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A balsa is a boat or ship built by various pre-Columbian South American civilizations constructed from woven reeds of the totora bulrush. They varied
Balsa_(ship)
Topics referred to by the same term
Balsas may refer to: Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil Balsas, Ecuador Balsas Canton Balsas District, Chachapoyas Province, Peru Balsas, Guerrero, Mexico Balsas
Balsas
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Balsa, balsa, or balsą in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Balsa is the tree Ochroma pyramidale or the light-weight wood it produces. Balsa may also
Balsa_(disambiguation)
Boat made from reeds
Tana in northern Ethiopia Abora (expeditions) The Viracocha expedition Balsa (ship) Bipod mast Caballito de totora Cyperus papyrus Kitín Muñoz Traditional
Reed_boat
20th-century oceanic expeditions by Vital Alsar
to cross the Pacific Ocean by raft – La Pacífica in 1966, La Balsa in 1970 and Las Balsas in 1973. Travelling from Ecuador, South America, to Australia
Vital Alsar Pacific raft expeditions
Vital_Alsar_Pacific_raft_expeditions
1947 raft journey from South America to Polynesia
provided by the Peruvian authorities, they constructed the raft out of balsa logs and other native materials in an indigenous style as recorded in illustrations
Kon-Tiki_expedition
Small boat carried on a ship for emergency evacuation
survivors had to rely on balsa liferafts automatically released as the ship sank; many of the crew perished, but the balsa liferafts saved others; ultimately
Lifeboat_(shipboard)
Boats in pre-Spanish and Portuguese South America
He treated them well. The ship he took had a capacity of up to 30 toneles [25 metric tons]. The keel was made of canes [balsa logs] as thick as posts bound
Pre-Columbian_rafts
Medieval noble family
Albania), from 1362 to 1421, during and after the fall of the Serbian Empire. Balša, the founder, was a petty nobleman who held only one village during the
Balšić_noble_family
Construction of ships and floating vessels
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. In modern times, it normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard
Shipbuilding
River in Panama
The Balsas River (Spanish: Rio Balsas) or Rio Tucutí is a river of eastern Panama. The Balsas is a tributary of the Tuira (or Darien) river. It rises
Balsas_River_(Panama)
Watertight buoyant body of a ship or boat
fiber-reinforced skins over a lightweight but reasonably rigid core of foam, balsa wood, impregnated paper honeycomb, or other material. Perhaps the earliest
Hull_(watercraft)
Local maritime history museum in New South Wales, Australia
maintaining in its collection one of the three Las Balsas craft and it also manages the largest naval and merchant ship model collection in Australia. The museum
Ballina Naval & Maritime Museum
Ballina_Naval_&_Maritime_Museum
wood, balsa, barrels, drums, inflated air chambers such as pontoons, or extruded polystyrene blocks. raft ship Another name for a disposable ship. rail
Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z)
Glossary_of_nautical_terms_(M–Z)
US Navy ship mast and radome
is constructed from fiber reinforced composite skins encasing end-grain balsa core. The upper (radome) section consists of structural foam and fiberglass
Advanced_Enclosed_Mast/Sensor
Platform board used in the sport of surfing
In recent years, surfboards made out of balsa and a polystyrene core are becoming more popular. Even solid balsa surfboards are available. Although foam
Surfboard
Norwegian maritime museum in Oslo
opened. The museum was originally built to house the Kon-Tiki, a raft of balsa wood of pre-Columbian model that Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl used
Kon-Tiki_Museum
Small watercraft
sandwich panels, where the fiberglass encloses a lightweight core such as balsa wood or foam. Cold molding is a modern construction method that uses wood
Boat
Genus of flowering plants in the family Paulowniaceae
ratio than balsa wood. Its density is low at around 0.28 kilograms per liter (2.8 lb/imp gal), although significantly higher than balsa's very low 0.16
Paulownia
1997 film by Jan de Bont
and replaced with sand-coated balsa wood so the buildings would "crumble" more effectively after being hit by the rail ship. In the scene's final shot,
Speed_2:_Cruise_Control
Member of the Balšić noble family
was the eldest of the three sons of Balša I, and belonged to the Balšić family. Đurađ was the eldest son of Balša, a petty nobleman who held one village
Đurađ_I_Balšić
Indonesian replica ship
vessel. The ship was built by Assad Abdullah al-Madani, a seasoned Indonesian traditional ship builder, and his men, with little more than a balsa wood model
Samudra_Raksa
American businessman
the Boeing Company, where he was once given a piece of balsa wood he crafted into a model ship. He did not understand his father's importance until his
William_E._Boeing_Jr.
