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On eBay, the bidding price started at $233.95, with bidding ended at a sale price of US$10,000. [63] Both the e-mail exchange and the picture have become internet hits. [64] In July 2009, Dornoch Capital Advisors placed England's Coca-Cola League One Side Tranmere Rovers F.C. on eBay without permission from owner and chairman Peter Johnson ...
As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. [2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.
The head of the spinnaker is attached to the top of the sock and the ring runs down to the tack. The resulting bundle is stuffed into the spinnaker bag. The top of the sock will have provisions for attaching to the spinnaker halyard. [16] The spinnaker is raised as normal, but with the sock in place, the spinnaker is unable to catch the wind.
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1920 General characteristics Crew: 2 Capacity: 4 or 5 passengers Length: 39 ft 5.75 in (12.03 m) Wingspan: 42 ft 5.5 in (12.94 m) Height: 13 ft 3.5 in (4.05 m) Wing area: 200.2 sq ft (18.60 m 2) Empty weight: 4,704 lb (2,134 kg) Gross weight: 6,947 lb (3,151 kg) Powerplant: 2 × Avco Lycoming ...
The median income for new homebuyers has increased sharply since the Covid pandemic and surpassed six figures, according to an NBC News analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
The boat displaces 170 lb (77 kg) and can be equipped with a spinnaker and trapeze. [1] [3] The boat has a draft of 4.00 ft (1.22 m) with the centreboard extended. With it retracted the boat can be beached or transported on a trailer or car roof rack. [1] The design has adopted changes over time. In 1966 construction of fibreglass was permitted.
An asymmetrical spinnaker is a sail used when sailing between about 90 and 165 degrees from the angle of the wind. Also known as an "asym", [1] "aspin", [2] ...
The spinnaker pole is rigged to run from the base of the mast, [1] where there is a special fitting for attaching one end of the pole, out to windward over the side of the boat. There, one of the control lines of whichever sail it is to be used with is run through a fitting on the other end of the spinnaker pole.