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21Sea anchor — A sea anchor, used to stabilize a boat in heavy weather, anchors not to the sea floor but to the water itself, as a kind of brake. Sea anchors are known by a number of names, such as drift anchor, drift sock, para anchor, and boat brakes. These… …
22Buntline hitch — Knot details name= Buntline hitch caption=Left: Buntline hitch Right: Slipped buntline hitch names= Studding sail tack bend, Inside clove hitch type= hitch strength= origin= related= Clove hitch, Two half hitches, Lobster buoy hitch releasing=… …
23Inflatable armbands — (usually referred to as just armbands ), are a device to help a wearer float in water and learn to swim.Inflatable armbands are typically cylindrical inflatable plastic bands that are inflated and worn on the upper arm. When the wearer is in… …
24Point Arena Light — Infobox Lighthouse caption = location = Two miles north of Point Arena, California coordinates = coord|38|57|17|N|123|44|26|W|region:US type:landmark yearbuilt = 1870 yearlit = 1908 (current tower) automated = 1977 yeardeactivated = foundation =… …
25Punta Gorda Light — Infobox Lighthouse caption = U.S. Coast Guard Archive location = 12 miles south of Cape Mendocino, California coordinates = coord|40.2493|N|124.3503|W yearbuilt = 1911 yearlit = 1912 automated = yeardeactivated = 1951 foundation =Concrete… …
26Spar (platform) — A SPAR, named for logs used as buoys in shipping and moored in place vertically, is a type of floating oil platform typically used in very deep waters. Spar production platforms have been developed as an alternative to conventional platforms. [… …
27cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
28lobster pot — a trap for catching lobsters, typically a box made of wooden slats with a funnellike entrance to the bait. Also called lobster trap. [1755 65] * * * ▪ fishing industry in commercial fishing, portable trap to capture lobster, either half… …
29navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… …
30Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