American boat manufacturer
University in 1936. He ran a company building small, lightweight boats out of balsa wood. He designed a rowboat and got the materials to build it, but he never
Boston_Whaler
US sailboat competition for Cub Scouts
pinewood derby. The sailboat kit consists of a seven-inch (178 mm) long balsa wood hull, a 6+1⁄2-inch mast, plastic sail, plastic rudder, and metal keel
Raingutter_regatta
Spanish boxer, professional wrestler, and football manager
marine to head towards America. It was in the decks of those merchant ships that Balsa learned to fight, carrying out night skirmishes as entertainment in
Andrés_Balsa
Hong Kong ferry operator
Shun Tak–China Travel Ship Management Limited, doing business as TurboJET (Chinese: 噴射飛航), is a ferry company based in Hong Kong. The company was established
TurboJET
British multi-role combat aircraft of WW2
expertise was generally not being utilised during the war effort. The ply-balsa-ply monocoque fuselage and one-piece wings with doped fabric covering would
De_Havilland_Mosquito
Work of non-fiction by Gabriel García Márquez
(Spanish: Relato de un náufrago que estuvo diez días a la deriva en una balsa sin comer ni beber, que fue proclamado héroe de la patria, besado por las
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
The_Story_of_a_Shipwrecked_Sailor
Liger-Belair served as the secretary. Before the war, he had also sold a balsa wood model of the H.22 Stratonef, featured in Mr. Pump's Legacy, the first
List of ships in The Adventures of Tintin
List_of_ships_in_The_Adventures_of_Tintin
Luxury motor yacht
topsides, from the waterline up, are hybrid fibreglass/carbon composite with balsa core. The deck is a Nomex/full carbon composite. The deck superstructure
118_WallyPower
Flat structure for support or transportation over water
middle of the 20th century but is now used only rarely. Large rafts made of balsa logs and using sails for navigation were important in maritime trade on
Raft
American science fiction franchise
since I was 12 years old, and built a Galactica model from scratch out of balsa wood, cardboard, old model parts and LEDs", Orloff told Deadline Hollywood
Battlestar_Galactica
Fifth generation of the Corvette sports car
boards on the C5 are a composite consisting of SMC sandwiched with balsa wood. Balsa wood was chosen for its stiffness, light weight, and sound absorption
Chevrolet_Corvette_(C5)
Club Combat between RC model warships
the model ship’s 1/32 inch balsa wood skin. However, this linear magazine and barrel assembly was too bulky to be fit to a small model ship’s gun turret
Model_warship_combat
2012 film
The film's Watzinger, worried about the hemp ropes' ability to hold the balsa logs together for the entire voyage, tearfully begs Heyerdahl at sea to
Kon-Tiki_(2012_film)
year in which the currency's valuation was calculated. List of missing ships List of boiler explosions List of Indian massacres in North America List
List of disasters in the United States by death toll
List_of_disasters_in_the_United_States_by_death_toll
1979 American science fiction film
in the deep blue corridor lighting. Cargo boxes were made out of light balsa wood so that fine wires could be used as support. "Captain, there is an
Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture
Spanish expedition leader (1933–2020)
after 143 days—Alsar being rescued by a German ship. A second attempt in 1970 on a new raft, La Balsa, was successful, and reached Mooloolaba after 161
Vital_Alsar
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914–2002)
Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia in a raft that they had constructed from balsa wood and other native materials, christened the Kon-Tiki. The Kon-Tiki expedition
Thor_Heyerdahl
Species of tree
tree is lightweight and strong, and is sometimes used as a substitute for balsa or basswood. The tung tree is poisonous in all of its parts, including the
Vernicia_fordii
German built cargo ship wrecked in Lake Michigan
chicken was spoken highly of by the islanders. Amongst the cargo of toys were balsa wood model aircraft kits made by Monogram of Chicago, which proved popular
SS_Francisco_Morazan_(1922)
Aircraft controlled remotely via radio control
and experience. Some kits can be mostly foam or plastic, or may be all balsa and ply wood. Construction of wood kits typically consists of using formers
Radio-controlled_aircraft
Type of heavy and hard wood
red oak at 1,290 lbf (5,700 N), yellow pine at 690 lbf (3,100 N), and balsa at 100 lbf (440 N)). The densest of all woods is Allocasuarina luehmannii
Lignum_vitae
Sixth generation of the Corvette sports car
prior generation C5's steel frame. Other weight saving measures such as balsa wood/carbon fiber composite floors and a magnesium alloy engine cradle were
Chevrolet_Corvette_(C6)
Native American culture
