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2. How to Care for Outdoor Teak Furniture—Plus, the Best ... - AOL

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   The good news is with the proper care and maintenance, teak can last 30 to 40 years, making it a sound—and timeless—investment. Rio Outdoor Teak Build-Your-Own Dining Set Shop Now

3. Dorade box - Wikipedia

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   The grey area indicates the deck of the boat. A dorade box (also called a dorade vent , collector box , cowl vent , or simply a "ventilator") is a type of vent that permits the passage of air in and out of the cabin or engine room of a boat while keeping rain, spray, and sea wash out.

4. Teak furniture - Wikipedia

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   Teak wood is used for making boats, furniture, and other things which require resistance to the elements. Teak is used for outdoor furniture but is not recommended for full exposure to sunlight. Being more expensive than most other woods, teak furniture has become something of a status symbol. Not only is it common for a teak bench, chair, or ...

5. Caisson (lock gate) - Wikipedia

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   This is a permanent fixture within the dock, like a hinged dock gate, and moves upon a fixed track. The sides of the caisson are vertical, making a narrow rectangular box. Water ballast is used to control its buoyancy, as for the ship caisson, but the floating caisson is then hauled sideways into a recess built into the side of the dock wall.

6. Teak - Wikipedia

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   Although easily worked, it can cause severe blunting on edged tools because of the presence of silica in the wood. Over time teak can weather to a silvery-grey finish, especially when exposed to sunlight. [25] Teak is used extensively in India to make doors and window frames, furniture, and columns, and beams in homes.

7. Compartment (ship) - Wikipedia

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   For example, four main-deck compartments at frame 90 would be 1-90-1-L inboard and 1-90-3-L outboard on the starboard side of the ship and 1-90-2-L inboard and 1-90-4-L outboard on the port side. [13] The fourth part of the code is: [14] A for store rooms (or AA for cargo holds) C for crewed communication or control centers

8. Leeboard - Wikipedia

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   Only the leeward side leeboard is used at any time, as it submerges when the boat heels under the force of the wind. A disadvantage, where there is an inadequate fixed keel, is that they typically ship (bear) little ballast, which being on the far side delays the onset of unballasted craft's heeling, that is, to put up a good, constant ...

9. How Florida wood traders navigate ban on repressive regime’s ...

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   The teak shipments Florida Teak and Teakdecking Systems imported post-sanctions were loaded onto ships in Myanmar only after Treasury announced the measures, according to the Herald’s analysis ...