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2. Electric boat - Wikipedia

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   Campbell discusses the pollution that "traditional" batteries put into the water when a boat sinks, but Desmond says that electric boats are no more liable to sinking than other types and lists the leakage of fuel, engine oil and coolant additives as inevitable when an internal-combustion-engined boat sinks. Rutter points to the "very nasty ...

3. Clinker (boat building) - Wikipedia

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   Although overlapping seems to already appear in the 4th-century BC Hjortspring boats, [6] the oldest evidence for a clinker-built vessel, dendrochronologically dated to 190 AD, are boat fragments which were found in excavations at the site of the Nydam Boat. [7] The Nydam Boat itself, built c. 320 AD, is the oldest preserved clinker-built boat. [8]

4. Ballard Locks - Wikipedia

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   The Ballard Locks carry more boat traffic than any other lock in the U.S., and the locks, along with the fish ladder and the surrounding Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Gardens, attract more than one million visitors annually, making it one of Seattle's top tourist attractions.

5. Trolling (fishing) - Wikipedia

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   Power boats located near feeding grounds conducted most of the trolling. Each boat had four to ten lines, extending from tall poles hung outboard when fishing; each line carried several hooks, with heavy lead sinkers and spoons or baits as lures. Trolling lengthened the fishing season, allowing fishermen to fish in early spring before spawning ...

6. Copper sheathing - Wikipedia

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   The metal sheathing of Cutty Sark, made from the copper alloy Muntz metal. Copper sheathing is a method for protecting the hull of a wooden vessel from attack by shipworm, barnacles and other marine growth through the use of copper plates affixed to the surface of the hull, below the waterline.

7. Fishing sinker - Wikipedia

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   A claw sinker consists of a sinker weight which is typically of round shape, and a number of metal wire spikes grouped around the sinker weight acting as barbs. Claw sinkers are used in surf fishing on sandy bottoms with strong currents, mainly to prevent the sinker from getting carried off with the current. Upon casting a claw sinker, the line ...