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2. Full-rigged ship - Wikipedia

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   A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. [1] Such a vessel is said to have a ship rig or be ship-rigged, with each mast stepped in three segments: lower, top, and topgallant. [2][3][4] Other large, multi-masted sailing vessels may be regarded as "ships" while ...

3. Catalina 22 - Wikipedia

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   Catalina 22 A Catalina 22 with a wing keel, on its road trailer.. The Catalina 22 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a large self-bailing cockpit, with under-seat lockers, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel.

4. Ship measurements - Wikipedia

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   Definitions. Beam – A measure of the width of the ship. There are two types: Beam, Overall (BOA), commonly referred to simply as Beam – The overall width of the ship measured at the widest point of the nominal waterline. Beam on Centerline (BOC) – Used for multihull vessels. The BOC for vessels is measured as follows: For a catamaran: the ...

5. Beam (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   Graphical representation of the dimensions used to describe a ship. Dimension "b" is the beam at waterline.. The beam of a ship is its width at its widest point. The maximum beam (B MAX) is the distance between planes passing through the outer sides of the ship, beam of the hull (B H) only includes permanently fixed parts of the hull, and beam at waterline (B WL) is the maximum width where the ...

6. 420 (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   1087 [ 3 ] [ edit on Wikidata] The International 420 Dinghy is a sailing dinghy popular for racing and teaching. The hull is fiberglass with internal buoyancy tanks. The 420 has a bermuda rig, spinnaker and trapeze. It has a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, and is designed to plane easily. The 420 is an International class recognised by World ...

7. LCVP (United States) - Wikipedia

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   LCVP (United States) The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively by the Allied forces in amphibious landings in World War II. Typically constructed from plywood, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a roughly platoon -sized complement of 36 men to shore at 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h).

8. 102 Brilliant Boat Names for Every Type of Vessel and Captain

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   Scroll through for 102 of our best boat names. Funny Boat Names. Aboat Time. Alimony. Are We There Yet? Fin & Tonic. Fishy Business. Flying Dutchman. Feeling Yachty. Gone Fishin' In a Meeting ...

9. List of ship directions - Wikipedia

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   Bilge: the underwater part of a ship between the flat of the bottom and the vertical topsides [13] Bottom: the lowest part of the ship's hull. Bow: front of a ship (opposite of "stern") [1] Centerline or centreline: an imaginary, central line drawn from the bow to the stern. [1] Fore or forward: at or toward the front of a ship or further ahead ...