• In the sport of rowing, each rower is numbered by boat position in ascending order from the bow to the stern (with the exception of single sculls). The...
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    then to a "left-handed" twist-boat, and then back again to the achiral boat. The passage boat⊣twist-boatboat⊣twist-boatboat constitutes a pseudorotation...
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    Rowing (sport) (category Boating)
    States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles...
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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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  • the boat can also be altered so that rowers on different sides can row in different positions in the boat. This is covered in the article on Boat positions...
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  • A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft originating from the Pearl River Delta region of China's southern Guangdong Province. These were made of teak...
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    against the floor's tint when viewed from an angle. This ensured the U-boat positions were undetectable to the players peering through the canvas screens...
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    Navigation light (redirect from Boat light)
    must be capable of showing a white light. Hovercraft at all times and some boats operating in crowded areas may also carry a yellow flashing beacon for added...
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    lying position, the body may assume a great variety of shapes and positions. The following are the basic recognized positions: Supine position: lying...
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    Identification System monitoring stations that transmit boat positions to the AIS websites for the boating community. A substantial number of vessels on the...
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    Pedalo (redirect from Pedal Boat)
    A pedalo (British English), pedal boat (U.S. English), or paddle boat (U.S., Canadian, and Australian English) is a human-powered watercraft propelled...
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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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    four rowers and a sweep. The positions in the boat are as follows: Bow (1) - the position nearest the bow (front) of the boat. Often regarded as the most...
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  • motors that function as "virtual anchors" to automatically maintain a boat's position relative to a desired location, such as a favorite fishing spot. Trolling...
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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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  • U-571 (film) (category U-boat fiction)
    Atlantic, after sinking a merchant ship from an Allied convoy, the German U-boat U-571 has her engines badly damaged by depth charges from a British destroyer...
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    vessel (such as a coast guard or border force cutter), to a type of ship's boat which can be used under sail or oars, or, historically, to a type of fast-sailing...
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    Patrol Boat, Riverine, or PBR, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until...
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  • needed to improve how it set up for a turn, and also how it logged the boat's position on maritime charts. Early 2003 While the crew completed the Preparation...
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    Longboat (redirect from Long boat)
    A longboat is a type of ship's boat that was in use from circa 1500 or before. Though the Royal Navy replaced longboats with launches from 1780, examples...
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  • The Love Boat is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Wilford Lloyd Baumes that originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1977...
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    Jetboat (redirect from Jet boat)
    water below or behind the boat, a jetboat draws the water from under the boat through an intake and into a pump-jet inside the boat, before expelling it through...
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    Motorboat (redirect from Motor boat)
    A motorboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine; faster examples may be called "speedboats". Some motorboats are fitted with...
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  • rowers in fours or eights. Two boats race against each other once. One rower from each boat switch positions, and the two boats race again. Relative performance...
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    LCP(L). The LCP(L) had two machine gun positions at the bow. The LCP(L), also commonly called the "Higgins" boat, was supplied to the British (from October...
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    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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  • Fresh Off the Boat is an American television sitcom broadcast on ABC created by Nahnatchka Khan. The story follows the course of Eddie Huang's Taiwanese...
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    boat, Hooper and Brody find the half-sunken boat of Ben Gardner, a local fisherman. Hooper dons a scuba suit and goes underwater to check the boat's hull...
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  • The Boat That Rocked (titled Pirate Radio in North America) is a 2009 comedy-drama written and directed by Richard Curtis about pirate radio in the United...
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