Use of the Seagoing Balsas of the Pre-Columbian Andean Coast," in Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Boats and Ship Archaeology (ISBSA
Chincha_culture
Authoritarian environmentalist ideology
concepts such as Landschaftspflege and Naturdenkmal. Political scientist Balša Lubarda has criticised the use of the term "ecofascism" as not sufficiently
Ecofascism
Seagoing watercraft
saying it was the work of "some nut out in China." He persevered, building a balsa wood model of the Japanese boat design and discussing the retractable ramp
Landing_craft
Species of tree native to South Florida and islands in the Caribbean
and for ship repair work in the West Indies. The next significant recorded use was in 1597, regarding repairs for Sir Walter Raleigh's ships in the West
Swietenia_mahagoni
Expedition of 2006 closely resembled the Kon-Tiki expedition sailing a balsa raft from Peru to Polynesia. Tangaroa outperformed Kon-Tiki by having an
Tangaroa_Expedition
Roman province in Hispania (27 BC – c. 410 AD)
thirty-seven were of stipendiarii class, among which Aeminium (Coimbra), Balsa (Tavira), or Mirobriga (Santiago do Cacém). Other cities include Ossonoba
Lusitania
Class of naval ships in the Finnish Navy
millimetres (5.9 in) thick. The decks are additionally reinforced with balsa and carbon fiber. This improves shock resistance against underwater explosions
Katanpää-class mine countermeasure vessel
Katanpää-class_mine_countermeasure_vessel
Military unit
Zbrojna". polska-zbrojna.pl. Retrieved 11 September 2023. "Polski robot Balsa dostarczony armii". 5 December 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2024. "Roboty Patrolowo-Przenośne
List of equipment of the Polish Land Forces
List_of_equipment_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces
Recreational boat or ship
and matting, soaked in resin for the hull. Decks typically have a core of balsa, or PVC foam between layers of glass mat. Both elements of construction
Yacht
Waterjet-propelled hydrofoil boat
maint: deprecated archival service (link) Still life in the old design Ships Monthly February 2026 page 11 Bibliography Brown, D K; Catchpole, J P; Shand
Boeing_929_Jetfoil
nautical miles before reaching Easter Island after 43 days at sea. No other balsa rafts have sailed to Easter Island in modern times. On the return journey
Kon-Tiki2
Foodborne illness
off Scotts Head". ABC News. 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2017-10-16. "Balsa 85 ID'd as ship in Saint John whose crew was hit by food poisoning". CBC New Brunswick
Ciguatera_fish_poisoning
American inventor
outdoorsman and bird hunter, Sperry designed and produced some of the first balsa wood duck decoys in the early 1920s. He started Sperry Natural Decoys, whose
Paul_A._Sperry
Physical representation of an object
Parts can also be cast from synthetic resins. Pine wood is sometimes used; balsa wood, a light wood, is good for flying airplane models. Aluminum or brass
Scale_model
Arrival of a spacecraft on the Moon's surface
vehicles were 3.1 m high and consisted of a lunar capsule covered with a balsa wood impact-limiter, 650 mm in diameter, a mono-propellant mid-course motor
Moon_landing
The Kantuta expeditions were two separate Pacific Ocean expeditions on balsa rafts led by the Czech explorer and adventurer Eduard Ingriš in 1955 and
Kantuta_Expeditions
Wooden fastener
pieces of wood together, especially in timber frames, covered bridges, wooden ship- and boat-building. It is driven into a hole bored through two (or more)
Treenail
Species of marine reptile endemic to Galapagos Islands
anchoring births, in certain islands and coasts on those seas at which the ships of the British merchants might be refitted. London : Printed for the author
Marine_iguana
Spanish conquistador (1478–1541)
continued sailing south and, after crossing the equator, found and captured a balsa (raft) under sail, with natives from Tumbes. To everyone's surprise, these
Francisco_Pizarro
half of the Legendary O-Part and then uses Shin to take over the body of Balsa to form a group composed of those on board, including Ponzu.[ch. 62, 73]
List of O-Parts Hunter characters
List_of_O-Parts_Hunter_characters
Early human migrations to Oceania
the journey, the balsa was so saturated with water that a piece, detached by the crew from a submerged section, sank. The use of balsa for such journeys
Peopling_of_Oceania
Tabletop games with a naval theme
control ships capable of firing BB ammo from CO2 powered cannons, with the aim of sinking opposing ships, whose hulls are made of thin balsa wood. As
Naval_wargaming
Aircraft designed for operation without an engine
Some simple and familiar types of glider are toys such as paper planes and balsa wood gliders. Glider is the agent noun form of the verb to glide. It derives
Glider_(aircraft)
Woodworking tool
25772/A3ZR-WW65. Van Gaasbeek, Richard Montgomery (1919). A Practical Course in Wooden Boat and Ship Building. Chicago: F. J. Drake. pp. 45–50. v t e v t e v t e
