buoyancy of the boat

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• Boat — A boat is a watercraft of modest size designed to float or plane on water, and provide transport over it. Usually this water will be inland (lakes) or in protected coastal areas. However, boats such as the whaleboat were designed to be operated… …   Wikipedia

• Buoyancy — The forces at work in buoyancy In physics, buoyancy (  / …   Wikipedia

• Boat building — Boat building, one of the oldest branches of engineering, is concerned with constructing the hulls of boats and, for sailboats, the masts, spars and rigging.Parts* Bow the front and generally sharp end of the hull. It is designed to reduce the… …   Wikipedia

• Boat positions (sport rowing) — With the exception of single sculls, each rower is numbered by boat position in ascending order from the bow to the stern. The person who is seated on the first seat is always the bowman , or more commonly called just bow , the closest to the… …   Wikipedia

• boat — boatable, adj. boatless, adj. /boht/, n. 1. a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion. 2. a small ship, generally for specialized use: a fishing boat. 3 …   Universalium

• Motor life boat — The Motor Life Boat (MLB) is an integral part of a coast guard fleet, built to withstand the most severe conditions at sea. Designed to be self bailing, self righting and practically unsinkable, MLBs are used for surf rescue in heavy weather.The… …   Wikipedia

• boat — /boʊt / (say boht) noun 1. a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion. 2. a small ship, generally for specialised use. 3. a small vessel carried for use… …  

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• buoyancy tank — noun : an airtight tank fitted into the stern or bow of a small boat (as a lifeboat) to keep it afloat if it fills with water or capsizes …   Useful english dictionary

• Neutral buoyancy — is a condition in which a physical body s mass equals the mass it displaces in a surrounding medium. This offsets the force of gravity that would otherwise cause the object to sink. An object that has neutral buoyancy will neither sink nor rise.… …   Wikipedia

• Rigid-hulled inflatable boat — A rigid inflatable boat (RIB) or rigid hulled inflatable boat, (RHIB) is a light weight but high performance and high capacity boat constructed with a solid, shaped hull and flexible tubes at the gunwale. The design is stable and seaworthy. The… …   Wikipedia