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.

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Famous quotes containing the words boat and/or building:

    Let the space under the first storey be dark, let the water
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    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

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    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)