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2007 Toyota Yaris hatchback owner's manual 1919 Ford Motor Company car and truck operating manual. An owner's manual (also called an instruction manual or a user guide) is an instructional book or booklet that is supplied with almost all technologically advanced consumer products such as vehicles, home appliances and computer peripherals.
Swisher was founded in 1861 in Newark, Ohio by David Swisher. It is based in Jacksonville, Florida.In 1958, the machine-manufactured Swisher Sweets brand was introduced, [1] and by 1964, the company was making four million cigars a day that were being shipped to all 50 states and to 47 foreign countries.
A gaff cutter, Kleine Freiheit, with a genoa jib set USCGC Legare, an example of a US Coast Guard cutter A cutter is any of various types of watercraft.The term can refer to the rig (sail plan) of a sailing vessel (but with regional differences in definition), to a governmental enforcement agency vessel (such as a coast guard or border force cutter), to a type of ship's boat which can be used ...
Following the Coast Guard custom in place in 1960 of not naming vessels under 100 feet in length, the first 44 Point-class patrol boats were only identified by their hull number using the scheme of WPB-823xx, where 82 was the design length of the hull. [2]
The boats have air-tight compartments forward and aft of the steering station. The aft compartment is designed to hold litters to strap in injured people, while the forward compartment holds uninjured rescued. The magazine Popular Mechanics reported in 1966 that the then-new fleet of 44 foot motor life-boats represented several "firsts". [3]
Chris-Craft Boats was an American boat manufacturer founded by Christopher Columbus Smith (1861–1939). [1] The company was sold by the Smith family in 1960 to NAFI Corporation , which changed its name to Chris-Craft Industries in 1962.
Some old smacks have been re-rigged into ketches and are now used as training boats for young sailors. Other smacks are preserved in museums or used as floating museums. The Excelsior is an example of a preserved smack. Built in Lowestoft in 1921, she is a member of the National Historic Fleet and operates as a sail training vessel. [3]
Hunter Marine was an American boat builder, now known as Marlow-Hunter, LLC, owned by David E. Marlow.The company did produce the Mainship powerboat brand. Marlow also owns and manufactures the Marlow Yachts brand consisting of long range power cruisers in the 37 to 110 foot range.