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    On a vessel's hull, a strake is a longitudinal course of planking or plating which runs from the boat's stempost (at the bows) to the sternpost or transom...
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    In aviation, a strake is an aerodynamic surface generally mounted on the fuselage of an aircraft to improve the flight characteristics either by controlling...
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    Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (properly referred to as Strake Jesuit or Jesuit but often informally called Strake by students and alumni) is a Jesuit...
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  • Look up strake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A strake is a strip of planking or plating on a ship's hull. Strake may also refer to: Strake (aeronautics)...
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    often described as Scruton strakes. For maximum effectiveness in suppression of vortices caused by air flow, each fin or strake should have a height of about...
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  • Divine Strake was the official designation for a large-yield, non-nuclear, high-explosive test that was planned for the Nevada National Security Site,...
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  • George Strake Jr. (June 10, 1935 – February 9, 2024) was an American politician. He served as Secretary of State of Texas from 1979 to 1981. Strake was born...
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    Matthew Boling (category Strake Jesuit College Preparatory alumni)
    anchored Strake Jesuit to 3rd in the 4 × 100 m. He went viral once again in the 4 × 400 m when he split 44.74 seconds on his anchor leg to bring Strake Jesuit...
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    larger craft, shorter planks can be joined end to end, creating a longer strake or hull plank. The technique originated in Scandinavia, and was successfully...
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  • outer-most structure on the hull of a steel or aluminum ship or boat. A strake is the name given to each line of planking in a wooden vessel. In modern...
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  • Win Stracke (redirect from Win Strake)
    Winfred "Win" J. Stracke (February 20, 1908 – June 29, 1991) was an American folk musician and co-founder of the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago...
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    lower strake is bevelled to suit the angle at which the next strake will lie in relation with it. This varies all along the land. The new strake is held...
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    terminologies, a rowlock is a U-shaped cut-out in the top strake of a boat (usually the wash-strake). In older texts, the U-shaped metal fitting may be called...
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    the closeness of her breasts and other tokens, which, when I felt them, strake me so to the heart, that I had neither will nor courage to prove the rest...
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    Oar Paddle Rope Rudder Steering oar Sail Sail components Stem Sternpost Strake Tiller Construction Boat building Careening Carvel built Clinker built Mortise...
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  • Preparatory of Houston (Houston) Jesuit College Preparatory School (Dallas) Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (Houston) Bellarmine Preparatory School (Tacoma)...
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    flap Leading-edge cuff Leading-edge droop flap LEX Slats Slot Stall strips Strake Variable-sweep wing Vortex generator Vortilon Wing fence Winglet Avionic...
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    Penn-te Strake (born 31 July 1953) is a Dutch jurist and politician. She was mayor of Maastricht from 1 July 2015 until 1 July 2023. Penn-te Strake grew...
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    Over time it remained as a valuable stiffener mounted inboard of the sheer strake on commercial and recreational craft. In modern boats, it is the top edge...
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    TX Active Camp Sol Mayer Texas Southwest Council Menard, TX Active Camp Strake Sam Houston Council Coldspring, TX Active Sold in 2007 due to highway expansion...
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    attack through the addition of leading-edge extension devices such as strakes. Unlike interceptors of the previous eras, most fourth-generation air-superiority...
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    vectoring, modifications to the flight controls, and with actuated forebody strakes. The program lasted from April 1987 to September 1996. NASA reported that...
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    The keel, 16.5 in × 15 in (42 cm × 38 cm), had on either side a garboard strake, 11 in × 12 in (28 cm × 30 cm), and then 6-inch (150 mm) planking decreasing...
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    is one of the strakes of wooden planking that forms the outer skin of the hull of a ship, but substantially thicker than the other strakes. It provides...
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    flap Leading-edge cuff Leading-edge droop flap LEX Slats Slot Stall strips Strake Variable-sweep wing Vortex generator Vortilon Wing fence Winglet Avionic...
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    Oar Paddle Rope Rudder Steering oar Sail Sail components Stem Sternpost Strake Tiller Construction Boat building Careening Carvel built Clinker built Mortise...
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  • Scouts Camp Strake was a Boy Scout Camp in Southern Montgomery County, Texas off of I-45. The camp closed in December 2014. Camp Strake is moving to...
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  • Oar Paddle Rope Rudder Steering oar Sail Sail components Stem Sternpost Strake Tiller Construction Boat building Careening Carvel built Clinker built Mortise...
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