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  2. Kitsap Fast Ferries - Wikipedia

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    Kitsap Fast Ferries is a passenger ferry service operating between Seattle and Kitsap County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is funded and operated by Kitsap Transit and began service in July 2017, with a single boat traveling between Seattle and Bremerton .

  3. Knot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Knots tied at a distance of 47 feet 3 inches (14.4018 m) from each other, passed through a sailor's fingers, while another sailor used a 30-second sand-glass (28-second sand-glass is the currently accepted timing) to time the operation. [9]

  4. Showboat Branson Belle - Wikipedia

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    The boat was constructed at its port at White River Landing and was launched on August 12, 1994. The boat was launched into Table Rock Lake at a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) on launching rails lubricated with two tons of bananas.

  5. Transatlantic sailing record - Wikipedia

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    Time Yacht Skipper Crew Date Average speed 12d 04h 01m 19s Atlantic: Charlie Barr: 1905 10.20 knots (18.89 km/h) 10d 05h 14m 20s [Multihull] Paul Ricard (trimaran) Éric Tabarly: Éric Bourhis, Georges Calvé, Dominique Pipat 1980 12.15 knots (22.50 km/h) 9d 10h 06m 34s Elf Aquitaine: Marc Pajot: 1981 13.18 knots (24.41 km/h) 08d 16h 36m Jet ...

  6. Hull speed - Wikipedia

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    Hull speed can be calculated by the following formula: where is the length of the waterline in feet, and is the hull speed of the vessel in knots. If the length of waterline is given in metres and desired hull speed in knots, the coefficient is 2.43 kn·m −½.

  7. With boating season on horizon, Coast Guard, boat captains ...

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    Boating can be a lot of fun, but it can also be dangerous, even deadly. In 2022, recreational boating accidents claimed 636 lives and injured 2,222 people, according to the Coast Guard.Those 4,040 ...

  8. Kochi Water Metro - Wikipedia

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    The speed of the boat is 8 knots in battery mode and 10 knots in hybrid mode. [22] Interiors of Kochi Water Metro boat. There are arrangements to automatically monitor the movement of the boat from the operating control center at Vyttila hub. A thermal camera is also equipped to assist the boat operator during night travel.

  9. NYC Ferry - Wikipedia

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    The CBC found that the city paid $10.73 per person per ride, and once the Coney Island route started operating, the subsidy to NYC Ferry would rise to $25 per person per ride. The per-ride subsidy was so high because NYC Ferry had only 4.1 million passengers in 2018, less than the total subway patronage on an average weekday.