Sentences with phrase «boat hulls»

Around 1990, reports were all over the media about an inventor who was adding capsaicin to the paint used on boat hulls and intake valves on municipal water systems to prevent the growth of barnacles and zebra mussels.

On view are abstracted photographs of boat hulls by Michele Dragonetti that highlight their symmetry and unique characteristics.

Scientists are continually looking to make waterproof materials that can coat boat hulls, car parts and medical devices.

The small molluscs, which attach themselves to boats and clog underwater pipes, cost the US billions of dollars in pipe cleaning and repair, lost hydroelectric power, damaged boat hulls and other headaches.

Rescue of California sea lions from boat hull.

Michele Dragonetti's bold and colorful photographs present dramatic and graphic abstract portraits of the diminishing art of painted boat hulls on the East End.

Dragonetti continues to travel and document boat hulls for this ongoing series, expanding upon an incredibly large and diverse collection of compositions and colors.

Then there is a mahogany bicycle made by a skilled boat builder who used steam - bent timber to make it, a technique used to build boat hulls.

Michele Dragonetti's recent work has focused primarily on boat hulls, initially found at the marinas of Montauk.

If you find yourself caught on choppy waters, your canoe can be damaged on rocks or by hitting the hull of another boat

What plagues saltwater sailors really are the shells that barnacles build after they have attached to a boat hull or a rudder.

Weissert showed experimentally that the lower the temperature, the longer the tiny young mussels — measuring only 0.5 — 4 mm — can survive out of water, attached to boat hulls.

Fouling can occur, for example, as the result of the growth of bacteria, algae, or mollusks in harbor facilities, on boat hulls, and aquaculture netting.

Many of the organisms that wound up living on the panels are known as fouling species — microorganisms, algae, and invertebrates that anchor to boat hulls, jetties, and aquaculture facilities and wreak havoc for both humans and local marine communities — so lighting up marinas and harbors may not be in our best interest.

The front of the floor is as high as the opening's top lip and then swells outward like a boat hull as it drops down around the cabin before tapering tightly toward the rear of the car.

Weathered wood - print wallpaper and furniture with different grains and finishes evoke driftwood, beach huts and boat hulls.