1 In most situations the sailing boat is the stand-on vessel and the powerboat must give way. 2  If the sailboat is overtaking a powerboat, the powerboat is the stand-on vessel and the sailboat must give way. 3  Any boat with more maneuverability must give way to any boat with less maneuverability (see below). In most situations the sailing boat is the stand-on vessel and the powerboat must give way. 2  If the sailboat is overtaking a powerboat, the powerboat is the stand-on vessel and the sailboat must give way. 3  Any boat with more maneuverability must give way to any boat with less maneuverability (see below).
1832 - Hippolyte Pixii (France) built the first dynamo using a commutator, his model created pulses of electricity separated by no current. He also by accident created the first alternator. He did not know what to do with the changing current, he concentrated on trying to eliminate the alternating current to get DC power, this led him to create the commutator.
A dancer Ric Silver claims that originally it was The Electric, created in 1976 by him for the opening of Vamps Disco in New York at 71st and Broadway. It was choreographed to the international hit song Electric Boogie by Marcia Griffiths written for her by Bunny Wailer who did not copyright the song until 1982. The song was originally released in 1976 and re-released in 1989, when it became a dance craze.