Bayonne harbour is a stop over for yachts and boats crossing the Gulf of Biscay on their way from the UK to the Iberian Peninsula, the Atlantic or the Mediterranean.

Faroese fishing boats also provided a large amount of fish to the UK, which was essential given food rationing.

A similar type of racing is found in UK coastal rowing, where a number of boats race out to a given point from the coast and then return fighting rough water all the way.

Normal practice for UK ships is to fly the White ensign ( Royal Navy ) or the Red ensign ( Merchant and private boats ).

British Marine Aircraft Limited was formed in February 1936 to produce Sikorsky S-42-A flying boats under licence in the UK.

In the UK the Curtiss flying boat was developed into the Felixstowe series of flying boats, which were used in the First World War to patrol for German submarines.

A Bay class frigate ( Matti Kurki ), two Dark class fast patrol boats ( Vasama 1 and Vasama 2 ) and four BYMS class minesweepers were bought from the UK, two Riga class frigates ( Hämeenmaa and Uusimaa ) and four Osa II class fast attack craft ( Tuima class missile boats ) were obtained from the Soviet Union.

Over 350 boats attended the most recent UK Nationals and Inland Championships.

Of the three most recent GP14 World Championships, those held at Sligo Yacht Club, Ireland, in July / August 2006, and at Abersoch, UK in August 2008, each attracted entries of over 110 boats, while that in Sri Lanka ( February 2011 ) attracted 38 boats from UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Scandinavia ( I think ), and Sri Lanka.

In the 1960s, the British company Humber was the first to build Zodiac brand inflatable boats in the UK.

The Romans are known to have used mules to haul boats on their waterways in the UK.

Horse drawn boats were used well into the 1960s on UK canals for commercial transport, and are still used today by passenger trip boats and other pleasure traffic.

According to Nordic Folkboat International Association by 2007, the largest Folkboat fleet is in Sweden ( 1300 registered boats ) followed by Denmark ( 1125 ), Germany ( 900 ), Finland ( 400 ), UK ( 100 ), U. S. A. ( 100 ) and The Netherlands ( 48 ).

On 4 May 1948 BOAC introduced Short Solent flying boats on the UK ( Southampton ) to South Africa ( Vaaldam ) service.

There were weekly sailings on refrigerated " banana boats " from the UK to Central America by Elders and Fyffes Ltd. ships who have been importing bananas since 1888 to the UK in their own vessels.

* By 1902 the United Fruit Company started having refrigerated " banana " boats built in the UK to add to their fleet which hauled passengers and bananas between ports in the United States and Central America.

Beached hull house boats at Hayling Island, UK

Popular UK stag and hen activities include meals out, pub crawls, visits to strip clubs, forfeits, party boats, karaoke and falling over in the street.

These time scales are denoted in the form UTC ( NPL ) in the UTC form, where NPL in this case identifies the National Physical Laboratory, UK.

Personal Emergency Response Systems ( PERS ), or Telecare ( UK term ), are a particular sort of assistive technology that use electronic sensors connected to an alarm system to help caregivers manage risk and help vulnerable people stay independent at home longer.

) Finally, the past tense and past participle of dwell and kneel are more commonly dwelt and knelt in both standards, with dwelled and kneeled as common variants in the US but not in the UK.

These numbers are set up by a company offering low charge calls in the UK, these numbers are meant to be used as a sort of operator that you go through in order to qualify for these cheap calls.

Areas similar to that of the council area are covered by the Angus Westminster constituency for the UK Parliament and the area is also represented at the Scottish Parliament by both the Angus and North Tayside Holyrood constituencies.

Such services are offered in the United Kingdom ; the telecommunication arbitrage companies get paid an interconnect charge by the UK mobile networks and then buy international routes at a lower cost.

The calls are seen as free by the UK contract mobile phone customers since they are using up their allocated monthly minutes rather than paying for additional calls.

ASROC ' Matchbox ' reload doors are visible in this photograph of the Japanese Asagiri class destroyer Asagiri, formerly DD 151, renumbered TV 3516 after reclassification as a training vessel, seen here on 28 July 2008 departing from Portsmouth Naval Base, UK.

Although the disease is not a threat to humans the most vulnerable common domestic ruminants in the UK are cattle, goats and, especially, sheep.

At 17 metres long, the Severn class lifeboat s are the largest class of UK Lifeboat ( rescue ) | lifeboat

They are all recyclable in both the UK and Ireland amongst others.

Other well-known areas are: Chironico ( Switzerland ), Stanage ( UK ), Hueco Tanks ( Texas ), Val Masino and Val di Mello ( Italy ), Castle Hill ( New Zealand ), Bishop ( California ), Joe's Valley ( Utah ), Yosemite ( California ), Rocktown ( Georgia ), Rocklands ( South Africa ), Cocalzinho de Goiás ( Brazil ), Kjugekull ( Sweden ), Hampi ( India ) Horse Pens 40 ( Alabama ) and Horseshoe Canyon Ranch ( Arkansas ) amongst others.

Contestants are required to evict one of their own on a regular basis ; in the earlier series of Big Brother, contestants were evicted every two weeks, however, as introduced in the UK version, evictions occurred once a week, all of the current series of Big Brother follow this format.

There are also a number of acts both in the US ( Johnny Rogers, John Mueller ) and UK ( Marc Robinson, Spencer J etc.

A bogie in the UK, or a wheel truck, or simply truck in North America, is a structure underneath a train to which axles ( and, hence, wheels ) are attached through bearings.

Following the introduction of the Enterprise Act 2002, a UK bankruptcy will now normally last no longer than 12 months and may be less, if the Official Receiver files in court a certificate that his investigations are complete.

British Standards are the standards produced by BSI Group which is incorporated under a Royal Charter ( and which is formally designated as the National Standards Body ( NSB ) for the UK ).

These institutions are found in the United Kingdom ( UK ) and several other countries.

In the UK, both clobazam and clonazepam are second-line choices for treating many forms of epilepsy.

some foreign ships register in the Cayman Islands as a flag of convenience ; includes ships from 11 countries among which are: Greece 15, US 5, UK 5, Cyprus 2, Denmark 2, Norway 3 ( 2002 est.

The foreign relations of the Cayman Islands are largely managed from the United Kingdom, as the islands remain an overseas territory of the UK.

Some other important names in this regard are UK and Italy.

Similar regulations are in place in Germany, where anyone who has spent six months or more living in the UK between January 1980 and December 1996 is permanently banned from donating blood.