FMTC Nautical Terms
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| Abaft | Behind. At or near the stern. Aft of amidships. On the after side of.
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| Abaft the beam | Bearing more than 90 degrees from dead ahead.
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| Abandon ship | Leave the boat with no intention to make further efforts to save or preserve her.
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| Abate | when the force of the wind lessens.
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| Abeam | Directly off the side of the boat. At right angles to the fore and aft line
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| Aboard | On or in any vessel or boat. On board
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| Abreast | Side by side
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| Adrift | Floating free without propulsion. Floating on the tide unsecured.
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| Aft | Towards, at, or near the stern.
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| Aground | The state of a vessel part which is touching the bottom. Held fast on the bottom.
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| Ahead | Forward of, Advance. In the direction of the bows.
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| Ahoy | The general nautical hailing term to attract attention.
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| Alpha | the letter "A" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Amidships | A helm order to put the wheel or tiller so that the rudder is fore and aft.
To steer dead ahead
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| Anchor | Device that digs into the sea bottom to prevent the boat from drifting
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| Anchorage | The place where a boat, or boats, may anchor
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| Anchor's aweigh | The report from the bow that the anchor has been hove out of the ground, is off the bottom with its weight taken by the chain and rode.
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| Annual variation | The inconsistency in the earth's magnetic force that causes a change in the variation of the magnetic compass; the difference may be found printed printed on charts as increasing or decreasing so much annually
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| Anti-fouling | Paint on the bottom of a boat that reduces marine growth.
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| Astern | Behind.
Backwards.
In the direction of the stern.
Outside and abaft of the vessel
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| At anchor | A vessel riding by its anchor.
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| ATON's | Aids To Navigation
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| Avast | Said of anything where the sea, or water, is just washing over it.
Level with the surface of the water, or just under it.
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| Aweigh | Off the ground with weight taken by supporting ropes, cable, or chain
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| Aye-aye sir | The verbal acceptance of an order
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| Back | The keep of a boat.
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| Back splice | Used to prevent the ends of a rope from unlaying
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| Bail | Remove water from a boat by hand, or with a baler
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| Ballast | Weight low in the hull to improve stability
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| Bank | An area of the seabed that raised above the surrounding ground
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| Bar | The silting-up of deposit or shallowing formed near the entrance to harbor or inlet
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| Barometer | Instrument that measures atmospheric pressure which determines changes of weather
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| Batten Down | Close openings and secure gear
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| Battery | Source of direct current (DC) for electronics
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| Beached | Said of any vessel that has run ashore or is placed there for any reason, or of a mariner who retires to live ashore.
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| Beacon | An artificial warning mark to aid navigation
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| Beam | The breadth of a vessel at her widest part.
Extreme width.
Straight out from the side of the boat, at ninety degrees from either side of dead ahead.
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| Beam sea | A sea rolling in at right angles to the vessels course.
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| Beam Wind | A wind blowing in at right angles to the vessels course
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| Beamy | Anything of excessive, or unusual beam.
An unusually wide boat.
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| Bearing | The direction of one object from another.
It may be given as true, magnetic, or relative to the vessel's
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| Beaufort wind scale | A table used at sea to classify the various wind forces and their speeds, their descriptions being denoted by the use of numbers (force 7, force 9)
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| Belay | Make fast a rope around a belaying pin or cleat.
An order to cease what one is doing, or to cancel an order
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| Bell buoy | A buoy containing a bell that is rung by the motion of the sea.
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| Below | Between decks.
Going deblow is descending from the upper deck
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| Berth | Any place in a harbor allotted for the accommodation of a vessel.
Place a vessel in any allotted position.
A sleeping space or specified cabin in any vessel.
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| Bilge | Lowest area inside the boat. Absolute nonsense
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| Bimini Top | Canvas canopy
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| Binnacle | Top mount remote control
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| Blocks | Pulleys inside a frame, used a gain a mechanical advantage or to lead a rope in any required direction.
It is measured by the length of its shell
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| Blowers | Fans that remove dangerous vapors from the engine compartment
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| Boathook | Pole with a blunt hook used for extending ones reach
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| Boom | Horizontal post of the main sail
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| Bow | Front of the boat
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| Bow Eye | Towing loop secured at the bow
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| Bow Line | Rope that attaches the front of the boat to a dock
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| Bowline | A know used to tie a loop in the end of a line
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| Bowsprit | A spar projecting from the bow of a sailing vessel, to which the headsails are secured
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| Bravo | The letter "B" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Breakwater | Artificial harbor.
A protective barrier erected across a deck to break the force of any seas that are shipped
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| Bridge | Cockpit (control station)
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| Broach | Broadside to the waves
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| Broad On/Off | 45 degree angle to front/back
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| Bulkhead | Vertical partition maintaining rigidity in construction and dividing a vessel into watertight compartments.
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| Buoy | Floating navigation aids
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| Buoyancy | Ability to float, expressed in positive or negative.
A boat has positive buoyancy, a rock has negative
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| Burgee | Flag identifying ownership or membership
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| Can | Green cylindrical buoy
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| Capsize | Upside down in the water
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| Cardinal Points | North, South, East, West
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| Cast Off | Unfasten for departure
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| Catamaran | Boat with two hulls
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| Caulking | Any substance used for sealing between the seams of planking to make them watertight
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| Cavitation | Turbulence caused by a propeller blade spinning too fast and creative low-pressure bubbles
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| CDMVT | Angle conversion process from Compass to True Direction (+East)
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| Celestial Navigation | True direction as opposed to Magnetic or Compass
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| Chafe | Rub or wear away by constant use or friction
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| Chafing gear | Protection applied to prevent chafing
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| Chandlery | Shop where nautical gear is sold
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| Channel | The deepest part of a passage through which the main current flows.
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| Charlie | the letter "C" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Chart | relevant data, represented on and as a map, and used for navigational purposes.
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| Chine | Juncture of the side and the bottom of boat
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| Chop | Waves that are short and steep
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| Cleat | Fitting with arms used to fasten lines
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| CO Monitor | Carbon Monoxide warning device.
Used in enclosed areas on boats with gasoline engines
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| Cocked hat | The small triangle indicated on a chart when three lines of position are supposed to meet, but do not quite do so.
The enter of the triangle becomes the position fix
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| Codline | Small line used for many handy purposes, such as lacings, ornamental knots, quick tie down of small
items...etc.
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| COG | Course Over Ground, the course in the water adjusted for current and wind
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| Combined Seas | Wave height that is the sum of the swells plus the wind wave
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| Common whipping | Used to bind the end of to prevent it from unlaying and fraying
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| Companionway | Entrance between the deck and the cabin
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| Compass | Direction finding instrument using the Earth's magnetic field
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| Compass bearing | the position of any object observed, as indicated by the compass
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| Compass rose | A graduated circle printed on a chart for use as a reference for showing true and magnetic north
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| Complain | A ship is said to do this when she is creaking
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| Constant bearing | A bearing that remains the same, even though the ship is moving; If of another ship, it indicates a collision course
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| Course | Direction laid from point to point.
The boat maintains a heading to stay on course
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| Cowl | Air Scoop
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| Crest | Wave top
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| Cross bearings | A simultaneous observation of two separate objects, the bearings of which are then laid on a chart to fix the ships position
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| Cuddy | A small cabin in the front of a boat
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| Current | Horizontal movement of water; set is its direction and drift is its speed.
