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2. Grumman sport boat - Wikipedia

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   Grumman sport boat. A Grumman Sportboat, (also Sport Boat, SportCanoe, or Sportee) is a 15' 4" long, 43" wide square stern canoe manufactured in the United States. [1] Along with the Coleman Scanoe, Grumman sportboats are patterned after "Grand Lakers", wooden fishing guide boats built on Grand Lake, Maine for oar power, subsequently modified ...

3. Century Boat Company - Wikipedia

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   The Century Boat Company was founded in 1926 at 333 W Beecher Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by two brothers, James and William Welch, who excelled in building wooden plank hulls for speed. The company was moved to Manistee, Michigan in 1928. In 1930, its Century Hurricane model held the world speedboat record of 50.93 miles per hour (81.96 km/h).

4. Chris-Craft Boats - Wikipedia

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   Chris-Craft Boats. Chris-Craft Boats was an American boats manufacturer founded by Christopher Columbus Smith (1861–1939). [1] The company was sold by the Smith family in 1960 to NAFI Corporation, which changed its name to Chris-Craft Industries in 1962. The current successor is Chris-Craft Corporation, which produces motorboats under the ...

5. John MacGregor (sportsman) - Wikipedia

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   John MacGregor (sportsman) John MacGregor (24 January 1825 Gravesend – 16 July 1892 Boscombe, Bournemouth), nicknamed Rob Roy after a renowned relative, was an English explorer, travel writer and philanthropist. He is generally credited with the development of the first sailing canoes and with popularising canoeing as a sport in Europe and ...

6. HMS Sportsman - Wikipedia

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   HMS Sportsman was a third-batch S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed in 1942, she spent most of the war serving in the Mediterranean Sea. After an initial patrol off Norway, she sank the heavy transport Général Bonaparte in the Mediterranean in 1943 and missed a French oil tanker.

7. Sailing (sport) - Wikipedia

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   The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records.