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2. Eric Smidt - Wikipedia

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   1960 (age 63–64) Los Angeles, California, US. Occupation (s) Chairman & CEO of Harbor Freight Tools; Founder and President, The Smidt Foundation. Spouse. Susan Smidt. Eric L. Smidt (born 1960) is an American businessman. He is chairman and CEO of Harbor Freight Tools, which operates over 1,500 retail hardware stores in 48 states and generates ...

3. Parbuckle salvage - Wikipedia

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   Parbuckle salvage. The capsized battleship USS Oklahoma is rotated upright while under salvage at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 8 March 1943. The ship is in the 130-degree position, with its bow on the left and the starboard deck edge just rising from the water. Parbuckle salvage, or parbuckling, is the righting of a sunken vessel using rotational ...

4. Stuffing box - Wikipedia

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   Boats. A small boat stuffing box comprising an adjusting nut, a locking nut and a sleeve. On a boat having an inboard motor that turns a shaft attached to an external propeller, the shaft passes through a stuffing box, also called a "packing box" or "stern gland" in this application. The stuffing box prevents water from entering the boat's hull.

5. Crank (mechanism) - Wikipedia

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   Crank (mechanism) Hand crank for a winch on a sailboat - commonly referred to as a winch handle. A crank is an arm attached at a right angle to a rotating shaft by which circular motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. When combined with a connecting rod, it can be used to convert circular motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa.

6. Trolling motor - Wikipedia

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   Trolling motor. A trolling motor is a self-contained marine propulsion unit that includes an electric motor, propeller and control system, and is affixed to an angler 's boat, either at the bow or stern. A gasoline-powered outboard used in trolling, if it is not the vessel's primary source of propulsion, may also be referred to as a trolling motor.

7. American archaeologist drowns after replica Viking boat capsizes

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   August 29, 2024 at 1:26 PM. The Naddoddur set off from the Faroe Islands on Saturday on a trip of about 400 nautical miles [Frits Stroem] An American archaeologist has died after the replica boat ...