Weird science: confessions from 1,000 boat tests
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Boating magazine puts extraordinary effort into the 120 boat tests it conducts every year to ensure that the results are reliable and precise. The 12 technical experts on the test team use $40,000 of sophisticated testing equipment in evaluating the boats.
Publication Name: Boating
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0006-5374
Year: 1996
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Many boating innovations concerning equipment and fiberglass materials are not new. The more powerful outboard motors had their forerunners in the 1950s and 1960s while the use of fiberglass in boat construction is as old as the material itself.
Publication Name: Boating
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0006-5374
Year: 1995
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