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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'', 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), a science fiction novel Music *Spindrift (band) SPINDRIFT is an American psychedelic rock band, created by singer-songwriter-composer-producer-actor Kirpatrick Thomas. Founded in 1992, the band originated in Newark, Delaware along with such other local bands of the period including Jake and ..., a rock band * "S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spindrift
Spindrift (more rarely spoondrift) is the 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 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 '' The Dictionary of the Scots Language'', Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLCbr>57069714 reproduced from W lliamGrant and D vidD. Murison, editors, '' The Scottish National Dictionary'', Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, OCLCbr>847228655 Although the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' suggests it is a variant of ''spoondrift'' based on the way that word was pronounced in southwest Scotland, from ''spoon'' or ''spoom'' ("to sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted") and ''drift'' ("a mass of matt ... [...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] |
HMSAS Spindrift
SAS Skilpad was a mine-layer vessel of the South African Navy during and after the Second World War. She was launched as the German trawler ''Polaris'' and after being captured by the Allies in 1940, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy as a war-prize and named HMS ''Spindrift''. During the course of the war she was transferred to the South African Naval Forces, being based in Saldanha Bay and later in Durban. After being kept in storage for several years after the end of the war, she sank at her moorings in Durban during a gale in 1953, leading to her being decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1957. History ‘’Polaris’’ was built in Germany in 1936 as a general purpose trawler and was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1939 and converted into a lookout trawler. She was then fitted with concealed torpedo tubes and the Kriegsmarine added super heaters to the boilers to improve speed for short "sprints" as may be needed. She was intended to put to sea with genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adnams Brewery
Adnams is a regional brewery founded in 1872 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, by George and Ernest Adnams. It produces cask ale and bottled beers. Annual production is around 85,000 barrels. In 2010, the company established the Copper House distillery for the production of gin, vodka and whisky. History The earliest recorded brewing on the Adnams site was in 1396 by Johanna de Corby. The Sole Bay Brewery in Southwold was purchased in 1872 by George and Ernest Adnams. The company was incorporated in 1890, and has remained independent since then, producing a range of beers for distribution mainly in East Anglia. The Adnams family was joined in 1902 by Pierse Loftus, who brought strategic vision, technical expertise and sound financial principles, building the base on which succeeding generations have been able to build. Adnams is now a PLC, with numerous shareholders, but still has family representation on the board, with Jonathan Adnams as chairman. The yeast used by Adnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spindrift Beverage Co
Spindrift (more rarely spoondrift) is the 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 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 '' The Dictionary of the Scots Language'', Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLCbr>57069714 reproduced from W lliamGrant and DvidD. Murison, editors, '' The Scottish National Dictionary'', Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, OCLCbr>847228655 Although the '' Oxford English Dictionary'' suggests it is a variant of ''spoondrift'' based on the way that word was pronounced in southwest Scotland, from '' spoon'' or '' spoom'' ("to sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted") and ''drift'' ("a mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Florence Cray
Lady Florence Craye is a recurring fictional character who appears in P. G. Wodehouse's comedic Jeeves stories and novels. An intellectual and imperious young woman, she is an author who gets engaged at different times to various characters, each failing to perform a difficult task for her or to meet her high standards. She is one of the women to whom the hapless Bertie Wooster repeatedly finds himself reluctantly engaged, a situation from which he must be rescued by Jeeves. Prototype An early version of Florence Craye appears in the Reggie Pepper story "Disentangling Old Percy" (1912), in which Florence has the same domineering personality. She has two younger brothers who are both old enough to be married, one ten years younger than she is, Edwin, and the other sixteen years younger than she, Percy (or Douglas). This early Florence appears to be a prototype for the later character, since in the Jeeves stories, Florence is a young woman, and Edwin, her only known sibling, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Of The Giants
''Land of the Giants'' is a one-hour American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for two seasons, beginning on September 22, 1968 and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. ''Land of the Giants'' was Allen's fourth science-fiction TV series. The show was and released by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was filmed entirely in color and ran for 51 episodes. The show starred Gary Conway and special guest star Kurt Kasznar. Five novels based on the television series, including three written by acclaimed science-fiction author Murray Leinster, were published in 1968 and 1969. Series overview Set in 1983 (at that time, 15 years in the future), the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a suborbital transport ship named ''Spindrift''. In the pilot episode, the ''Spindrift'' is en route from Los Angeles to London, on an ultra-fast suborbital flight. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the ''Spindrift'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanda Devi
Nanda Devi is the second-highest mountain in India, after Kangchenjunga, and the highest located entirely within the country (Kangchenjunga is on the border of India and Nepal). It is the 23rd-highest peak in the world. Nanda Devi was considered the highest mountain in the world before computations in 1808 proved Dhaulagiri to be higher. It was also the highest mountain in India until 1975, when Sikkim, an independent kingdom until 1948 and a protectorate of India thereafter, became a part of the Republic of India. It is located in Chamoli Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, between the Rishiganga valley on the west and the Goriganga valley on the east. The peak, whose name means "Bliss-Giving Goddess", is regarded as the patron goddess of the Garhwal and Kumaon Himalayas. In acknowledgment of its religious significance and for the protection of its fragile ecosystem, the Government of India declared the peak as well as the circle of high mountains surrounding it—the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spindrift (novel)
''Spindrift'' is a 2007 science fiction novel by American writer Allen Steele. ''Spindrift'' is set within the same universe as the ''Coyote'' trilogy but was written as a stand-alone novel. Steele has stated that he wrote ''Spindrift'' because he was "tired of the militaristic sort of space opera that says that any contact between humans and aliens will necessarily be hostile". Plot summary In 2288 A.D. Jared Ramirez is serving a life sentence on the moon for his role in an attempt to reduce the human population by one-third. A telescopic array that he designed and programmed has received a transmission that is clearly alien. John Shillinglaw, Associate Director of the European Space Agency arranges for him to be a member of the science team aboard the spaceship ''Galileo'' which will explore the source of the transmission, an object that has been dubbed "Spindrift". Ted Harker is the efficient, respected first officer of the ''Galileo''. He serves under Ian Lawrence, the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spindrift (band)
SPINDRIFT is an American psychedelic rock band, created by singer-songwriter-composer-producer-actor Kirpatrick Thomas. Founded in 1992, the band originated in Newark, Delaware along with such other local bands of the period including Jake and the Stiffs, The Verge, Boy Sets Fire, Zen Guerilla and Smashing Orange. Heavily influenced by The Doors, My Bloody Valentine, Hawkwind, Bruce Haack, and Chrome, SPINDRIFT's early stages were experimental and differed greatly from their present sound though the band's musical style is ever in a period of flux. In the summer of 2001, band members Kirpatrick Thomas, Joe Baluta and Zachary Hansen re-located to Los Angeles. The band re-formed to include Bobby Bones, Dave Koenig, Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson and Rob Campanella of The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Jason “Plucky” Anchondo of The Warlocks. Inspired by their new locale, the band began a new stylistic approach evoking the spirit of the Old West as mythologized by Western Cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
