all-weather boat
1Weather lore — is the body of informal folklore related to the prediction of the weather.It has been a human desire for millennia to make accurate weather predictions. Oral and written history is full of rhymes, anecdotes, and adages meant to guide the… …
2Boat building — Boat building, one of the oldest branches of engineering, is concerned with constructing the hulls of boats and, for sailboats, the masts, spars and rigging.Parts* Bow the front and generally sharp end of the hull. It is designed to reduce the… …
3All in the golden afternoon... — is Lewis Carroll s prefatory peom in his book Alice s Adventures in Wonderland in which he recalls the afternoon on which he improvised the Alice in Wonderland story on a boat trip from Oxford to Godstow, for the benefit of the three Liddell… …
4Weather ship — The weather ship MS Polarfront at sea. A weather ship was a ship stationed in the ocean as a platform for surface and upper air meteorological observations for use in weather forecasting. They were primarily located in the north Atlantic and… …
5Motor life boat — The Motor Life Boat (MLB) is an integral part of a coast guard fleet, built to withstand the most severe conditions at sea. Designed to be self bailing, self righting and practically unsinkable, MLBs are used for surf rescue in heavy weather.The… …
6Dragon boat — This article is about Dragon boats and racing. For the festivals and holidays associated with dragon boats, see Duanwu Festival. Dragon boat Traditional Chinese 龍舟 Simplified Chinese 龙舟 …
7USCG transportable port security boat — The 25 ft. (8 m) Transportable Port Security Boat (TPSB): (AKA The Guardian) is a twin outboard motor, open deck, all weather, high performance, moderately armed platform capable of operating in inner harbor/near shore environments in light sea… …
8Special Warfare Boat Operator — (abbreviated as SB) is a United States Navy occupational rating.Special Warfare Boat Operators drive fast speedboats down narrow, winding rivers, or the open ocean while performing; High speed, medium range, all weather insertion/extraction of… …
9North Atlantic weather war — Weather Station Kurt, a German automated weather station. The North Atlantic weather war occurred during World War II. The allies (Britain in particular) and Germany vied for access to reliable weather data in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans …
10U-boat — is the anglicized version of the German word Audio|De U Boot pronunciation.ogg| U Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot (undersea boat), and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II.… …
