In ships, frames are ribs that are transverse bolted or welded to the keel. Frames support the hull and give the ship its shape and strength. In wooden shipbuilding, each frame is composed of several sections, so that the grain … Continue reading →

How do you tell if your tie rod or ball joint is bad? When your tie rods go bad, the symptom you’re most likely to experience first is a vibration or shaking sensation in your steering wheel. You may also … Continue reading →

Manufacturers of pontoon boats baffle the pontoons into multiple air-tight chambers. This gives them an almost un-sinkable buoyancy. The pontoons are then sealed, so unless you rupture one, it’s not going to sink. How hard is it to sink a … Continue reading →

[ˈdəkˌtāl əˈdiSHən] 1. A sponson added to the stern of a vessel to increase waterline, add buoyancy and improve flow characteristics. 2. A man’s hairstyle popular in the 1950s in which the hair is slicked back on both sides and … Continue reading →

The doors and gates, including the one which Buckley refers to above, between Third Class and the rest of the ship were normally kept closed to comply with 1912 immigration laws. Did third class passengers get locked in Titanic? The … Continue reading →

To position it straight, the pedal has to be almost all the way back (heel down), any further and the motor turns slighlty to the right. How deep should a trolling motor prop be in the water? about 12-18 inchesA … Continue reading →

Is “portal” a shortening of “port hole” or is it just coincidence that they both have “port” and sound similar? “Portal” is derived from Latin portalis (“gate”). “Port” has several meanings, some of which also derive from portalis, although the … Continue reading →

For example, feeding salmon bite for roughly an hour before, through, and an hour after slack tide, because that’s when the food chain is most active. However, there are nuances. Mature salmon, particularly Chinook, bite best on the last hour … Continue reading →

Port and starboard are non-interchangeable terms referring to the two halves of the vessel. When looking from the bow to the stern, the port lies on the right side while the starboard side lies on the left side. What are … Continue reading →

Guardrails are designed to keep people from unintentionally straying into dangerous territory. They are usually placed in the trickiest areas, where it is easy to take a wrong turn. Just as guardrails along the roadway keep drivers safer, decision–making guardrails … Continue reading →

Does WD 40 polish aluminum? Phosphoric acid is one of the acids used to etch the surface of aluminum before anodizing (at least according to ASTM D3933). So, unless you’re planning to paint your shiny Airstream, and want to make … Continue reading →

A range of individual markings reveal the identification of each individual rebar: The first letter or symbol means producing mill and deformation pattern. The second marking means the bar size, in this picture, ” 11 ” means the diameter of … Continue reading →

You can use the Pythagorean theorem to estimate the diagonal of a rectangle, which can be expressed with the following formula: d² = l² + w² , and now you should know how to find the diagonal of a rectangle … Continue reading →

Crew members typically live on the lower deck, while staff members live on the upper deck. The captain and officers usually stay in private staterooms near the bridge. What is the captain’s room on a ship called? Originally Answered: What … Continue reading →

How to prevent it Ensure all underwater appendages such as heat exchangers, propellers, stern drives, struts and outlet pipes are all correctly earthed. Ensure any sacrificial blocks are the correct type, applied in the correct quantity and in the correct … Continue reading →