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  2. List of maritime disasters in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The fishing boat capsized in a violent storm 300 miles southwest of Manila. The dead were devoured by sharks. Unnamed boat Un­known 29 August 1976 19 Un­known Un­known A boat capsized in the Davao River. MV Don Juan: Negros Navigation: 22 April 1980 176: 115 745: MV Don Juan was a luxury liner bound for Bacolod.

  3. Western Flyer (boat) - Wikipedia

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    The Western Flyer is a fishing boat, most known for its use by John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts in their 1940 expedition to the Gulf of California, the notes from which culminated in their 1941 book Sea of Cortez, later reworked by Steinbeck into The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951). [1] According to Kevin Bailey, [2] "the most famous fishing ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Marine salvage - Wikipedia

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    Capsizing occurs when a boat or ship is tipped over beyond the angle of positive static stability. It may result from broaching, knockdown, or loss of stability due to cargo shifting or flooding. In high speed boats, capsizing is a result of sharp turns. A capsized vessel may sink or remain afloat, and a sinking vessel may roll over while sinking.

  6. Dry dock - Wikipedia

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    Dry dock. A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft.

  7. Capsizing - Wikipedia

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    Capsizing or keeling over occurs when a boat or ship is rolled on its side or further by wave action, instability or wind force beyond the angle of positive static stability or it is upside down in the water. The act of recovering a vessel from a capsize is called righting. Capsize may result from broaching, knockdown, loss of stability due to ...

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