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A taffrail should not be confused with a pushpit, which is a common name for the tubular protection rail running around the stern of a small yacht. [6] A taffrail log is a mechanical speed logging device, used like a car odometer. The taffrail log was towed from the stern or taffrail of the ship by a long line.
"Research Guides: Philippines: Philippine Boats & Navigation". University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017
Previously assigned on loan with Royal Hong Kong Defence Force. Donated to Philippines as part of economic assistance of Australia to SEATO defense. Delivered to Manila from Hong Kong by USS Oak Hill on 15 August 1958. [101] [102] [103] RPS Yacki: HMAS HDML 1323 / HMAS SDML 1323 / HMAS SDB 1323 / HMS ML 1323: P-60 - 21 October 1958 [104] 1964
According to traditional design principles, a boat utilizing a leeboard either needs to have two retractable leeboards, one on each side, or a method of removing the leeboard and attaching it to either side while under way, because nearly all sailboats tack to work their way upwind (with the exception of the proa). However, some small sailboat ...
Full-rigged sailing ship Christian Radich Full-rigged sailing ship Royal Clipper Amerigo Vespucci, full-rigged ship of the Italian Marina Militare. A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. [1]
Paraw (also spelled parao) are various double outrigger sail boats in the Philippines. It is a general term (similar to the term bangka ) and thus can refer to a range of ship types, from small fishing canoes to large merchant lashed-lug plank boats ( balangay or baloto ) with two outriggers ( katig ) propelled by sails (usually a large crab ...
The oldest recovered boats in the Philippines are the 9 to 11 balangay found in Butuan variously dated between 689 CE to 988 CE, [13] [14] [15] all specimens of whom were typical lashed-lug Austronesian boats. The technique remained common in Philippine (and Southeast Asian) boats right up to the 19th century, when modern boats started to be ...
Missile boats may have missiles launching on the afterdeck. Minelaying gear on Navy ship's afterdeck. Minesweeper gear on Navy ship's afterdeck. Depth charge launching on Navy ship's afterdeck. Torpedo tube for torpedo launching on Navy ship's afterdeck. Some Navy and private ships use the afterdeck as a helicopter deck for a heliport for ...