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  2. Pontoon boat - Wikipedia

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    A pontoon boat is a flattish boat that relies on floats to remain buoyant. These pontoons (also called tubes ) contain much reserve buoyancy and allow designers to create large deck plans fitted with a variety of accommodations including expansive lounge areas, stand-up bars, and sun pads.

  3. Float (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    Pontoon boat. A pontoon boat is a flattish boat that relies on nautical floats for buoyancy. Common boat designs are a catamaran with two pontoons, or a trimaran with three. [2] In many parts of the world, pontoon boats are used as small vehicle ferries to cross rivers and lakes. [3]

  4. List of How It's Made episodes - Wikipedia

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    List of. How It's Made. episodes. How It's Made is a documentary television series that premiered on January 6, 2001, on the Discovery Channel in Canada and Science in the United States. The program is produced in the Canadian province of Quebec by Productions MAJ, Inc. and Productions MAJ 2. In the United Kingdom, it is broadcast on Discovery ...

  5. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    A AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...

  6. Navy lighterage pontoon - Wikipedia

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    The Navy Lighterage pontoon (NLP) was a type of pontoon developed in World War II by Capt. John N. Laycock Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) and used by United States Navy Construction Battalions ( Seabees) [1] on invasion beaches and shallow harbors or harbors where the facilities had been destroyed or did not exist.

  7. Pontoon bridge - Wikipedia

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    A pontoon bridge is a collection of specialized, shallow draft boats or floats, connected together to cross a river or canal, with a track or deck attached on top. The water buoyancy supports the boats, limiting the maximum load to the total and point buoyancy of the pontoons or boats. [2]

  8. Tigerfish Aviation - Wikipedia

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    Tigerfish Aviation. Tigerfish Aviation is an aerospace research and development company based in Norwood, South Australia. [1] The company has been developing a retractable pontoon system for the float plane industry, which has been patented as Retractable Amphibious Pontoon Technology or RAPT since the late 1990s. [2]

  9. Harris Pontoon Boats - Wikipedia

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    In the 1970s Harris Flotebote pontoons were early adopters of sterndrives, and had motor-pods capable of holding engines as powerful as 140 horsepower—which enabled Harris Pontoons to pull water-skiers, an early innovation for pontoon boats.

  10. Pontoon - Wikipedia

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    Pontoon may refer to: Buoyant devices. Float (nautical), an air-filled structure providing buoyancy; Any of various objects that float on pontoons, including: Pontoon (boat), a flat-bottomed boat supported by two or more pontoons; Floatplane, also known as a pontoon plane; Floating dock (jetty), a platform supported by pontoons

  11. Fishing vessel - Wikipedia

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    Fishing vessel. A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals (e.g. shrimps / prawns, krills, coleoids, etc.) in the sea, lake or river. Humans have used different kinds of surface vessels in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing .