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    integral to their influence on Canadian professional rowing. Both athletes maintain the acceptance of professional rowing in Canada in the final decades of the 19th century through their international success and their popular appeal. Edward 'Ned' Hanlan was a Toronto-based athlete, the son of a police officer turned hotelier. As early as 1871, at age 16, Hanlan won his first boat race, but it would be two years before he would win his first rowing race, entering the sport as a professional athlete

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    Kael : A Short Story

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    Kael and grinned. "Kael! You devil! If you can propel the boat with magic, why am I rowing!!?" She had to laugh, she had not expected the sober faced Elf to withhold that kind of information. Kael shrugged. "Well, I was beginning to enjoy the pampering, but I am capable, you know. I may not have the power that Aelyth does, but I do have the bloodstone." He chuckled. It then became very apparent as Hani stopped rowing, that the boat continued to go across the river without stopping or slowing down

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    Are Rovs Good Or Bad

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    Introduction Paragraph: Do you think ROVS are a good idea? Cause i think they are! ROVS may not seem like they’re much, yet I think they are how about you? They help scientists out underwater a lot. I think it's important because it helps the explores underwater. They won’t have to waste a lot of time underwater. The ROVS can help see what's underwater and help them out so they don’t have to do all the work. People may argue they're not valuable cause they are a lot of money. They won’t have to

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    managed to row their way to their first gold medal in the eights rowing competition. The Boys in The Boat by Daniel James Brown delves into the stories of Joe Rantz and Washington’s rowing organization before their victory in the Olympics, revealing the many obstacles they had to overcome to gain the coveted gold medal. At the beginning of Chapter 13, the epigraph above describes the beauty and efficiency of the “swing” in rowing, where a team begins to row in sync in an almost magical fashion,

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    VB NSW Cup Case Study

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    Round 16 of the VB NSW Cup saw major shifts in the ladder mixed with some quality games of rugby league – that was backed up by various statistical individual performances. New Zealand Warriors leapfrogged Mounties into second position thanks to a hatrick from David Fusitu’a, as well six conversions from six attempts by Mason Lino. Fusitu’a also ran for 197 metres while Nathaniel Roache clocked up 185 metres. Glen Buttriss and Mitch Barnett made over 40 tackles each for Mounties, while Mitch Cornish

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    The boating industry ( SIC code 3732 and NAICS code: 336612) is a collection of firms that works predominantly in the business of manufacturing boats. Within this particular NAICS entry are manufacturers that specialize in the production of watercraft, not in shipyards, for the purpose of personal customer use; Including: classic boats, airboats, inflatable plastic and inflatable rubber boats, sailboats, yachts, underwater remote operated vehicles, pleasure boats and motor boats, just to name

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    Titanic, the HMHS Britannic, RMS Lusitania; what do these names all have in common? That’s right, they all were boats that sunk. Relating to my story, I was in a tropical paradise that looked as if it was the kind you see on calendars and default backgrounds on computers, the kind you thought never really existed. Never had I seen such beauty before. My family and I walked the soft sanded beaches for hours on end every day, soaking in all of the burning sun's rays and exploring everything the island

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    Best bottom of boat paint As a boat owner you know the struggle of keeping your boat in its best shape. The fact that your boat will sit in water, where it will be subject to the elements, and a population of various sea creatures, only complicates matters. The best way to maintain your boat, and to protect it from the corrosive effects of Mother Nature, is by using the right boat paints, also referred to as anti-fouling, boat bottom or ablative paint. These paints serve two crucial functions. First

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    Car Lab Report

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    Partner Write Up For this particular experiment I was paired with a deer peer and friend of mine, Jazmin Uribe. For the construction process, we both worked on separate sections of the boat individually, allowing us more time for the testing process itself. During construction there were a few misunderstanding but we sorted through them and were able to build two successful boat, the Shook and the Shooketh. During testing we worked as one and while one would spit up and separate the work equally

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    Thomas’ ship made it to the Atlantic about an hour after daybreak- it was a lot quicker going downriver than up. He was relieved not to see any other ships a sail as he pointed the eagle figurehead toward the north and Charleston Harbor. He just hoped his luck continued and he made it in easily. The closer they came to harbor the harder it was to keep thoughts of Allie at bay. Staring ahead, he tried to keep a watchful eye on the horizon- he estimated that they should make it to Charleston about

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