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Sea Ray Sundancer 320 (33 ft (10.1 m)) Sea Ray designs, manufactures and markets boats ranging from 17-foot (5.2 m) power boats to over 65-foot (20 m) motor yachts, including the Sundancer brand and, starting in 2014, the "L" Series luxury yachts. Sea Ray is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it operates two factories in Tennessee and two in ...
The Hucks starter (invented by Bentfield Hucks during WWI) is a mechanical replacement for the ground crew. Based on a vehicle chassis the device uses a clutch driven shaft to turn the propeller, disengaging as the engine starts. A Hucks starter is used regularly at the Shuttleworth Collection for starting period aircraft.
The Coffman engine starter (also known as a "shotgun starter") was a starting system used on many piston engines in aircraft and armored vehicles of the 1930s and 1940s. It used a cordite cartridge to move a piston, which cranked the engine. The Coffman system was one of the most common brands; another was the Breeze cartridge system, which was ...
Brunswick Corporation. Subsidiaries. Bayliner, Boston Whaler, Lowe Boats, Sea Ray. The Brunswick Boat Group is an American pleasure boat manufacturer. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, it is the largest maker of such craft in the world. Net sales were US$ 1.7 billion in 2008, [2] and US$ 1.0 billion in 2012.
A Mercury 50 HP outboard motor circa 1980. Six cylinder two-stroke engine in 1984. Mercury Marine is a marine engine division of Brunswick Corporation headquartered in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The main product line is outboard engines. It also produces the MerCruiser line of sterndrives and inboard engines.
Characteristics. A bow rider or bowrider is a type of boat which has a seating area in the bow, the forward part of the vessel. Bow riders are generally designed for recreational use such as day cruising or water skiing, and come in a variety of styles and features. On a bow rider, the area in front of the helm can be used for seating or lounging.
The Napier Lion is a 12-cylinder, petrol -fueled 'broad arrow' W12 configuration aircraft engine built by D. Napier & Son from 1917 until the 1930s. A number of advanced features made it the most powerful engine of its day and kept it in production long after other contemporary designs had been superseded. It is particularly well known for its ...
Defunct. Headquarters. Waukegan, Illinois. , United States. Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC) was a maker of Evinrude, Johnson and Gale Outboard Motors, and many different brands of boats. It was a multibillion-dollar Fortune 500 corporation. [1] Evinrude began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1907. OMC was based in Waukegan, Illinois. [2]