The H-Boat is a strict one-design keelboat designed by Finn Hans Groop in 1967, with some minor modifications by Paul Elvstrøm in 1971. The boat gained...
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The H-Boat World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for H-boat, organized by the host club on behalf of the International H-Boat Class...
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This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships, see: List of sailing boat types Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also...
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LCVP (United States) (redirect from Higgins boat)
barge-like boat could ferry a roughly platoon-sized complement of 36 men to shore at 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h). Men generally entered the boat by climbing...
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production boats, from S26 onwards (but often designated the S100 class), were very seaworthy, heavily armed and capable of sustaining 43.5 knots (80.6 km/h; 50...
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The Hughes H-4 Hercules (commonly known as the Spruce Goose; registration NX37602) is a prototype strategic airlift flying boat designed and built by the...
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CB90-class fast assault craft (redirect from Combat Boat 90)
originally developed for the Swedish Navy by Dockstavarvet. Its name means Combat Boat 90 Half; the 90 refers to the year of acceptance (1990) and Half refers to...
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A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. It was small, fast, and inexpensive...
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U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. The term is an anglicized version of the German word...
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as of December 2015 is now World Sailing. Classic dinghy classes List of boat types List of historical ship types List of keelboat classes designed before...
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A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed...
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A motor torpedo boat is a fast torpedo boat, especially of the mid 20th century. The motor in the designation originally referred to their use of petrol...
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Laser (dinghy) (redirect from Laser (boat))
Association (ILCA) defines the specifications and competition rules for the boat, which is officially referred to as the ILCA Dinghy, due to a trademark dispute...
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Sailing (sport) (redirect from Sail boat racing)
races cross open water. Various kinds of boats are used for racing, including small dinghies, catamarans, boats designed primarily for cruising, and purpose-built...
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The Defender-class boat, also called Response Boat–Small (RB-S) and Response Boat–Homeland Security (RB-HS), is a standard boat introduced by the United...
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49er (dinghy) (section Related boats)
Bethwaites, Performance Sailcraft Japan, Peter Johnston, and Ovington boats. The boat has been an Olympic class since it was selected by the International...
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Motorboat (redirect from Motor boat)
A motorboat, speedboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine. Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an...
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Yngling (keelboat) (redirect from Yngling (boat))
1966 Linge-designed Soling. In the past the design was built by Abbott Boats in Canada, the O'Day Corp. and Jibetech in the United States as well as...
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inflatable boat (RIB), also rigid-hull inflatable boat or rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB), is a lightweight but high-performance and high-capacity boat constructed...
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J/24, Etchells, H-boat and the Farr 40. After the hull length overall (LOA) exceeds 27 feet (8.2 m), people generally refer to the boat as an offshore...
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Sunfish (sailboat) (section The kit boat niche)
appeared around 1952 as the "next generation" improvement on their original boat, the Sailfish. In contrast, the Sunfish has a wider beam for more stability...
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A go-fast boat is a small, fast power boat designed with a long narrow platform and a planing hull. During the United States alcohol prohibition era, these...
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A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs were steam-powered craft dedicated...
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set the world water speed record for an outboard powered boat of 78 miles per hour (126 km/h). The basic hull design of most hydroplanes has remained...
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A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence...
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initiated the H-boat in 1967 in order to replace the popular but by then outmoded Hai-boat. Some of his other designs are the H-35, H-40, H-star, H-323, Targa...
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Hansa-Jolle [de] Hartley TS16 Hartley TS18 H-boat International 806 International A-class catamaran International Moth IF-boat Ixylon [de] J/22 J/24 J/80 Javelin...
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pilot boat is a type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. Pilot boats were...
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Cyclohexane conformation (redirect from Boat conformation)
then to a "left-handed" twist-boat, and then back again to the achiral boat. The passage boat⊣twist-boat⊣boat⊣twist-boat⊣boat constitutes a pseudorotation...
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