The flow of electricity
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| Danforth | The brand name of a type of anchor
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| Davit | The metal supports from which boats are hoisted or lowered, usually erected in pairs and swung into
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| Davy Jones | The evil spirit of the sea
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| Davy Jones locker | The bottom of the sea, common graveyard of everything thrown overboard, the grave of men drowned at sea, adn of ships that have foundered
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| Dayboard | Navigation aid for day use
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| Dead calm | A flat sea with no sign of moving currents
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| Dead reckoning | A contraction of deduced reckoning, being the estimated position of a ship based on time, speed, and distance calculations as opposed to plotting an observed position
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| Dead slow | The minimum speed possible to retain steerageway
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| Deck | The floor of a boat
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| Delta | The letter "D" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Deviation | Compass error caused by its proximity to magnetic disturbances
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| Dinghy | A small, open rowboat used for all utility purposes, mainly for transport to and from the main vessel. May be able to accommodate a small outboard motor
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| Direction | Relative position of two points using three-digit numbers
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| Displacement | Weight of the water displaced by a boat
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| Distress | A state of danger requiring assistance
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| Dividers | An instrument with two movable points, used in chart work
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| Dock | An artificial enclosure for the berthing and retention of ships of any purposes. It may be wet, dry, floating or stationary.
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| Documented Vessel | Boat registered with the USCG instead of a state
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| Dodger | Canvas enclosure on a sailboat
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| Dog | A clip used for closing watertight door or hatches
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| Draft | Depth of boat below waterline
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| Dredge | Removal of accumulated runoff in waterways
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| Drift | To float unsecured with the tide.
The speed of the current
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| Dumping | Legal or illegal release of garbage into the water
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| Ease off | Slacken a rope gradually.
Loosing any tight fitting
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| Easting | The distance gained to Eastward
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| Echo | The letter "E" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Eddy | Circular water movement caused by current passing an obstruction or a counter current
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| Ensign | The distinguishing flag used to indicate nationality, usually flown at or near the stern
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| Entrance | The shape of the forepart of a vessel
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| Estimated Position, EP | The position on a chart at which a vessel may be estimated to be at any time after allowances have been made for ides, winds, and courses laid off
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| EPIRB | Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beaconis a distress beacon used by mariners worldwide to alert Search and Rescue (SAR) forces that they are in distress.
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| Equator | An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth.
Zero degrees latitude
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| Even keel | Upright. Without a list. Drawing a similar depth of water fore and aft.
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| Fall astern | Drop back. Reduce speed and get astern of another vessel
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| Fathom | A measurement equivalent to six feet applied to rope for their length, and to depths.
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| Fenders | Cushions that protect the sides of the boat
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| Fetch | Area in which ocean waves are generated by the wind.
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| Fix | to ascertain the position of the boat by the intersection of any two or more bearings taken at the same time
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| Flame Arrester | Backfire Flame control devices requires on gasoline engines
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| Flare | A pyrotechnic distress signal.
The curve of the freeboard from the bows, upward and outward, providing additional rising surface to oncoming waves.
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| Fleur De Lys | The decorative North point as printed on compass cards and compass roses
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| Flood Tide | Tidal current toward the land (rising level)
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| Flotsam | Goods lost by shipwreck, or anything that has gone overboard and is later found floating at sea
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| Fluke | Anchor component that digs in
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| Flying bridge | A small helm station located on the uppermost deck
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| Flying Dutchman | The phantom sailing ship that traditionally haunts the seas off the Cape of Good Hope
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| Fog | The limited visibility state generated when the temperature and dewpoint are within 4 degrees F of each
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| Fog horn | The apparatus used for signaling during periods of reduced visibility.
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| Following Sea | Waves coming from behind the boat
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| Fore | In, towards, or of the foremost part of any vessel.
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| Foul | Describes anything that will not run clear, becomes entangled, forms an obstruction, collides, or prevents free passage.
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| Fouled anchor | The term used when the anchor rode is entangled around the flukes of an anchor
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| Founder | Fill with water
Go to the bottom
Sink
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| Fox-trot | the letter "F" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Freeboard | Height of boat above the waterline
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| Freshen | when the wind increases in strength
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| From stem to stern | From one extreme end to the other.
