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Outboard Marine Corporation is a leading manufacturer and marketer of internationally known boat brands, including Chris-Craft(R), Four Winns(R), Seaswirl(R), Javelin(R), Stratos(R), Lowe(R), Hydra-Sports(R) and Princecraft; marine accessories and marine engines, under the brand names of Johnson(R) and Evinrude(R); and Ficht Ram Injection(R ...
The Hydra is a 22-person hydrogen boat, power-assisted by an electric motor that gets its electricity from a fuel cell. [1] Its debut was in June 2000 on the Rhine near Bonn , Germany. The idea for this project came from Christian Machens in 1999 for designing and building the fuel cell system for the Hydra in Leipzig .
Sportboat hulls have many elements in common with skiffs such as an almost flat bottom, a fine bow and a flat aft section - in short, a planing hull form.. This very efficient, low-drag shape, combined with the large, powerful rig and sail design and the light weight construction of most sports boats is what gives them their significant speed advantage over traditional designs.
Advanced Diving Equipment Company – American manufacturer of surface supplied diving helmets – Swindell free-flow open circuit air helmets. [1]Aeris (dive gear) – American brand of scuba equipment Originally a brand of American Underwater Products, founded in 1998, and merged into a sister-brand, Oceanic, in 2014.
A hydroplane (or hydro, or thunderboat) is a fast motorboat, where the hull shape is such that at speed, the weight of the boat is supported by planing forces, rather than simple buoyancy. A key aspect of hydroplanes is that they use the water they are on for lift rather than buoyancy, as well as for propulsion and steering : when travelling at ...
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The diving depth record for off-shore (saturation) diving was achieved in 1988 by a team of COMEX professional divers (Th. Arnold, S. Icart, J.G. Marcel Auda, R. Peilho, P. Raude, L. Schneider) performing pipe line connection exercises at a depth of 534 m (1,752 ft) of seawater (msw/fsw) in the Mediterranean Sea, whist breathing a hydreliox ...
The Recreational Craft Directive, Directive 2013/53/EU, originally Directive 94/25/EC on recreational craft [1] amended by Directive 2003/44/EC, is a European Union directive which sets out minimum technical, safety and environmental standards for boats, personal watercraft, marine engines and components in Europe.