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The NOMAD hull was developed from the "Roberts buoy," which was a 6.67-foot-long (2.03 m), 400-pound (181 kg) boat-shaped buoy developed in the early 1940s by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey to measure strong tidal currents. The buoy's performance was satisfactory, but its limited size significantly restricted its use in other areas.
Between 1951 and 1970, a total of 21 NOMAD buoys were built and deployed at sea. [6] Since the 1970s, weather buoy use has superseded the role of weather ships, as they are cheaper to operate and maintain. [7] The earliest reported use of drifting buoys was to study the behavior of ocean currents within the Sargasso Sea in 1972 and 1973. [8]
Sea Gypsies, Sea Gypsy, Sea Nomads and Sea Nomad may refer to: Ethnography. Sama-Bajau peoples, a collective name for several ethnic groups in the Philippines ...
Malaysian authorities defended their decision to evict hundreds of sea nomads from their homes off the coast of Sabah state this week, saying it was aimed at boosting security and combating cross ...
The unmanned surface vessel USV Nomad transiting the Pacific as part of RIMPAC 2022. Ghost Fleet Overlord is a fleet of test unmanned surface vehicles operated by the U.S. Navy. [1] Ghost Fleet Overlord is being developed by the Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office. [1]
The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales on Boxing Day then heading south through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the Derwent River, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
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The Sama-Bajau include several Austronesian ethnic groups of Maritime Southeast Asia.The name collectively refers to related people who usually call themselves the Sama or Samah (formally A'a Sama, "Sama people"); [5] or are known by the exonym Bajau (/ ˈ b ɑː dʒ aʊ, ˈ b æ-/, also spelled Badjao, Bajaw, Badjau, Badjaw, Bajo or Bayao).