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2. Davit - Wikipedia

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   A davit (/ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ t /) [1] is any of various crane-like devices used on a ship for supporting, raising, and lowering equipment such as boats and anchors. [2] Davit systems are most often used to lower an emergency lifeboat to the embarkation level to be boarded. The lifeboat davit has falls (now made of wire, historically of manila rope ...

3. Portable boat lift - Wikipedia

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   A portable boat lift is different from a gantry crane, fork lift with elongated forks, or machine, none of which can be easily transported from location to location. A portable boat lift is not a boat lift which is commonly found attached to a dock. Although some devices allow one person to separate a boat from a trailer or lift a boat up and ...

4. Axel Welin - Wikipedia

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   However, his main interest was davits. He invented a new and improved davit for lowering boats on board ship, a quadrant davit for double-banked boats which simply became known as the Welin davit . The RMS Titanic was equipped with Welin davits, [ 1 ] and after the disaster the demand for his product skyrocketed.

5. List of boat lifts - Wikipedia

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   Geheyan dam boat lift, also in Hubei Province, capable of lifting vessels of 300 tons displacement. The dam was completed in 1994, but technical difficulties delayed the opening of the ship lift for four more years. Longtan dam boat lift, capacity to lift vessels of 250 tons, in a basin 40×10.8×1.8 meters, and a vertical lift of 68.5 meters. [2]

6. Travel lift - Wikipedia

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   A small motor-boat lifted from the water by a travel lift at La Rochelle, France, 2016. A travel lift or travelift (also called a boat hoist, boat gantry crane, or boat crane) is a specialised type of crane used for lifting boats out of the water and transporting them around docks or marinas. [1]

7. Camping World - Wikipedia

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   The development, described by Garvin as "a combination of Disney World, Camping World and Bass Pro Shops", will feature a large Camping World store with RV 250 service bays; a five-story, 650,000 square foot (60,000 m 2) permanent RV trade show and exhibition area; a "free-range" campground with dry-camping sites; camping museum; and much more ...

8. Boat lift - Wikipedia

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   A boat lift, ship lift, or lift lock is a machine for transporting boats between water at two different elevations, and is an alternative to the canal lock. It may be vertically moving, like the Anderton boat lift in England , rotational, like the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland , or operate on an inclined plane , like the Ronquières inclined plane ...

9. Category:Camping equipment manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   This category lists manufacturers of camping and backpacking equipment. Many such companies also manufacture equipment for military, law enforcement, and other outdoor use, as well as making clothing, and a number of them also retail their and other products.