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Sir Charles William Feilden Hamilton OBE (26 July 1899 – 30 March 1978) was a New Zealand engineer who developed the modern jetboat, and founded the water jet manufacturing company, CWF Hamilton Ltd. Hamilton never claimed to have invented the jet boat. He once said "I do not claim to have invented marine jet propulsion.
A jetboat is a boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft. Unlike a powerboat or motorboat that uses an external propeller in the 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 a nozzle at the stern.
The Shotover Jet. The Shotover River (Māori: Kimiākau) is located in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. [1] The name correctly suggests that this 75-kilometre (47 mi) long river is fast flowing, with numerous rapids.
The following is a list of New Zealand inventors and inventions. Godfrey Bowen – developer of an improved sheep-shearing technique [1] John Britten – designer of the Britten motorcycle [2] Thomas Brydone and William Soltau Davidson – refrigerated shipping pioneers [3] Morton Coutts – invented the continuous fermentation method of ...
Margaret spectated jet boat Marathons which Pat competed in, but wanted to see more of the race, suggesting a smaller, more condensed track. Events were originally held in the same natural braided rivers that had inspired Sir William Hamilton to develop the jetboat , but when the sport was introduced to Australia in the mid-1980s, permanent ...
In 1971, Columbus New Zealand became the first all-container ship to visit New Zealand. She berthed at Wellington's new Thorndon Container Terminal in June to massive public interest. [25] [26] The ship used its own deck equipment to shift containers, rather than the Wellington Harbour Board's new container crane. [27]
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Captain James Cook FRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.