hard chine
1Chine (boating) — S bottom hull (A), compared to a hard (B) and soft (C) chine hull A chine in boating refers to a sharp angle in the hull, as compared to the rounded bottoms of most traditional boat hulls. The term hard chine indicates an angle with little… …
2Hard (pornographie) — Pornographie Sexologie et sexualité Sexualité Sexualité humaine Amour Libido …
3Blanc de Chine — Statue of Guan Yin, Ming Dynasty (Shanghai Museum) Blanc de Chine (French for Chinese white ) is the traditional European term for a type of white Chinese porcelain, made at Dehua in the Fujian province, otherwise known as Dehua porcelain or… …
4crepe de Chine — /krayp deuh sheen / a light, soft, silk or synthetic fabric with minute irregularities of surface. [1885 90; < F: lit., crepe from China] * * * ▪ fabric also spelled Crêpe De Chine (French: “crepe of China”), light and fine plainwoven… …
5Hull (watercraft) — Half hull of the 46 gun ship of the line Tigre, build from 1724 in Toulon after plans by Blaise Coulomb A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull …
6Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …
7Denys Rayner — in 1943 Denys Arthur Rayner DSC Bar, VRD, RNVR (9 February 1908 4 January 1967) fought throughout the Battle of the Atlantic. After intensive war service at sea, Rayner became a writer, a farmer, and a successful designer and builder of small… …
8Hubert Scott-Paine — (11 March 1891 – 14 April 1954) was a British aircraft and boat designer, record breaking power boat racer, entrepreneur, inventor, and sponsor of the winning entry in the 1922 Schneider Trophy.Early lifeHubert Paine was born in Shoreham, England …
9Norfolk punt — The Norfolk Punt was derived from the flat bottomed gun punts that roamed the Broadland waters in the mid to late 19th century. However, at the turn of the 20th Century, in order to get to and from the hunting grounds more efficiently, the… …
10Lightning (dinghy) — For alternate meanings, see Lightning (disambiguation). The Lightning is a sloop rigged sailing dinghy originally designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman Stephens in 1938 and was first sailed on Skaneateles Lake, Skaneateles, NY, USA. More than… …
