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2. Tamar-class lifeboat - Wikipedia

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   The Tamar has a new design of crew workstation with seats that can move up and down 20 centimetres (7.9 in) as the boat passes through rough seas at high speed, and a networked computerised Systems and Information Management System (SIMS) which allows the crew to monitor and control the boat entirely from within the wheelhouse.

3. List of boat types - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships, see: List of sailing boat types

4. Boat building - Wikipedia

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   Commonly used on commercial fishing boats using nets; and Kevlar, an extremely strong and expensive fibre with almost no stretch, usually braided and best suited for halyards. Taff rail: a railing at the extreme stern of a vessel. Thwart: a transverse member used to maintain the shape of the topsides of a small boat, often doubling as a seat.

5. Shock-mitigating suspension seats - Wikipedia

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   Seats may be tested against one or more classes and are required to demonstrate that they can usefully reduce the vibration exposure with different weights of seat occupant. There are significant challenges to measuring marine seats at sea, including variable weather conditions, boat availability, operating costs, and personnel safety.

6. Johnboat - Wikipedia

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   A johnboat in Florida, 1972 A small modern johnboat in the bed of a pickup truck. A johnboat [1] is a flat-bottomed boat [2] constructed of aluminum, fiberglass, wood, or polyethelene with one, two, or three seats, usually bench type.

7. Oceanic (unfinished ship) - Wikipedia

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   Oceanic was the planned name of an unfinished ocean liner that was partially built by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line. It would have been the third ship bearing the name Oceanic, after the one of 1870 and the one of 1899. It was envisaged in 1926, with the idea of modernizing the transatlantic service of the company.