But BRP has a good record, having previously developed breakthrough products including the Ski-doo snowmobile and the Sea-doo "personal watercraft".
Lifeboat, watercraft especially built for rescue missions.
In the process, moving from bases on the English Channel to those on the North Sea and leading charismatically from the lowest ranks as Aircraftman Shaw, he worked on improved designs for high-speed seaplane-tender watercraft, testing them in rigorous trials and developing a technical manual for their use.
A variety of watercraft are used in fishing, including the papyrus-reed kadeï of the Yedina and the sewn-plank boats of the Kotoko.
Customs and border-surveillance agencies have access to some of the most complex and exotic watercraft to combat illicit drug-running and border incursions.
As a sport, it involves watercraft known as shells (usually propelled by eight oars) and sculls (two or four oars), which are raced mainly on inland rivers and lakes.
Early civilizations, which arose by waterways, depended on watercraft for transport.
Although it is threatened by the effects of water sports, sightseeing boats (whose anchors tear apart sections of reef), and fishing, the reef has been kept largely accessible to watercraft because of its importance to the tourist and fishing industries.
Steamboat, any watercraft propelled by steam, but more narrowly, a shallow-draft paddle wheel steamboat widely used on rivers in the 19th century, and particularly on the Mississippi River and its principal tributaries in the United States.
Boat, generic term for small watercraft propelled by paddles, oars, sail, or motor, open or partially decked, and usually less than 45 feet (roughly 14 meters) in length, A vessel larger than this is customarily classed as a ship, although the word boat is often applied to certain working vessels—such as tugboats that may be of considerable size.
After the acquisition of Rotax, the subsidiary continued to supply engines for the growing range of Bombardier vehicles, including the Sea-Doo personal watercraft introduced in 1988, and it eventually became the leading maker of engines for light aircraft.
