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29 relations: Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, Battle of First Bar, Birlinn, Boat building, Carrying pole, Clinker (boat building), Edwin Anderson Jr., El Toro (dinghy), Fatty Knees, Glossary of nautical terms, Grace Quan, Gunwale, Inflatable, Inflatable boat, John Williams (Medal of Honor, born 1828), Longboat, Otter (dinghy), Pacific Northwest canoes, Portage, RNLB Benjamin Bond Cabbell II (ON 12), Seahopper, Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster, St. Ayles Skiff, Thames skiff, The Pokrovsky Gate, The Ryans and the Pittmans, Tofta, Gotland, Transom (nautical), Wayfarer (dinghy).
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women is a 1991 nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize winner Susan Faludi, in which the author argues for the existence of a media driven "backlash" against the feminist advances of the 1970s.
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Battle of First Bar
The Battle of First Bar was fought between British and Chinese forces at First Bar Island and its surrounding area in the Pearl River, Guangdong province, China, on 27 February 1841 during the First Opium War.
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Birlinn
The birlinn (spelt bìrlinn in Scottish Gaelic) was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on.
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Boat building
Boat building, one of the oldest branches of engineering, is concerned with constructing the hulls of boats and, for sailboats, the masts, spars and rigging.
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Carrying pole
A carrying pole, also called a shoulder pole or a milkmaid's yoke, is a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load.
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Clinker (boat building)
Clinker built (also known as lapstrake) is a method of boat building where the edges of hull planks overlap each other, called a "land" or "landing." In craft of any size shorter planks can be joined end to end into a longer strake or hull plank.
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Edwin Anderson Jr.
Edwin Alexander Anderson Jr. (16 July 1860 – 23 September 1933) was a United States Navy officer who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the 1914 American intervention at Veracruz.
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El Toro (dinghy)
The El Toro is a one-design class of sailing dinghy.
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Fatty Knees
The Fatty Knees fibreglass sailing dinghies were designed by Lyle Hess (1912–2002).
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Glossary of nautical terms
This is a partial glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, while many date from the 17th to 19th centuries.
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Grace Quan
Grace Quan is a modern reconstruction of a Chinese-American shrimp fishing junk, similar to those in the fleet that operated in San Francisco Bay in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Gunwale
The gunwale is the top edge of the side of a boat.
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Inflatable
An inflatable is an object that can be inflated with a gas, usually with air, but hydrogen, helium and nitrogen are also used.
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Inflatable boat
An inflatable boat is a lightweight boat constructed with its sides and bow made of flexible tubes containing pressurised gas.
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John Williams (Medal of Honor, born 1828)
John Williams (born 1828, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mathias Point.
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Longboat
In the days of sailing ships, a vessel would carry several ship's boats for various uses.
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Otter (dinghy)
Otter is a classification referring to a particular design for a two-man sailing dinghy with a glass fibre hull.
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Pacific Northwest canoes
Masterfully designed canoes of many sizes and forms were made on the Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
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Portage
Portage or portaging is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water.
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RNLB Benjamin Bond Cabbell II (ON 12)
RNLB Benjamin Bond Cabbell II (ON 12)The Cromer Lifeboats, by Bob Malster & Peter Stibbons,:Poppyland Publishing, was a Cromer non self-righter type lifeboat stationed at Cromer Lifeboat Station in the English county of Norfolk from September 1884Cromer Lifeboats 1804-2004, Leach, Nicholas & Russell, Paul, Pub: Tempus Publishing, 2004, until September 1902.
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Seahopper
Seahopper is a brand of wooden folding boats, built in Wellington, Somerset, England.
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Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster
On 9 December 1886, Mexico, a Hamburg-registered barque bound for Guayaquil from Liverpool went aground near Southport, in a full west north westerly gale.
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St. Ayles Skiff
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Thames skiff
A Thames skiff is a traditional River Thames wooden rowing boat used for the activity of skiffing.
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The Pokrovsky Gate
The Pokrovsky Gate (Pokrovskiye Vorota) is a 1982 Soviet comedy film produced for television by Mosfilm.
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The Ryans and the Pittmans
"The Ryans and The Pittmans" is a popular Newfoundland folk song.
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Tofta, Gotland
Tofta is a locality on the island of Gotland, Sweden.
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Transom (nautical)
In naval architecture, a transom is either the surface that forms the stern of a vessel or one of the many horizontal beams that make up that surface (e.g., the "wing transom", etc.). Transoms may be flat or curved and they may be vertical, raked forward, also known as a retroussé or reverse transom, angling forward (toward the bow) from the waterline to the deck, or raked aft, often simply called "raked", angling in the other direction.
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Wayfarer (dinghy)
The Wayfarer is a wooden or fibreglass hulled fractional Bermuda rigged sailing dinghy of great versatility; used for short 'day boat' trips, longer cruises and for racing.
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