The maritime equivalent of bumper to bumper.
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| Fronts | Weather boundaries
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| Gale | A strong wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane
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| Galley | Kitchen
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| Gangway | Walkway between a boat and the dock
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| Gear | Personal baggage
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| Generator | Motor that produces alternating current
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| Ghosting | Under sail and making way, when there seems no wind
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| Gimbals | Rings that enable a compass or stove to remain level
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| Give way vessel | A vessel, whose duty it is to keep clear of another by taking necessary action
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| Golf | The letter "G" in the phonetic alphabet
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| GPS | Global Positioning System; U.S. military satellites that broadcast signals for receivers to determine exact position of earth
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| Ground Tackle | Anchoring equipment
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| Gunwale | Juncture of the top and the side of boat
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| Hail | Call to another vessel
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| Half-tide | The mean level of the sea during springs or neaps; it is therefore a constant factor
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| Halon | Fire extinguishing material using in engine compartments
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| Halyard | Roped used for hoisting and lowering flags, sails, etc
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| Harbor | An area of water partially enclosed
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| Hard chine | A feature of a boat in which the topsides and bottom meet at an angle rather than curving to a round
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| Hatch | Opening in deck to the area below
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| Haul | Pull on a rope.
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| Hawespipe | A pipe fitted to the deck that allows rope, cable, or chain to pass through
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| Haven | An inlet from a coastline where ships may anchor and shelter
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| Head | Toilet/Bathroom
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| Head sea | Waves approaching from the front of the boat
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| Heading | Direction the boat is pointed
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| Headway | A vessel is said to make headway when she advances, bows first, and begins to make way
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| Heave | Vertical motion of the boat due to waves
A command to lift or pull together
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| Heave To | Stop, trim sails, or work the engine so as to keep the vessel almost stationery.
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| Heel | Leaning to the side
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| Helm | The steering console or station
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| High tide | The greatest elevation of a tide at a certain place.
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| Hitch | Knot used to attach to an object
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| Hold | A special compartment or space used for stowing cargo
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| Holding Tank | Storage tank for sewage
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| Holidays | Bare patches missed when painting or patching
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| Hook | The anchor
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| Hotel | The letter "H" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Hove to | Underway, but not making way through the water
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| Hull | Lower part of the boat in contact with the water that provides buoyancy
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| Hull down | Said of a vessel beyond the horizon, with only its masts in view
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| Hypothermia | Inability to maintain sufficiently warm body temperature
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| India | The letter "I" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Inlet | Narrow waterway from the ocean to an inland bay
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| Isobar | A line drawn to link areas of equal barometric pressure
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| Jetsam | Goods thrown overboard to lighten a vessel
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| Jetty | Structure projecting out from the shore
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| Jib | The foremost sail in a sailing vessel, triangular in shape, and set between the foremost and the bowsprit
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| Jibe (Gibe) | Sailing maneuver with the stern into the wind
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| Jonah | Anyone reputed to bring misfortune or disaster.
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| Juliet | The letter "J" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Jury rig | A temporary setup used until permanent repairs can be made
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| Keel | The solid beam running the length of the lowest part of the hull.
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| Killick | A small anchor.
A large stone or weight used for anchoring
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| Kilo | The letter "K" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Knot | Mechanism to secure a rope
The equivalent of one nautical mile per hour
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| Labor | Pitch and roll in heavy seas, show signs of working
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| Lading | vessels cargo
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| Laid up | Refers to the way strands are wound together to make up a rope.
