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2. Bluejacket 23 - Wikipedia

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   The Paceship Bluejacket 23 is a small recreational keelboat. It has a fractional rig, a spade rudder, and a fixed fin keel. The boat has a draft of 3.75 ft (1.14 m). [1] It displaces 2,000 lb (907 kg) and carries 900 lb (408 kg) of iron ballast. [1][3] The Bluejacket 23 has a theoretical hull speed of 5.61 kn (10.39 km/h). [8]

3. Wanderer (sailing dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   The Wanderer is a 14-foot (4.3 metres = 14.1 feet) Fibreglass hull Bermuda rigged sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor.One of the main objectives of the design was to produce a robust safe and versatile dinghy that could be used for knockabout day sailing and cruising as well as racing, but was light enough to be handled ashore.

4. Transom (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   Transom (nautical) Vertical transom and stern of a modern cargo ship. In some boats and ships, a transom is the aft transverse surface of the hull that forms the stern of a vessel. Historically, they are a development from the canoe stern (or "double-ender") wherein which both bow and stern are pointed. Transoms add both strength and width to ...

5. Bilge - Wikipedia

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   Bilge. The bilge / bɪldʒ / of a ship or boat is the part of the hull that would rest on the ground if the vessel were unsupported by water. The "turn of the bilge" is the transition from the bottom of a hull to the sides of a hull. Internally, the bilges (usually used in the plural in this context) is the lowest compartment on a ship or ...

6. Strake - Wikipedia

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   Strake. A clinker-built Viking longship, whose overlapping planks constitute "strakes". On a vessel's hull, a strake is a longitudinal course of planking or plating which runs from the boat's stempost (at the bows) to the sternpost or transom (at the rear). The garboard strakes are the two immediately adjacent to the keel on each side.

7. Limber hole - Wikipedia

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   Limber hole. A limber hole is a drain hole through a frame or other structural member of a boat designed to prevent water from accumulating against one side of the frame, and allowing it to drain toward the bilge. Limber holes are common in the bilges of wooden boats. The term may be extended to cover drain holes in floors.