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2. Pettit Marine Paint - Wikipedia

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   Pettit Marine Paint is a manufacturer of marine (boat) coatings, antifouling boat bottom paint, varnish and epoxies for consumer and commercial markets. The company was established in 1861, its headquarters are located in Rockaway , New Jersey .

3. Anti-fouling paint - Wikipedia

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   New ship being prepared for launch, showing fresh anti-fouling paint Ship hull being cleaned of fouling in drydock. Anti-fouling paint is a specialized category of coatings applied as the outer (outboard) layer to the hull of a ship or boat, to slow the growth of and facilitate detachment of subaquatic organisms that attach to the hull and can affect a vessel's performance and durability.

4. Tributyltin - Wikipedia

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   The structure of tributyltin oxide: the most common TBT compound used in marine paint Biofouling on the hull of a boat. Tributyltin (TBT) is an umbrella term for a class of organotin compounds which contain the (C 4 H 9) 3 Sn group, with a prominent example being tributyltin oxide. [1]

5. Painter (rope) - Wikipedia

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   A painter is a rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing. [1] Ideally, the painter should float. If used on a boat with a propeller, the length of the painter should be shorter than the distance to the propeller, to prevent fouling the engine.

6. Man gets realistic picture of his boat painted on fence ...

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   A California man who was ordered to keep his boat out of sight has had the last laugh — by commissioning an artist to paint a realistic image of it on the fence that obscures it.

7. Dazzle camouflage - Wikipedia

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   "She's All Dressed Up For Peace", Popular Science (February 1919), p. 55. "Fighting the U-Boat with Paint", Popular Science (April 1919), pp. 17–19. Destroyer Escort Historical Museum: USS Slater Archived 2018-12-10 at the Wayback Machine painted in 1945 Dazzle camouflage; US Navy PT Boats in Dazzle Camouflage

8. Waterline length - Wikipedia

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   A vessel's length at the waterline (abbreviated to L.W.L) [1] is the length of a ship or boat at the level where it sits in the water (the waterline). The LWL will be shorter than the length of the boat overall (length overall or LOA) as most boats have bows and stern protrusions that make the LOA greater than the LWL. As a ship becomes more ...

9. Anti-submarine net - Wikipedia

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   One U-boat was caught in the net, but there were also reports of submarines bypassing the net, on the surface at night, or underwater by slipping through gaps. From war logs there was one example of U-32 getting tangled in the Dover nets. The boat laid on the bottom until night, then surfaced and freed herself and continued on. [4]