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2. Holystone - Wikipedia

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   Holystone. Holystone is a soft and brittle sandstone that was formerly used in the Royal Navy and US Navy for scrubbing and whitening the wooden decks of ships. A variety of origins have been proposed for the term, including that such stones were taken from broken monuments of St. Nicholas Church in Great Yarmouth [1] or else the ruined church ...

3. Careening - Wikipedia

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   Careening (also known as "heaving down") is a method of gaining access to the hull of a sailing vessel without the use of a dry dock. It is used for cleaning or repairing the hull. Before ship's hulls were protected from marine growth by fastening copper sheets over the surface of the hull, fouling by this growth would seriously affect the ...

4. Brown Tract Pond Campground - Wikipedia

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   Brown Tract Pond Campground is a campground run by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation [2] in Raquette Lake, New York.It is located on the shores of Browns Tract Pond [3] in a remote area of the Adirondacks, [4] approximately two miles (3.2 km) from Raquette Lake, near the town of Inlet in Hamilton County.

5. Going fishing in Lake Erie? New fish cleaning station open at ...

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   A new fish cleaning station opened at Lampe Marina, on the south end of the parking lot, in Erie on May 1, 2024. The station will be open 24 hours a day, May 1 through Oct. 31, 2024.

6. Copper sheathing - Wikipedia

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   Copper sheathing. 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 during the 18th century.

7. 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 employed by the Anglo-Saxons, Frisians, and ...