Steam_box
HMS Maidstone was a submarine depot ship of the Royal Navy. She was purpose built to support 12 of the new 'D' Class submarines under the 1910/11 Naval
HMS_Maidstone_(1912)
First major release of GNOME
Conference and Expo in San Jose, California. The first Linux distribution to ship with GNOME as its default desktop environment was Red Hat Linux 6.0 released
GNOME_1
14th-century Albanian prince and warlord
daughter of Balsa I... Hopf, Karl (1873). Chroniques Gréco-Romaines inédites ou peu connues. Weidmann. p. 532. ...ép.: Voisava , fille de Balša I de Cedda
Karl_Thopia
Ecuadorian volcanic archipelago
guajava), avocado (Persea americana), cascarilla (Cinchona pubescens), balsa (Ochroma pyramidale), hill raspberry (Rubus niveus), various citrus (orange
Galápagos_Islands
32-foot offshore keelboat
a large bulwark, topped with a teak caprail. Unusually, the deck has no balsa core, instead using solid glassfibre construction. Although this makes for
Contessa_32
ended in the early 1970s and, in May 1971, after a rescue mission to the La Balsa expedition, Granville S. Hall was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register
USS_Granville_S._Hall
is broke (issue 126) Balsa Boy – a take on Pinocchio, in which a lonely old pensioner makes a "son" from balsa wood. While Balsa Boy does have dialogue
List_of_Viz_comic_strips
Physical model of an aircraft for display, research, or amusement
gliders made of sheets of paper, balsa, card stock or foam polystyrene to powered scale models built up from balsa, bamboo sticks, plastic, (including
Model_aircraft
Spacecraft that appear in the Star Trek franchise
suggest that the ship's vital equipment was on the interior, where it could be more readily maintained and repaired. Looking at an early balsa and birchwood
Spacecraft_in_Star_Trek
Submarine of the United States
Scamp (SSN-588), a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp, a member of the fish
USS_Scamp_(SSN-588)
Canadian artillery engineer and entrepreneur (1928–1990)
summers with the LaBrosses. During this time he took up the hobby of building balsa wood airplanes of his own design, and was a member of the school's modelling
Gerald_Bull
Boat controlled with radio-controlling equipment
bb, 3/16", 7/32" or 1/4" weapons that fire ball bearings. The ship's hull plating is balsa to keep the force required to penetrate down to safe levels,
Radio-controlled_boat
Military conflict
Scutari War was waged in period 1405–1413 between Balša III and the Venetian Republic. In this war Balša III tried to capture Shkodër and its surrounding
Second_Scutari_War
Peruvian statue of the crucifixion of Jesus
fiber. The head is made of maguey, while the feet and hands are made of balsa wood, common materials in the Andean region. Therefore, it is considered
Señor_de_los_Temblores
Monoplane flown solo by Charles Lindbergh
from spinner to tail in one unbroken line. All struts were faired with balsa, then covered with sheet aluminum. The shock absorbers were streamlined
Spirit_of_St._Louis
Aircraft without any human pilot on board
has almost entirely taken over. The distance record for a UAV (built from balsa wood and mylar skin) across the North Atlantic Ocean is held by a gasoline
Unmanned_aerial_vehicle
Serbian film director, screenwriter, writer and professor
Nikola Bertolino Anna Bodrova Ivana Bodrožić Marica Bodrožić Tomislav Bogdan Balša Brković Đurđica Čilić Škeljo Bora Ćosić Filip David Marko Dejanović Daša
Goran_Marković
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1928–2023)
certificate, he joined a local flying club. He also built model airplanes out of balsa wood. Borman was helping a friend build model planes, when his friend's
Frank_Borman
American aviator and Mercury 13 astronaut (born 1939)
in mechanics and built model airplanes and ships. By the time she was seven, she was making planes from balsa wood. At nine, she had her first flying lesson
Wally_Funk
American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
years old. He became fascinated by flight and built model airplanes from balsa wood kits. Along with his adopted sister Jean, he attended New Concord Elementary
John_Glenn
Free and open-source document viewer
the interface with Poppler) written in C++. Many Linux distributions that ship GNOME as their default desktop environment — including Ubuntu and Fedora
Evince
American paint and tools manufacturer
ultra-lightweight balsa wood left over from the war enabled the company to begin producing flying wooden aircraft models as well as provide raw balsa wood for
Testor_Corporation
Species of reptile
County. The original small populations in the Florida Keys were stowaways on ships carrying fruit from South America.[better source needed] Over the years
Green_iguana
Type of chair with a solid wood seat and turned legs
