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thwart needing to be 10–12 inches (250–300 mm) below the point on the gunwale where the oar is pivoted. With these two parameters fixed, the oarsman...

eight individual airtight chambers comprise the FC470. The main hull or gunwale contains five intercommunicating chambers, which are separated by internal...

water. Canoe manufacturers typically provide three beam measurements: the gunwale (the measurement at the top of the hull), the waterline (the measurement...

speed. The ramming vessel would ride up over the gunwale and either force it under water or cause it to roll over. The enemies were either killed, left to...

roller, with vertical and horizontal rollers, mounted on the bulwark or gunwale and used to constrain and guide a fishing net or towing cable for a net...

often fit more snugly to the paddler and possess a steeper angle between gunwale and stem, which lends maneuverability. Most of the Aleut people in the...

turret deck ships and more conventional ships are apparent. There was no gunwale; the vertical side of a turret ship curves inward above the load line to...

wash affects the boat stability and can cause water to flood over the gunwales. Sometimes called "shells" in the US In a sweep boat, each rower has one...

with the removal of the elevated command post, the modification of the gunwales into curved walls, and the addition of a roof covered in iron spikes (and...

superstructure, the physical housing of ballast load as low as possible, roll-damping to resist energy inputs from waves and disturbed water, and a contribution...

aim point for Able and was painted orange, with white gun barrels and gunwales, to make her stand out in the central cluster of target ships. There were...

shoe, flew, through; sleeve, leave, even, seize, siege; stole, coal, bowl, roll, old, mould), and the use of identical sequences for spelling different sounds...

was to bring the two ships close enough to actually jump from friendly gunwale to enemy deck, with grappling hooks and lines helping to keep the vessels...

addition naval hammocks could be rolled tightly and stowed in an out of the way place or in nets along the gunwale as additional protection during battle...

people, that the gunwales were reported to be far down in the water; one female passenger later said that when she leaned against the gunwale her hair trailed...

two hundred yards of the beach, the R.B. Forbe struck a rock, rolled one gunwale deep under water, and began taking on seawater. The occupants quickly shifted...

eighty-five men, was of the smallest description of 74 launches, with one gunwale entirely broken in, and without a rudder. This will better prove than anything...

condition the main deck of the barge is at the same level with the pusher's gunwale. The tonnage of the combination is that of the pusher and barge combined...

from the deck, and folding ladders into the water. Backward roll: The diver sits on the gunwale or RHIB tube facing into the boat, and falls in backwards...

stones lie at a higher level than the row of rivets that outline the ship's gunwale, it is unlikely that the stones were used to support the ship in the burial...