Outboard motors, insurance, and boat repairs may also be financed in the same way as boats.

She also banks into a turn like a fine runabout -- not digging in on the outside to throw passengers all over the boat like many a small cabin cruiser.

The Mariner's Cross is also referred to as St. Clement's Cross, in reference to the way this saint was martyred ( being tied to an anchor and thrown from a boat into the Black Sea in 102 ).

The deposed Emperor attempted to escape in a boat with his wife Agnes and his mistress, but was captured ( note that by some, Andronikos not only survived, but also managed to escape to the then self-proclaimed Kingdom of Cyprus ).

He also served in the U. S. Navy in World War I, as a shipboard radio operator, as an editor of a publication, and as a crash rescue boat commander.

The concept was much improved by the Italian Roberto Valturio in 1463, who devised a boat with five sets, where the parallel cranks are all joined to a single power source by one connecting-rod, an idea also taken up by his compatriot Francesco di Giorgio.

The cause of the crash has been attributed to Campbell not waiting to refuel after doing a first run of and hence the boat being lighter, and also the wash caused by his first run and made much worse by the use of the water brake.

The Majorities of town near the coastal of Haiti are also accessible by the small sailing boat which is preferable and cheaper to many passengers.

A boat equipped with hydrofoils is also called a hydroplane ( boat ).

He was also a spiritualist and conducted a famous seance during an air raid in a boat house near what is now Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club.

Results of these tests are an objective measure of an athlete's fitness ; however, weight, technique and team coordination also impact performance in a boat, thus assembling a crew based purely on erg scores is not an optimal strategy.

He also had a great interest in ferryboats, at his fiancee's suggestion, their marriage was performed on the Roaring Bull boat, part of the Millersburg Ferry, in the middle of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania.

SMS Lübeck was the first German cruiser to be fitted with turbine engines, which were also trialled in torpedo boat S-125.

It also had very rounded underwater sections but had more pronounced flair in the topsides, giving it more stability as well as keeping more water out of the boat at speed or in waves.

The same romance also endows him with such gifts from the sea god Manannán as the sword Fragarach, the horse Enbarr ( Aonbarr ), the boat Wave-Sweeper, his armor and helmet.

As a young man, Reagan raced boats and later also sold them at a Sea Ray boat dealership in Van Nuys, California.

These features also have made it attractive for boat builders, such as the prestigious Hinckley Yachts.

Parasailing, also known as parascending, or " parakiting " is a recreational kiting activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle ( usually a boat ) while attached to a specially designed canopy wing that reminds one of a parachute, known as a parasail wing.

It may be reached by foot or by boat, and also by train as it is served by the nearby Berney Arms railway station, which likewise has no road access and serves no other settlement.

He also staged the film's climactic sequence, in which three men in a small boat strive to row back to shore through perilously high, rock-infested seas.

In flatwater rowing, the boat ( also called a shell or fine boat ) is narrow to avoid drag, and the oars are attached to oarlocks at the end of outriggers extending from the sides of the boat.

The sweep oared boat has to be stiffer to handle these unmatched forces, so consequently requires more bracing and is usually heavier – a pair ( 2 -) is usually a more robust boat than a double scull ( 2x ) for example, and being heavier is also slower when used as a double scull.

While the diver seeks out colonies of abalone amongst the reef beds the deckhand operates the boat, known as working " live " and stays above where the diver is working.

Sailfish are so plentiful that boat captains have been known to bet with a potential customer that if he does not catch anything the trip is free.

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.

They needed the same seaworthiness and endurance, and as they necessarily became larger, they became officially designated " torpedo boat destroyers ", and by the First World War were largely known as " destroyers " in English.

In the 18th century and the 19th century Emsworth was known for shipbuilding, boat building and rope making.

Ibn Battuta is known to have sailed by boat to Gao where he spent a month learning about its inhabitants and geography.

Once a small Persian Gulf sheikhdom known locally as a center for pearl diving and boat construction, Kuwait came to international prominence in the post-World War II era largely because of its enormous oil revenues.

The term " embalming fluid " is often used to refer to the liquid PCP in which a cigarette is dipped, to be ingested through smoking, commonly known as " boat " or " water.

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.

As these designs became more formalized they became known as " torpedo boat destroyers ", and eventually evolved into the modern destroyer.

Heading towards the wake chest facing the boat is known as a heelside edge ; approaching from the other direction with chest facing away from the boat is known as toeside edge.

* Tango ( boat ), also known as the Armored Troop Carrier, used in the Vietnam War

The spelling of his name includes a hieroglyph which is thought to be connected with steering a boat, although its exact nature is not known.

The earliest known depiction of a fishing reel comes from a Southern Song ( 1127 – 1279 ) painting done in 1195 by Ma Yuan ( c. 1160 – 1225 ) called " Angler on a Wintry Lake ," showing a man sitting on a small sampan boat while casting out his fishing line.

Building and enlarging the islands, along with the new Concorde Bridge built to connect them with the site-specific mass transit system known as the Montreal Expo Express, plus a boat pier, cost more than the Saint Lawrence Seaway project did only five years earlier: this was even before any buildings or infrastructure were constructed.

On a modern fore-and-aft rigged boat the largest sail set on the main-mast is known as the mainsail, rather than main course.

The oldest and best known tourist attraction at Niagara Falls is the Maid of the Mist boat cruise, named for an ancient Ongiara Indian mythical character, which has carried passengers into the rapids immediately below the falls since 1846.

In June 2007, four North Korean defectors reached Aomori Prefecture, after having been at sea for six days, marking the second known case ever where defectors have successfully reached Japan by boat.

Martha's Vineyard is primarily known as a summer colony, and is accessible only by boat and by air.