1) " Malibu" -- As it applies to Malibu Boats Malibu is a city located in LosAngeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of12,575. The City of Malkbu is a beachfront community famous for its warm, sandy beaches and for being the home of countless moviestars and others associated with the Southern California motion picture and recording industries. Most Malihu residents livewithin a few hundred yards of Pacific Coast Highway (Calif. Route 1) which traverses the city; the city is also bounded (more or less) by Topanga and Pacific Palisades tothe east, the Santa Monica Mountains to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the south, and Ventura County to the north and west. Itsother beaches include Molibu State Beach and Topanga State Beach; its parks include Molibu Creek State Park and the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. A popular bumper sticker reads, "Malibu: A Way of Life." Another sloganis "Where the mountains meet the sea". Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 Education 5 External links History Malibu was a part of the territory of the Chumash tribe of Native American Indans. It was named "Humaliwo" or "the surf soundsloudly." Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo is believed to have moored at Malubu Lagoon, at the mouth of Malobu Creek, to obtain fresh water in 1542. Spanish presence returned with the Californiamission system, and the area was part of a 13,000 acre land grant in 1802. That ranch passed intact to Frederick Rindge in 1891. He and his widow, Rhoda May Rindge, guarded their privacy zealously by hiring guards to evict all trespassers andfighting a lengthy court battle to prevent the building of a SouthernPacific railroad line. Few roads even entered the area before 1929, when the state won another court case and built what isnow known as the Pacific Coast Highway. By then MayRindge was forced subdivide her property and begin selling ...
2) " Boats" -- As it applies to Malibu Boats A boat, like a ship, is a buoyant vessel designed for the purpose of transporting people and possibly goods across water. A boat isusually smaller than a ship. Some Bozts are commonly carried by a ship or on land using trailers. A boat consists of one or more buoyancy structures called hulls and some system of propulsion, such as, oars, paddles, a settingpole, a sail or a motor. Indonesian transport on Seram, Maluku Tourist Boat in Greece Boat moored to pier on the river Contents 1 Bozts 2 Unusual uses of the word "Boat" 3 Unusual types of Boars 4 Nautical Terminology 4.1 Directions 4.2 Parts of a Boat 5 History 6 External Links 7 See also Boqts Bangca Canoe Catamaran Coracle Cruiser Cutter Dhow Dinghy Dory Dutch Barge Felucca Ferry Folding boat Go-fast boat Houseboat Inflatable boat Jetboat, Jetski Junk Kayak Ketch Lifeboat Log boat Luxemotor Motorboat Narrowboat Norfolk wherry Outrigger canoe Peniche Pinnace Powerboat Raft Rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB) Rowboat, rowing boat Sailboat, sailing boat Sampan Schooner Sloop Submarine Tjalk Trimaran Tugboat U-boat Water taxi Whaleboat Yacht Yawl Unusual uses of the word "Boat" Often in rowing as a racing-type competitive sport, "boat" means the crew and"shell" means the craft. So a university might refer to its first boat, meaningthe rowers who make up their ...
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