Boat building is the design and construction of boats (instead of the larger ships) — and their on-board systems. This includes at minimum the construction...
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Clinker-built (also known as lapstrake) is a method of boat building in which the edges of hull planks overlap each other. Where necessary in larger craft...
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Carvel built or carvel planking is a method of boat building in which hull planks are laid edge to edge and fastened to a robust frame, thereby forming...
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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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Boat building uses many common house tools such as hammers, crosscut saws, power drills, benches and vises. Common tools are clamps (cramps), surform...
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Spiling is a technique used in building wooden boats in which a smaller component is used as a pattern against which the outline of a larger component...
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enjoyment of boat building, do-it-yourself ′Kit Boats′ were also introduced using plywood material. In 1955, Chris-Craft created The Plywood Boat Division...
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Ship and boat building in Whitby was a staple part of the industry of Whitby, North Yorkshire, England between the 17th and 19th centuries. In 1792 and...
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to stabilize the boat. On its stern is a curled tail with minutely carved scales. Many consider the building of these dragon boats to be a combination...
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Atlantic College (section Boat-building)
chosen conference topic. The college has a strong tradition of boat design and boat building. The Atlantic College Lifeboat Station stood within its grounds...
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deformed to create naturally curved timber for use in furniture or boat building. Others surmise that a snowstorm could have bent the trunks, but there...
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Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill is an 1815 landscape painting by the English artist John Constable. It depicts a scene on the River Stour near to Flatford...
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Strip-built (section Smaller boats)
method of boat building. Also known as cold molding, the strip-built method is commonly used for canoes and kayaks, but also suitable for larger boats. The...
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Khufu ship (redirect from Cheops boat)
in the Solar boat museum Solar boat pit, Giza Plateau, Egypt One of the boat pits on the east side of the Great Pyramid Atet Abydos boats Ancient Egyptian...
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2000–2009. Funtecha, Henry F. (2000). "The history and culture of boats and boat-building in the Western Visayas". Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society...
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maritime culture, with great ritual and spiritual significance placed on boat-building and fishing. Their ways of life have been threatened by the continued...
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Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat, or the recreational use of a boat whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels (such...
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Submarine pen (redirect from U-boat pen)
Used for building new boats Fitting-out bunkers After launch, many U-boats were fitted-out under their protection Shelter for operational boats and repair...
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A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size or capacity, its...
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Ancient shipbuilding techniques (section Framed boats)
Ancient boat building methods can be categorized as one of hide, log, sewn, lashed-plank, clinker (and reverse-clinker), shell-first, and frame-first...
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Philippines, remarked: "That care and attention, which govern their boat-building, cause their ships to sail like birds, while ours are like lead in this...
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118°16′04″W / 33.738035°N 118.267862°W / 33.738035; -118.267862 Harbor Boat Building Company was a shipbuilding company on Terminal Island in San Pedro,...
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The Ancient Galilee Boat, also known as the Jesus Boat, is an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD, discovered in 1986 on the north-west shore...
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LCVP (United States) (redirect from Higgins boat)
Higgins started out in the lumber business, but gradually moved into boat building, which became his sole operation after the lumber transport company...
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World Championship in Santa Cruz, Lee imagined building a 30-foot 5O5 and put himself to the task. The boat was completed in 1970 and was named Magic. Magic...
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The Building of the Boat (in Finnish: Veneen luominen) was a projected Wagnerian opera for soloists, choir, and orchestra that occupied the Finnish composer...
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Boat building has been a part of the history of Ontario, Canada for thousands of years. From the hand-crafted birch bark canoes of the indigenous people...
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Naval Boat Building Yard (NBBY) is a shipyard of the Sri Lanka Navy situated in Welisara that produce small and specialist watercraft for the Sri Lanka...
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