produce their characteristic "bow". The first chairs made this way were shipped to London from the market town of Windsor, Berkshire in 1724. There is
Windsor_chair
Municipality in Mexico
102°12′00″W / 17.95000°N 102.20000°W / 17.95000; -102.20000, where the Río Balsas drains into the Pacific Ocean. In the 2005 census, the city's population
Lázaro_Cárdenas,_Michoacán
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador (c. 1475–1519)
the materials necessary to build new ships. He traveled to the Balsas River (Río Balsas), where he had four ships built. He travelled 74 km (46 mi) through
Vasco_Núñez_de_Balboa
Woodworking joint
Mortise-and-tenon joints have been found joining the wooden planks of the "Khufu ship", a 43.6 m (143 ft) long vessel sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex
Mortise_and_tenon
American artist (1946–2015)
manufactures rubber-band-powered model aeroplanes from tissue paper, plastic and balsa wood". Each plane had a propeller powered by a rubber band, and when each
Chris_Burden
Open-source web-based IMAP email client
rendered in XHTML and CSS and is fully customizable through skins. Roundcube ships with jQuery and additional libraries including GoogieSpell and TinyMCE.
Roundcube
Island in Greece
sailors in the Mediterranean world: “If we have ten Rhodians, we have ten ships.” The Rhodians also established their dominance on the shores of Caria across
Rhodes
Country in South America
cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork and dairy products; fish, and shrimp; and balsa wood. The country's vast resources include large amounts of timber across
Ecuador
BALSA SHIP
BALSA SHIP
Girl/Female
German, Spanish
Firebrand; Stutters; Stammerer
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Balsam or Yiddish balzam ‘balm’, ‘balsam’.German : occupational name for a seller of spices and perfumes, from Latin balsamum ‘balsam’, ‘aromatic resin’.German : variant of Balsel (see Baltzell).English : habitational name from Balsham in Cambridgeshire, named with an Old English personal name, Bæll(i), + hÄm ‘homestead’, ‘village’, or Balstone in Devon.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Want; Desire
Girl/Female
Indian
Rain
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Rain; Water; Cool
Girl/Female
Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Telugu
Celebration
Boy/Male
British, English
A Type of Dance
Boy/Male
British, English
Nice
Girl/Female
Spanish German
Stutters.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Force; Power; Energy
Girl/Female
Indian
Companion, Celebration
Girl/Female
Indian
Balsam, Balm
Girl/Female
Muslim
Rain
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sikh
Celebratory Procession
Female
Hindi/Indian
(बल) Hindi unisex name BALA means "young."
Boy/Male
Greek
One of the Three Kings of Christmas.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Balm
Girl/Female
Hindu
Spring in paradise
Girl/Female
Hindu
Sweet
Girl/Female
Muslim
Balsam, Balm
BALSA SHIP
BALSA SHIP
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sunshine
Boy/Male
Tamil
Mallesha | மாலà¯à®²à¯‡à®·à®¾
One of Shiva name
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Pakistani
Perfume
Girl/Female
Norse
Thor's fighter.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Immortal Person; Without Death; Eternal Being
Girl/Female
Australian, Celtic, Irish
Man
Girl/Female
Tamil
Grishma | கà¯à®°à®¿à®·à¯à®®à®¾
Warmth, Kind of season
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Another Name for the Quran; One who Informs; Evident
Girl/Female
Muslim
The beginning, The principle, The breathe of life
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
So Sweet
BALSA SHIP
BALSA SHIP
BALSA SHIP
BALSA SHIP
BALSA SHIP
n.
Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.
a.
Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam.
a.
Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.
v. t.
To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.
n.
A genus of leguminous trees of tropical America, the different species of which yield balsamic products, among which are balsam of Peru, and balsam of Tolu. The species were formerly referred to Myrospermum.
n.
The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.
a.
Producing balsam.
n.
A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil.
n.
Alt. of Bassaw
n.
A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
n.
A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.
n.
A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba.
n.
Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam.
n.
The balsam, liquidambar.
n.
An annual garden plant (Impatiens balsamina) with beautiful flowers; balsamine.
n.
A species of tree (Abies balsamea).
n.
A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium.
n.
A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See Balsam of Tolu, under Balsam.