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2. Wooden halibut hook - Wikipedia

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   Traditional working wooden halibut hooks usually have a stone sinker attached, to keep the hook at the optimum level above the bottom, in order to catch halibut of moderate weight. Octopus is a common bait. [2] A carved wooden fishing float is used to signal the fisherman that a halibut has been hooked. Halibut tend to gulp in rather than ...

3. Caïque - Wikipedia

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   A caïque ( Greek: καΐκι, kaiki, from Turkish: kayık [1]) is a traditional fishing boat usually found among the waters of the Ionian or Aegean Sea, and also a light skiff used on the Bosporus. [1] It is traditionally a small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail. The caïque is also a typical case of positioning the ...

4. Wooden fish - Wikipedia

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   Historically, this was the first wooden fish developed, which gradually evolved into the round wooden fish used by modern Buddhists. The instrument is carved with fish scales on its top, and a carving of two fish heads embracing a pearl on the handle (to symbolize unity), hence the instrument is called a wooden fish for that reason.

5. List of boat types - Wikipedia

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   Drifter (fishing) Drifter (naval) Dugout; Durham boat; Top of page. E ... Small-craft sailing; Slipper Launch; Sloop; Speed boat; Special Operations Craft ...

6. Chris-Craft Boats - Wikipedia

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   Roamer Steel Boats Division. Chris-Craft Boats was an American boats manufacturer founded by Christopher Columbus Smith (1861–1939). [1] The company was sold by the Smith family in 1960 to NAFI Corporation, which changed its name to Chris-Craft Industries in 1962. The current successor is Chris-Craft Corporation, which produces motorboats ...

7. Wooden boats of World War II - Wikipedia

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   The craft had a length of 39 feet, a beam of 10 feet, and displaced 4 tons lite and 7 tons loaded. The craft had a draft of 1-foot 6 inches forward and foot 7 inches aft. The craft was Armed with one .303 cal. Lewis gun. The craft was crewed by one officer per 3 craft and 3 men. Powered was from one Scripps Ford V- 8, 65-hp. engine to a single ...