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2. Caïque - Wikipedia

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   A caïque ( Greek: καΐκι, kaiki, from Turkish: kayık [1]) is a traditional fishing boat usually found among the waters of the Ionian or Aegean Sea, and also a light skiff used on the Bosporus. [1] It is traditionally a small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail. The caïque is also a typical case of positioning the ...

3. Priest (tool) - Wikipedia

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   Priest found in Oxfordshire, England. A priest (also called a poacher's priest, game warden's priest, angler's priest, fish bat [1] or persuader) is a tool for killing game or fish. The name "priest" comes from the notion of administering the "last rites" to the fish or game. Anglers often use priests to quickly kill fish.

4. Clinker (boat building) - Wikipedia

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   Clinker -built (also known as lapstrake) [1] [2] is a method of boat building in which the edges of hull planks overlap each other. Where necessary in larger craft, shorter planks can be joined end to end, creating a longer strake or hull plank. The technique originated in Scandinavia, and was successfully used by the Anglo-Saxons, Frisians ...

5. Long-tail boat - Wikipedia

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   The long-tail boat, ( Thai: เรือหางยาว, RTGS : ruea hang yao, [1] pronounced [rɯ̄a̯ hǎːŋ jāːw]) is a type of watercraft native to Southeast Asia, which uses a common automotive engine as a readily available and maintainable powerplant. [2] A craft designed to carry passengers on a river may include a lightweight long ...

6. Fish tug - Wikipedia

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   A fish tug (sometimes called fishtug, fish tugboat, fishing tug, etc.) is a type of boat that was used for commercial fishing in the first half of the 20th century, primarily on the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway . Katherine V, displayed at the Besser Museum of Northeast Michigan, is believed to be the last remaining intact wooden fish tug.

7. 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. It was pioneered and developed by the Royal Navy ...