat, denotes escape from threatened evil. To see a life-boat sinking, friends will co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Boat Of The Sun: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Boat Of The Sun
Boat of the Sun. This sacred solar boat was called Sekti, and it was steered by the dead. With the Egyptians the highest exaltation of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Boat Owners Package Policy: Insurance Business Glossary Dictionary - Boat Owners Package Policy
Definition and meaning of Boat Owners Package Policy :   Boat Owners Package Policy: A special package policy for boat owners t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dream About Deck: Dream Dictionary - Deck, Ship, Ships, Boat, Boats, Sea, Water
  Deck, Ship, Ships, Boat, Boats, Sea, Water To dream of being on a ship and that a storm is raging, great disasters and unfortu...   » Read the article