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Clyde Boats was a small, privately owned, custom boat company located in Detroit, Michigan. For nearly fifty years it produced custom mahogany motorboats for clients in the Great Lakes area. Clyde Boats were available in three sizes; 12', [ 1 ] 14', and 16'. [ 2 ]
Shore power or shore supply is the provision of shoreside electrical power to a ship at berth while its main and auxiliary engines are shut down. [1] While the term denotes shore as opposed to off-shore, it is sometimes applied to aircraft or land-based vehicles (such as campers, heavy trucks with sleeping compartments and tour buses), which may plug into grid power when parked for idle reduction.
The final major project was the conversion of the 620' lake freighter Richard J. Reiss from steam to diesel power. The Presque Isle and Jackson are still activity trading on the Great Lakes. The Reiss, last known as the M/V Manistee was laid up in 2015 and scrapped in 2023. The site of the shipyard later became the location for H. H ...
Tim Allen’s yacht could have used a little home improvement. The “Toy Story” actor accidentally shut down a Michigan marina over the July 4 weekend when he pulled his yacht into the dock and ...
In May 2019, Brunswick announced the sale of Brunswick Billiards, Life Fitness, Cybex, Hammer Strength, Indoor Cycling Group, and SCIFIT for $490 million to KPS Capital Partners. [21] The sale was completed in June 2019. In May 2019, Brunswick announced it would be purchasing the largest marine franchisor in the United States, Freedom Boat Club ...
Period cutaway diagram of a triple-expansion steam engine installation, circa 1918. This particular diagram illustrates possible engine cutoff locations, after the Lusitania disaster and others made it clear that this was an important safety feature. A marine steam engine is a steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat.
The efficiency improvement is mainly achieved from the system no longer being locked at a specific frequency (usually 60 Hz on ships), even though a 60 Hz power source can also be connected to the grid. This new freedom of being able to control each power source totally independently opens up numerous ways of optimizing fuel consumption.
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