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Personal water craft

Index Personal water craft

A personal watercraft (PWC), also called water scooter, jetski, and comically a boatercycle, is a recreational watercraft that the rider sits or stands on, rather than inside of, as in a boat. [1]

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Alan G. Poindexter

Alan Goodwin "Dex" Poindexter (November 5, 1961 – July 1, 2012) was an American naval officer and a NASA astronaut.

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Aqua scooter

The Aqua scooter was invented in 1967 by East German chemical engineer Bernd Böttger.

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Boat

A boat is a watercraft of a large range of type and size.

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Body orifice

A body orifice is any opening in the body of an animal.

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Bombardier Inc.

Bombardier Inc. is a multinational aerospace and transportation company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bombardier started as a maker of snowmobiles, and is now a large manufacturer of regional airliners, business jets, mass transportation equipment, and a provider of financial services.

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Byron Bay, New South Wales

Byron Bay is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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California courts of appeal

The California courts of appeal are the state intermediate appellate courts in the U.S. state of California.

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Catalytic converter

A catalytic converter is an exhaust emission control device that converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalyzing a redox reaction (an oxidation and a reduction reaction).

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Clayton Jacobson II

Clayton Jacobson II (October 12, 1933) is a Norwegian American inventor credited with the inventing the jet ski.

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Clean Air Act (United States)

The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.) is a United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Flyboard

A Flyboard is a brand of hydroflighting device which supplies propulsion to drive the Flyboard into the air to perform a sport known as hydroflying.

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Four-stroke engine

A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft.

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Honda

is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.

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Impeller

An impeller (also written as impellor or impellar) is a rotor used to increase (or decrease in case of turbines) the pressure and flow of a fluid.

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Inboard motor

An inboard motor is a marine propulsion system for boats.

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Internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.

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Jet Ski

Jet Ski is the brand name of a personal water craft (PWC) manufactured by Kawasaki, a Japanese company.

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Jet ski fishing

Jet Ski Fishing is the practice of rigging a personal watercraft with fishing rods and accessories in order to travel to an area for fishing.

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Jetboat

A jetboat is a boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft.

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine Company (川崎重工業モーターサイクル&エンジンカンパニー) is a division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries that produces motorcycles, ATVs, utility vehicles, jet ski personal watercraft, and general-purpose gasoline engines.

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Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe (Washo: dáʔaw) is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States.

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Limitation of Liability Act of 1851

In United States maritime law, the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 (46 U.S.C. app. § 183 (1984)) historically, or (46 U.S.C. §§ 30501 - 30512) since Feb.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Mission Bay (San Diego)

--> Mission Bay is a saltwater bay or lagoon located south of the Pacific Beach community of San Diego, California.

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Napa County, California

Napa County is a county located north of San Pablo Bay in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Neoprene

Neoprene (also polychloroprene or pc-rubber) is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene.

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Outboard motor

An outboard motor is a propulsion system for boats, consisting of a self-contained unit that includes engine, gearbox and propeller or jet drive, designed to be affixed to the outside of the transom.

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Personal Watercraft Industry Association

The Personal Watercraft Industry Association (PWIA) is an American association of personal watercraft (PWC) manufacturers.

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Polaris Industries

Polaris Industries is an American manufacturer of snowmobiles, ATV, and neighborhood electric vehicles.

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Pump-jet

A view of pump-jets operating ''Discovery'' jet ski pump jet Rear view of pump-jet on a Mark 50 torpedo A pump-jet, hydrojet, or water jet is a marine system that creates a jet of water for propulsion.

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Recreation

Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time.

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San Diego County, California

San Diego County is a county in the southwestern corner of the state of California, in the United States.

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Sea-Doo

Sea-Doo is a brand of personal water craft and boats manufactured by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) since 1988.

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Surfrider Foundation

The Surfrider Foundation USA is a U.S. 501(c)(3) grassroots non-profit environmental organization that works to protect and preserve the world's oceans, waves and beaches.

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Toxic shock syndrome

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a condition caused by bacterial toxins.

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Trademark

A trademark, trade mark, or trade-markThe styling of trademark as a single word is predominantly used in the United States and Philippines only, while the two-word styling trade mark is used in many other countries around the world, including the European Union and Commonwealth and ex-Commonwealth jurisdictions (although Canada officially uses "trade-mark" pursuant to the Trade-mark Act, "trade mark" and "trademark" are also commonly used).

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Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and home to the University of Arizona.

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Two-stroke engine

A two-stroke (or two-cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine which completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during only one crankshaft revolution.

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UC Davis Medical Center

UC Davis Medical Center, formerly known as Sacramento Medical Center, is a major academic health center located in Sacramento, California.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.

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Vehicle

A vehicle (from vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo.

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Vincent Motorcycles

Vincent Motorcycles was a British manufacturer of motorcycles from 1928 to 1955.

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Watercraft

Watercraft or marine vessel are water-borne vehicles including ships, boats, hovercraft and submarines.

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WaveRunner

WaveRunner is a trademarked name and type of personal water craft (PWC) produced by the Yamaha Motor Company.

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Wetbike

A WetBike is a planing water motor cycle that is often described as cross between a motorcycle and a jet ski.

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Wetsuit

A wetsuit is a garment, usually made of foamed neoprene, which is worn by surfers, divers, windsurfers, canoeists, and others engaged in water sports and other activities in or on water, providing thermal insulation, abrasion resistance and buoyancy.

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Yamaha SuperJet

The SuperJet is a stand-up type personal watercraft (PWC) made by Yamaha Motor Corporation.

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Yamaha WaveBlaster

The WaveBlaster is a personal water craft (PWC) made by Yamaha Motor Corporation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_water_craft

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