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Spindrift (other)
Spindrift is a weather effect. Spindrift may also refer to: Boats and ships * Spindrift 13, a 1965 Canadian sailboat design * HMSAS Spindrift, HMSAS ''Spindrift'', a captured WWII German merchant raider called ''Polaris'', transferred to the South African Naval Forces in 1940 and renamed Brands and enterprises *Adnams Spindrift, a beer brewed by Adnams Brewery *Spindrift Beverage Co., a beverage company Fictional entities *''Spindrift'', a fictional novel written by the character Lady Florence Cray in the Jeeves stories *''Spindrift'', a fictional ship in ''Land of the Giants'' Geography * Spindrift Alley, a gully on the mountain Nanda Devi Literature *Spindrift (novel), ''Spindrift'' (novel), a science fiction novel Music *Spindrift (band), a rock band *Spindrift (song), "Spindrift" (song), a song by Rush {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spindrift
Spindrift (more rarely spoondrift) is the Sea spray, spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. This spray, which "drifts" in the direction of the gale, is one of the characteristics of a wind speed of 8 Beaufort scale, Beaufort and higher at sea. In Greek and Roman mythology, Leucothea was the goddess of spindrift. Terminology ''Spindrift'' is derived from the Scots language, but its further etymology is uncertain."spindrift, ''n.''", in ''w:Dictionary of the Scots Language, The Dictionary of the Scots Language'', Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLC]57069714 reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, ''w:Scottish National Dictionary, The Scottish National Dictionary'', Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, OCLC]847228655 Although the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' suggests it is a variant of ''wikt:spoondrift, spoondrift'' based on the way that word was pronounced in southwest Scotland, from ''wikt:spoon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spindrift 13
The Spindrift 13 is a Canadian sailing dinghy that was designed by Hubert Vandestadt and first built in 1965.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 26-27. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production The boat was produced as a kit and in completed form of fibreglass, plus could be built from scratch from wood. The design was built by Vandestadt and McGruer Limited in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada as its first product. There were 800 boats completed starting in 1965, but the company went out of business in 1987 and the boat is now out of production. Design The Spindrift 13 is a recreational sailboat, with the manufactured boats built predominantly of fibreglass, with the deck made as a foam sandwich. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle that moves through a flui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |