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boat's and designer
He enlisted the help of America's Cup designer Warwick Hood, who added a piece to the boat's keel to provide Gipsy Moth IV with better directional stability to stop her broaching, but the modification did nothing to improve her stability.

boat's and Jack
Later, Sayid and Kate follow Jack and Sawyer to avoid them being attacked by the boat's soldiers.

boat's and had
One of the Berbers held on to Abd al-Rahman's vessel as it made for al-Andalus, and allegedly had his hand cut off by one of the boat's crew.
The fuel tank was in approximately the same position as K7's centre of gravity, and therefore had little impact on the boat's weight distribution.
There was concern because the whales had been injured, perhaps by a boat's propeller or keel, leaving a gash in each whale's skin.
After days of searching Frobisher could not recover them, and eventually took hostage the man who had agreed to guide them to see if an exchange for the missing boat's crew could be arranged.
One member of the boat's crew died from radiation sickness after returning to port, and it was feared that the radioactive fish they had been carrying had made it into the Japanese food supply.
The ensuing enquiry found Menzies and one of his subordinates responsible for a combination of factors that led to the accident, including the absence of the coxswain ( who usually takes the helm in port ) who had been replaced by a less experienced crew member, and technical issues with the boat's telegraph.
Benbow was ordered to forfeit three months ' pay, amounting to £ 12 15s., to the Adventures crew, and to " ask Captain Booth's pardon on board His Majesty's ship Bristol, declaring that he had no malicious intent in speaking those words ; all the commanders being present, and a boat's crew of each ship's company ".
However, the boat's performance had won converts, and shortly thereafter the boat entered production with orders for an initial 12 boats.
Even if a captain chose to allow alcohol, it would have been relatively scarce and usually tightly regulated — if the boat's hold had space for it at all.
Satisfactory in most respects, the boat's major drawback appeared to be that equipment had to be unloaded, and men disembarked, over the sides — thus exposing them to enemy fire in a combat situation.
Further evidence is collected in support of the conclusion that Carl had climbed the boat's mast to cut down a lantern, been knocked from the mast by the freighter's wake, hit his head, then fallen into the sea.
The Lake Renegade added a unique seaplane, which had a fuselage shaped like a boat's hull on the bottom, and unlike the ' Muskrat ' could taxi directly between land and water.

boat's and long
The IOR Maxis were generally long overall, and raced boat-for-boat without handicap, unlike the rest of the IOR fleet which raced with a time correction factor depending on the boat's rating.
As with cutters in general they were distinguished by their large fore-aft sail plans with multiple headsails, usually carried on a very long bowsprit, which was sometimes as long as half the length of the boat's hull.
The boat's long length and semicircular cross-section reduce drag to a minimum.
Hiking boards are long boards fitted perpendicular to the boat's hull, and sometimes stretching several feet over the water.

boat's and with
This is a system by which a steel or iron wire framework is built in the shape of a boat's hull and covered ( trowelled ) over with cement.
They specify the safety equipment needed, the emergency procedures to be used appropriate to the boat's size and its sailing range, and requirements for passage planning with regard to weather and safety.
: Wakesurfing: A rider is pulled behind a boat on a mini surfboard and can ride the boat's wake with no rope.
These features made it highly desirable due to the PT boat's ever-increasing requirement for increased firepower to deal effectively with the Japanese daihatsu barges, which were largely immune to torpedoes due to their shallow draft.
Common sites include the doors to the cabin, the water can or barrel and the side of the boat along with ornate lettering giving the boat's name and owner.
The well known Hamilton turn or " jet spin " is a high-speed maneuvre where the boat's engine throttle is cut, the steering is turned sharply and the throttle opened again, causing the boat to spin quickly around with a large spray of water.
The reverse design features a boat's stern and rudder, with a dove perched on the tiller, a symbol of 150 years of peace.
In practice the wave pattern between the V-shaped wavefronts is usually mixed with the effects of propeller backwash and eddying behind the boat's ( usually square-ended ) stern.
Outboard drives are mounted to the transom and are mechanically turned to the left or right to steer the craft, either directly with a tiller, or through a remote steering system leading to a steering wheel mounted on the boat's console.
For example, rather than spinning or pivoting the boat to change its trajectory ( as is the case with creekboating and playboating ), a riverrunner will drive the boat in such a way as to make use of one or several of the river's surface features ( waves, holes, and current differentials ) in order to change the boats direction-but all the while conserving the boat's speed and momemetum.
The boat's history began with a phone call between Canadians Bruce Kirby and Ian Bruce.
Each boat's time is adjusted with the formula, and then the adjusted scores are compared to determine the outcome of the race.
Possibilities include escorts fending off a particular challenging male, females who seem agitated with an escort, or an individual not comfortable with a watching boat's presence.
Once aboard the steamer, the children are delighted with the boat's luxury and the loving treatment by the passengers, who knew already of the story of the children told by Captain Jonsen.
In single-oar sculling, the oar pivots on the boat's stern, and the inboard end is pushed to one side with the blade turned so that it generates forward thrust ; it is then twisted so that when pulled back on the return stroke, the blade also produces forward thrust.
Following that boat's retreat, McIntosh opened fire with the cannons on the bluff, beginning a gunbattle that lasted for four hours.
Intermediate sailors are encouraged to capsize their dinghy in a safe location with supervision at least once to become acquainted with their boat's floating properties and the capsize process.

boat's and because
A jibe can generally be completed more quickly than a tack because the boat never turns into the wind, and thus a jibing boat's sails are always powered where a tacking boat's luffing sails are un-powered as the bow crosses into the direction of the wind.
A jibe can be a dangerous maneuver in a fore-and-aft rigged boat because, as the direction of the wind crosses the boat's centerline, the " old " leeward side of the mainsail and boom suddenly becomes the new windward side, and the sails are always fully filled by the wind.
# If you acquire right of way, you must initially give the other boat room to keep clear, unless you get right of way because of the other boat's actions.

boat's and they
Square sails mounted on yardarms perpendicular to the boat's hull are very good for downwind sailing ; they dominated in the ancient Mediterranean and spread to Northern Europe, and were independently invented in China and Ecuador.
To keep the kids from panicking, Harry begins to sing, hoping that the boat will make it across, but as they near the other end of the lake, the boat's motor fails, the propeller blades where eaten by the acid.
A key aspect of hydroplanes is that they use the water they are on for lift rather than buoyancy, as well as for propulsion and steering: when travelling at high speed water is forced downwards by the bottom of the boat's hull.
As the crew celebrated the nuclear boat's misfortune, they held a contest to design a pin recognizing when a diesel boat needed to take a " broke-down nuke boat's " mission.
The boat's engine gets flooded and they are caught in the Corryvreckan whirlpool, but Torquil is able to restart the motor just in time and they return safely to Mull.
Unlike centerboards, which are symmetric along the boat's axis, leeboards are often asymmetric, so they more efficiently provide lift in one direction only.
** 12: 36 The navigation team makes a tentative fix on the boat's position but they are unable to confirm it.
The film is about a wealthy woman whose yachting vacation with friends in the Mediterranean Sea takes an unexpected turn when she and one of the boat's crew are separated from the others and they become stranded on a deserted island.
As they board the ship, Kit's baby says the boat's actual name, " Beatrice ," which is also her own name.
To compensate for their lack of capsize-preventing leverage, they are also allowed to extend the boat's rack outwards, effectively making the boat wider.
Again, it lies above the boat's frames or timbers as they cross the hog but in this instance, its main function is frequently to provide a means of holding down the bottom boards in such a way that they can easily be removed for maintenance.

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