enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Bimini top - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimini_top

   A boat with a Bimini top. A Bimini top is an open-front canvas top for the cockpit of a boat, usually supported by a metal frame. Most Biminis can be collapsed when not in use, and raised again if shade or shelter from rain is desired. [1] Bimini tops differ from dodgers in that dodgers include protection in front and on the sides, while a ...

3. Dodger (sailing) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodger_(sailing)

   There is little protection afforded from elements moving from aft to fore, but since the boat is usually moving forward or anchored by the bow and therefore facing into the wind this is seldom a problem. A similar type of shelter on a boat, without the forward and side protection, is called a Bimini top. Increased protection for the occupants ...

4. Location hypotheses of Atlantis - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_hypotheses_of...

   With rising ocean levels the island began to slowly shrink, but then at around 9400 BC (11,400 years ago) there was an accelerated sea level rise of 4 meters per century known as Meltwater pulse 1A, which drowned the top of the main island. The occurrence of a great earthquake and tsunami in this region, similar to the 1755 Lisbon earthquake ...

5. List of Empire ships (L) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Empire_ships_(L)

   Empire Lad was a 298 GRT coastal tanker which was built by Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd, Rowhedge, Essex. Launched on 10 July 1941 as Empire Garnet and completed in November 1941 as Empire Lad. Sold in 1946 to Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd and renamed Esso Suwanee Sold in 1951 to Esso Petroleum Co Ltd. Sold in 1960 to P L Den Breejen, Netherlands.

6. Short Mayo Composite - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Mayo_Composite

   The Short-Mayo composite project, co-designed by Mayo and Shorts chief designer Arthur Gouge, comprised the Short S.21 Maia, (G-ADHK) which was a variant of the Short "C-Class" Empire flying-boat, fitted with a trestle or pylon on the top of the fuselage to support the Short S.20 Mercury(G-ADHJ).

7. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_nautical_terms...

   Bimini top An open-front canvas top for the cockpit of a boat, usually supported by a metal frame. bimmy A punitive instrument. binnacle The stand on which the ship's compass is mounted, usually near the helm, permitting ready reference by the helmsman. binnacle list A ship's sick list.