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A review in Small Boats Magazine by Audrey and Kent Lewis stated, "We think the Drascombe Lugger is one [of] the most versatile small boats ever built." [6] A 2008 review by John Kretschmer in Sailing Magazine, noted the boat's stability and ability to deal with high winds by reducing sail. He wrote, "Luggers have pleasant lines, with a nice ...
RNLI inshore rescue boat during Falmouth Lifeboat Day, August 2006. A rigid inflatable boat (RIB), also rigid-hull inflatable boat or rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB), is a lightweight but high-performance and high-capacity boat constructed with a rigid hull bottom joined to side-forming air tubes that are inflated with air to a high pressure so as to give the sides resilient rigidity along ...
1974 Drascombe Lugger "Roamer" sailing East Bay Florida. The word Drascombe is a trademark that was first registered by John Watkinson who applied it to a series of sailing boats which he designed and built in the period 1965–79 and sold in the United Kingdom (UK).
List of active Royal Marines military watercraft is a list of landing craft and other watercraft in service with the Royal Marines.It consists of a varied fleet of landing craft, patrol vessels and special forces watercraft (I.e. mini submarines etc.) maintained by the Royal Navy and designed to transport the Royal Marines or special forces from ship to shore as well as conduct river or ...
At the bow of the boat are storage bags for equipment (foot pumps, extra lines, etc.) and a special fuel bladder, which can be of either 6- or 18-gallon capacity and which feeds the engine via a flexible hose. Deflated and rolled up, the boat and all necessary equipment can easily fit into the bed of a small pickup.
The second book followed in March 1999 in the UK, where it was titled The Mad Ship; a US edition titled Mad Ship followed one month later. [2] [3] The concluding volume, Ship of Destiny, was released in March 2000 in the UK and in August 2000 in the US. [4] The series was stylized as The Liveship Traders, [1] and also as the Liveship Traders. [3]
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The Inflatable Raiding Craft (IRC) is a series of fast raiding and assault craft in service with the Royal Navy (incl. the Royal Marines and the Special Boat Service). Despite being among the smallest of the amphibious craft, the IRC is one of the most widely used due to its mobility and versatility.