Rise Of OBO’s: We have been studying differenttypes of sailing shipsand now we will look at an OBO. Oil-Bulk-Ore carriers are also called as combination carriers as they are designed to carry cargoes of different nature. Sometimes, these ships are also called as PROBO’s. PROBO-Product-...
Deep sea fishing is not an easy task as it requires specialized equipments and storage facilities. Also, some of the species are found only in particular areas which are often under the influence of bad weather. Fishermen have to performarduous and dangerous tasksto get the desired type of fis...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook tintype (redirected fromTintypes) Wikipedia tin·type (tĭn′tīp′) n. Seeferrotype. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ...
Lateen-rigged sailing ships, also known as Navi. Strong and swift Spanish ship (probably a galley) which in the old fleets played a part equivalent to that of the Fragatas. Norfolk Wherry The Norfolk wherry is a black-sailed trader, type of boat on The Broads in Norfolk. It is doub...
preserve of a small number of classic boat enthusiasts – there are Olympians and professional round the world racers whose own boats are immaculately maintained classics. Equally, the design of many popular racing classes – even those favoured by elite sailors – are more than 40 years old. ...
(Below: Example of a Flying Dutchman.) (Foiling boats were all the rage and can achieve significant speeds that are thrilling and test the skill and balance of the people sailing them.) Over the years, daysailers have had every possible rig and sail combination, whatever it took to allow ...
Today’s definition of slush fund dates back to the days when enterprising cooks working on sailing ships began saving the grease left over from the meat they prepared for the sailors’ meals. The smelly fat they collected in barrels was given the nickname slush and sold to candle makers and...
of bridge: fewer than 30 structures have been built so far. Of those, only twelve bridges are being used today. Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, for example, is a 2,600-ton steel structure built across the River Tees, England. It provides a span of 570 feet to accommodate sailing ships....
ships are used to lay cables across thedepths of oceanfloors. They have their ownpropulsion system. Thesize of the shipdepends on the depth at which the cables are to be laid. Higher the depths,bigger is the ship. So just read further to know more about this interesting type of ship. ...
The collision bulkhead shall be of water-tight. Kapok life jackets should NOT be stowed near open flame or left on open decks . You should not divide the fresh water into three trips. Many of the soundings shown on the chart are derived from inadequate and often very old surveys. Undue ...