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The Pearson 303 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with a balsa core and with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem , a vertical transom , a skeg -mounted rudder controlled by a wheel , with an emergency back-up tiller and a fixed fin keel .
The Pearson cousins left the company in the 1960s, and Bill Shaw became the chief designer. [1] One of Shaw's most notable designs is the flush decked Pearson 40, introduced in 1977. [3] Pearson filed for bankruptcy in 1991. At that time TPI Composites, formerly known as Tillotson-Pearson, purchased the rights to the Pearson Yachts brand name. [1]
The Pearson Vanguard is a sloop-rigged sailboat designed in 1962 by Philip Rhodes. These boats were built by Pearson Yachts from 1963 to 1967. Pearson Vanguards are a traditional cruiser known for world travel.
Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
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Initially preserved at St Joseph's Convent School, Mount Isa until c.1982 when sold to, a private collector (Jeff Daly) and transported to Spotswood, Melbourne. In 1989 it was relocated to suburban Bayswater, Melbourne. In August 2009, both Peckett 1069 / Mt Morgan Mines No. 4 and Peckett 1174 / Mt Morgan Mines No. 5 became available for sale.
The FN 303 is a semi-automatic less-lethal riot gun designed and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. The FN 303 uses compressed air to fire projectiles from a 15-round drum magazine. It is designed to incapacitate the target through blunt trauma without causing critical injuries, and is most widely used for riot control and other ...
The Ross rifle is a straight-pull bolt action rifle chambered in .303 British that was produced in Canada from 1903 until 1918. [1]The Ross Mk.II (or "model 1905") rifle was highly successful in target shooting before World War I, but the close chamber tolerances, lack of primary extraction and length made the Mk.III (or "1910") Ross rifle unsuitable for the conditions of trench warfare ...