Jeffrey Hubbard, a 38-year-old Atlanta man, was driving the personal water craft, the investigation report said.

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Surface tension in the water can sling the craft out of control or cause it to bounce violently.

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Mike McKimm said the polystyrene cups were slowly crushed by the massive water pressure as the craft descended towards the sea bed.

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The risk for them probably does not lie in the specific allegations about fund-raising, which these days bounce off voters like water off a landing craft's propellers.

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To enforce such a zone, our ships or the host country will have to provide a well-armed boat in the water to prevent any unauthorized craft from approaching our ships.

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Engineering problems unique to a craft made of plastic water bottles forced the catamaran to make unscheduled stops, as has unpredictable weather.

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Most of those rescued were on pleasure craft and a growth in water sports is one reason for the rise in emergencies.

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Within seconds the five-seat winged craft was zipping 5 feet over the water at 60mph.

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As the craft moves forward, the flow of water over the curved side pulls the wing downward.

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The game itself is a wonder, as it uses purposefully blocky textures and models, where players craft vast structures from elements like wood, stone, earth, water and fire.

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But they were cramped, two- or three-man vessels, nothing like Captain Nemo's capacious craft, with its 20-foot ceilings, library, pipe organ and fountain bubbling with fresh water.

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