Boatmen lucky enough to have facilities for year-'round anchorage for their craft, will recall the tedious procedure of loading their gear into the car, driving to the water, and making trip after trip to transfer the gear to the boat.

This year, Americans will discover previously unheard of refinements in trailers that will be exhibited in about one hundred of our nation's national, regional and local boat shows.

The main requirement is to be sure the boat is numbered according to the regulations of the state in which the boat will be principally used.

The ship will seek a location which is sufficiently protected ; has suitable holding ground, enough depth at low tide and enough room for the boat to swing.

Care should be taken that other vessels will not swing down on the boat due to the limited swing range.

Though much more expensive than steel, there are now aluminium alloys available that will not corrode in salt water, and an aluminium boat built to similar load carrying standards could be built lighter than steel.

If weight is added to the boat, the volume below the waterline will increase to keep the weight balance equal, and so the boat sinks a little to compensate.

If the hydrofoils hit something the boat will fall off the foils and this often creates a perception of increased danger.

One of the benefits of sponsoring an offshore powerboat team, as stated by team owner and driver Bjørn Rune Gjelsten, is that in Formula One motor racing, 1 million will only allow a small space, whereas in offshore powerboating, this covers the whole of the boat.

FISA rules specify minimum weights for each class of boat so that no individual team will gain a great advantage from the use of expensive materials or technology.

No sailboat can sail directly into the wind ( known as being " in irons "), and for a given boat there is a minimum angle that it can sail relative to the wind ; attempting to sail closer than that leads to the sails luffing and the boat will slow down and stop.

At more extreme angles of heel, the boat will spontaneously ' round up ' into the wind during gusts, i. e. it will turn into the wind regardless of any corrective action taken on the helm.

Any action that reduces the angle of heel of a boat that is reaching or beating to windward will help reduce excessive weather helm.

A boat with no centreboard will instead have a permanent keel, some other form of underwater foil, or even the hull itself which serves the same purpose.

Just about anything that will stay afloat can be called a recreational fishing boat, so long as a fisher periodically climbs aboard with the intent to catch a fish.

If an electric boat has sails as well, and will be used in deep water ( deeper than about 15 m or 50 ft ), then a towed generator can help build up battery charge while sailing ( there is no point in trailing such a generator while under electric propulsion as the extra drag from the generator would waste more electricity than it generates ).

* If the boat has an internal combustion engine anyway, then its alternator will provide significant charge when it is running.

All the component parts of any boat have to be manufactured and will eventually have to be disposed of.

After BESS, sailors will either go to a boat or to follow-on schools.

A true tournament ski boat will have a direct drive motor shaft which centers the weight in the boat for an optimal wake shape.

This is linked to the term to weigh anchor, meaning to lift the anchor from the sea bed, allowing the ship or boat to move.

On the Great British canal system, the term ' barge ' is used to describe a boat wider than a narrowboat, and the people who move barges are often known as lightermen.

Rather than mooring at riverside communities along the route, traders come out by canoe and small boat alongside the river barges and transfer goods on the move.

In 2009, Mike Richard John Smith filed a Canadian Patent application ( Canadian Patent number: 2675044 ) indicating the screw type propeller is inefficient due to the screw type blade orientation of the propeller which when in operation for forward movement substantially moves the fluid ( for a boat the fluid is water ) sidewardly, rotationally, and rearwardly wherein moving the fluid sidewardly does not move the boat forward, thus contibuting to the inefficiency of the screw type propeller.

The speed that the boat is motored at also affects this-a lower speed can make a big difference to the energy required to move a hull.

Marine propulsion is the mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a ship or boat across water.

Rigging is the mechanical sailing apparatus attached to the hull in order to move the boat as a whole.

Even more recent is the concept of canting keels, designed to move the weight at the bottom of a sailboat to the upwind side, allowing the boat to carry more sails.

And, it means that the image can be quickly found which is important when looking at birds or game animals that move rapidly, or by a seaman on the deck of a pitching boat.

Mitchum was constantly harassed by fans and eventually had to move onto a boat to avoid them.

The most efficient form of travel was by boat and as lumbermen began to come into the area the need was great to find a way to quickly move timber, supplies and people.

** river crossing puzzles: move a set of pieces across a river using a bridge or boat.

As diesel and steam replaced the tow horse in the early twentieth century, it became possible to move more cargo with the same manpower by towing a second unpowered boat, commonly referred to as a " butty ", " buttyboat " or " butty boat ".

It is also possible to ease the mizzen slightly to allow the boat to move slowly forward.

For enough sail area to propel a fishing boat the mizzen mast has to move forward toward the middle of the boat which allows its sail to be bigger without upsetting the sail balance or distribution.

It is also possible to ease the mizzen slightly to allow the boat to move slowly forward.

For enough sail area to propel a fishing boat the mizzen mast has to move forward toward the middle of the boat which allows its sail to be bigger without upsetting the sail balance or distribution.

As a tail wind, head wind or cross wind, may affect the amount of power needed to move the boat at hull speed throughout a race, a caller should also be aware of the relative position of the dragon boat to other boats, and to the finish line, in order to correctly issue commands to the crew as to when to best surge ahead, when to hold steady and when to peak for the finish.

The Hong Kong Tourism Board ( formerly Hong Kong Tourist Association ) helped move dragon boat racing into the modern era by organising the first international races back in 1976 and eventually by facilitating the donation of teak dragon ambassadors to countries around the world, starting in 1980 when three boats were sent to London England, for the Chinese Festival on the River Thames.

In order to gain speed, the hull shape had to be designed to take advantage of hydroplaning ; a hydrofoil-like design would allow the boat to skim atop the water's surface at high speed instead of needing to push aside large quantities of water to move forward.

Diving without such a permit may result in the boat being expelled or even confiscated.

There were reports that Weaver and / or Seldin had met secretly with Johnson in South Florida ( one report placing the meeting on a boat in the Everglades ), and the NFL officially warned the Jaguars front office that contact with Johnson would be forbidden without Jerry Jones ' permission, which Jones refused to give.

The Lancha Poveira, a boat from Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal is one of the last remnants from the longship, keeping all the longboat features but without a long stern and bow, and with a Mediterranean sail.

Tanzanian communities along the north-east shore ( some without road access ) are linked by ferry, and Malawian steamer and boat services have run the length of the lake for about 120 years.

Capturing them, he decided against hanging them ( apparently yielding to established law procedures in place of vigilante justice ), and sending his foreman back by boat, he took the thieves back overland for trial in Dickinson, guarding them forty hours without sleep and reading Tolstoy to keep himself awake.

Most kayaks have closed decks, although " sit-on-top " kayaks are growing in popularity, as are inflatable kayaks which come without decks but which have air chambers surrounding the boat.

Outriggers are poles which allow a boat to troll multiple lines in the water without tangling.

Rock fishermen can use an umbrella rig as a method of trolling without using a boat.

Motion sickness on the sea can result from being in the berth of a rolling boat without being able to see the horizon.

Righting a multihull that has gotten upside down is difficult in any case and impossible without outside help unless the boat is small or carries special equipment for the purpose.

In extreme weather, a mainsail can be folded and a trysail hoisted to allow steerage without endangering the boat.

Daffy is redrawn as a sailor, and as he begins to sing " The Song of the Marines ", the animator draws an ocean background around him, without a boat.

While exploring Öskjuvatn in a small boat, they disappeared without a trace.

Previously, a bridge on the southwestern point had been the only way to reach New Castle without a boat.

After working with Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, inventor William Symington intended to carry out a trial in order to show than an engine would work on a boat without the boat catching fire.

Of course, the main idea is to be the fastest boat or inner tube captain to make the trip – but most of the fun is watching to see which team is going to make it without tipping over!

In a fishing boat this attitude allows the nets to be handled without the boat becoming " broadsides " to the waves allowing them to break over the sides of the boat.

Fishnets can then be handled without putting the boat at risk.

The mizzen has to be small in size to keep the sail area balanced around the hull's centre of lateral resistance to ensure the boat will sail in a straight line without excessive correction.

In a fishing boat this attitude allows the nets to be handled without the boat becoming " broadside " to the waves allowing them to break over the sides of the boat.