Stopping a boat would depend on the watercraft type, including available “braking” mechanisms. Regardless, most boaters reverse the thrust to reduce vessel speed, allowing them to stop the boat. Others would drop their anchors, while some would deploy other components to increase drag. There’s...
When it comes to assessing a boat’s velocity, boaters need to pay attention to certain factors influencing the vessel’s performance. Here are some that may affect a watercraft’s average speed: 1. Boat length A craft’s speed is exactly proportional to its length. The speedy boat is gen...
Academics are all short of reading time, but we’re not all in the same boat. There’s a scale of time privilege. Early career researchers, who have the greatest need to rack up measurable outputs in a short time, experience the highest teaching loads and most acute levels of time-povert...
Ask yourself: do you want to spend time and money to improve its appearance, knowing such an improvement may be short-lived and likely a waste (option 1 and option 2)? Or would you rather invest a similar amount of time and money in a better-quality piece that will last years, even ...
Eating out and avoiding the night bus delivered the most bang for my hoarded bucks, not that I did much of either. Everything else had catches. What became of the likely lads I appreciate that to some the notion of a nearly-middle-aged man living with his university friend and relishing...