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The boats used for the Great Race are custom built identical Heavyweight Men's 8 + s ( eights ) from KIRS ( Kiwi International Rowing Skiffs ) in Cambridge, New Zealand, who have a reputation for building medal winning boats at World Championship and Olympic level.
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If your state has no provisions for the numbering of pleasure boats, you must apply for a number from the U.S. Coast Guard for any kind of boat with mechanical propulsion rated at more than 10 horsepower before it can be used on Federal waterways.
When dam construction began in 1933, fewer than 600 boats used these waters ; ;
* Muntz metal is about 60 % copper, 40 % zinc and a trace of iron, used as a lining on boats.
Circumstantial evidence, such as the early settlement of Australia over 40, 000 years ago, and findings in Crete dated 130, 000 years ago, suggests that boats have been used since ancient times.
The accounts of historians Herodotus, Pliny the Elder, and Strabo suggest that boats were being used for commerce and traveling.
Until the mid 19th century most boats were of all natural materials ; primarily wood although reed, bark and animal skins were also used.
A somewhat anachronistic yet still widely used system of ferry boats links the two shores.
Concrete is widely used for making architectural structures, foundations, brick / block walls, pavements, bridges / overpasses, motorways / roads, runways, parking structures, dams, pools / reservoirs, pipes, footings for gates, fences and poles and even boats.
There are very small harbors, with protective breakwaters, essentially used by fishing boats at Tarrafal on Santiago, Pedra de Lume on Sal and Ponta do Sol on Santo Antão.
The pier at Santa Maria on Sal used by both fishing and dive boats has been rehabilitated.
In contrast, however, survivors of the ill-fated Mexican military colony on Clipperton in 1917 ( see below ) indicated that they were dependent upon rain for their water supply, catching it in several old boats they used for this purpose.
# Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:
Taking boats through these used large amounts of water leading to conflicts with watermill owners and to correct this, the pound or chamber lock first appeared, in 10th century in China and in Europe in 1373 in Vreeswijk, Netherlands.
Military assault boats are small boats propelled by oars or an outboard motor and used to ferry dismounted infantry across water.
The size of the typical cruising boat has increased over the years and is currently in the range of 10 to 15 metres although smaller boats have been used in around-the-world trips, but are generally not recommended given the dangers involved.
Likewise, small boats typically have two circuits each with their own battery / batteries: one used for engine starting ; one used for domestics.
In response to this new threat more heavily-gunned picket boats called " catchers " were built which were used to escort the battle fleet at sea.
During warmer months, specialized boats were used to haul alcohol across the river.
There are over 800, 000 recreation boats in the state of Michigan, and more than half of those are regularly used on or near the Detroit River.
They are used to power fuel cell vehicles, including automobiles, buses, forklifts, airplanes, boats, motorcycles and submarines.
Extensively used for fiberglass, used for making glass-reinforced plastics ( boats, fishing rods, etc .).
During the era of Prohibition in the United States, these boats were called " rum-runners " because they were used to transfer rum from larger vessels waiting outside the territorial waters of the United States.
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Indeed, you wouldn't live long, for the females either drive the men they've seized from neighboring islands back to their boats after exploiting them for amatory purposes, or they destroy them by revolting but ingenious methods.
The British ships rolled at anchor, sent out picket boats and waited for orders from London.
Although the laws of the various states, in general, specify the situs of property, i.e., residence or domicile of the owner, or location of the property, the exceptions regarding boats, airplanes, mobile homes, etc., seem to add to the uncertainty of the proper origination point for assessment.
In view of the acceptance accorded the status of motor vehicles for tax purposes, in the absence of any specific provision it would seem entirely consistent to apply the same interpretation to boats or aircraft.
Interest has been shown for a number of years by local assessors in the possibility of taxing boats.
It is known that at least five towns ( Barrington, Bristol, Narragansett, Newport and Westerly ) place some value on some boats for tax purposes.
There are more than 8,000,000 recreational boats in use in the United States with almost 10,000,000 the prediction for within the next decade.
But during the last several years boats were launched in areas where, a short time ago, the only water to be found was in wells and watering troughs for livestock.
And trailers for boats are not what they started out to be ten years ago.
With U.S. Coast Guard cooperation, the American Boat and Yacht Council was formed to develop recommended practices and standards for boats and their equipment with reference to safety.
In 1959, the Yacht Safety Bureau was reorganized by the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers and a group of insurance underwriters to provide a testing laboratory and labeling service for boats and their equipment.
A portable kerosene range designed for use aboard boats is sold with a special railing to keep it from moving with the motion of the vessel.
In 1849, he received a patent for a flotation device for the movement of boats in shallow water.
It is navigable in small boats for about to near Markovo.
The Alabama River's main tributary, the Coosa River, crosses the mineral region of Alabama and is navigable for light-draft boats from Rome, Georgia, to about above Wetumpka ( about below Rome and below Greensport ), and from Wetumpka to its junction with the Tallapoosa.
However, in the 1990s, a local company called CCT Boatphone, which had previously provided radio boatphones to tourists on charter boats, expanded into cellular ( mobile ) telecommunications for land-based users.
Some boats too large for the naval definition include the Great Lakes freighter, riverboat, narrowboat and ferryboat.
( Unpowered boats include rafts and floats meant for one-way downstream travel.
Aluminum flat-bottomed boats ashore for storage
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