A ship not in commission
In bed, sick, or injured
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| Landfall | Approaching land, especially after a long voyage
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| Landlubber | A man of the land who is uninitiated as to the ways of nautical matters
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| Landmark | A conspicuous spot onshore used as a navigational aid
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| Lanyard | Length of rope fastened to an object
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| Lateral Buoyage | System of red and green buoys that mark the edges of navigable channels
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| Latitude | Degrees :Minutes:Seconds (0-90) North/South of the Equator
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| Lay to | Stop by keeping into the wind
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| Lee shore | The shore facing the lee side of a ship, being that on to which the wind would driver her if she were unable to make an offing
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| Leeward | Downwind side, sheltered from the wind.
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| Let fly | Let the sheet go, suddenly spilling the wind from a sail
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| Lima | the letter "L" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Line | Rope
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| List | Continuous lean to one side
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| LOA | Length Over All, the primary dimension of a boat
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| Log | Device for measuring distance through the water
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| Longitude | Degrees:Minutes:Seconds (0-180) East/West of the Greenwich Meridian
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| Lookout | A person specially posted to keep a diligent watch, to observe and report all that come into view
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| Mackerel sky | A sky with long white streaks of cloud, often a portent of impending rain
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| Magnetic bearing | The bearing of an object in relation to the magnetic compass
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| Magnetic compass | A ships standard compass
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| Magnetic course | A course as read from the magnetic compass rose on the chart
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| Magnetic North | The northern center of the earths magnetic influence, as opposed to True North. It is approximately located at 70 degrees North and 97 degrees 30 minutes west in arctic Canada
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| Maiden voyage | The first trip of a new vessel
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| Make fast | To secure
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| Make headway | to advance through the water
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| Make way | boat moving under its own power
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| Man overboard | The alarm called by anyone who sees someone fall over the side into the water.
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| Mare's tails | White feather-shaped wisps of clouds; they often indicate an increase of wind if they gather into a regular
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| Marina | Docking area usually with services
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| Marlinspike seamanship | the term embracing knotting, splicing, seizing, etc...; the art of shaping and working ropes.
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| Mast | Vertical post on sail boats
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| Mayday | Emergency distress call
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| Meridian | A line that will cut through the equator at right angles and run from pole to pole
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| Metal Mike | auto pilot
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| Mike | the letter "M" in the phonetic alphabet
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| MLLW | Mean Lower Low Water, reference level used for depth measurements on nautical charts in the USA
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| Mooring | Buoy used by boats to tie up
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| Morse Code | Nearly obsolete means of nautical communication using "dots" and "dashes"
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| Nautical Mile | one minute of latitude roughly equal to 1.15 statute miles
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| Neap tides | those with smaller range than spring tides; not as high, low, or rapid
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| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, reports weather and tidal information
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| November | the letter "N" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Nun | A red, even-numbered, cylindrical shaped buoy marking the right side of a channel as you return to port. Cone top
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| Observed position | A vessels position plotted on a chart from the observation of objects, as opposed to dead reckoning
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| Occulting light | such a light that is on more than off
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| On the beam | At right angles to the fore and aft centerline of a ship. Directly off the side of the ship
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| On the bow | Within the angle from right ahead to 45 degrees on either side
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| On the quarter | On a bearing midway between the beam and the stern
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| Oscar | the letter "O" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Out of trim | with a list, down at one end, Untidy
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| Outboard | Outside the ship or boat,Farther towards a ships side. A portable, self-contained propelling unit, secured
to the transom of small boats.
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| Overboard | Over the side and into the water
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| Overtaking vessel | Any vessel approaching another from within an arc prescribed from her stern light; it is her duty to keep
clear while the other vessel stands her course and speed.
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| Painter | The rope at the bow of a small boat for making it fast.
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| Papa | the letter "P" in the phonetic alphabet
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| Passage | A long voyage from one place to another
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| Pay Out | Slacken and ease a rope so that it runs freely
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| Pennant | A long narrow banner, or triangular shaped flag. A short length of rope with a metal thimble in each end,one of which is often hooked to a tackle.
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| PFD | personal flotation device (life jacket)
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| Phonetic Alphabet | system used to identify letters in verbal communications
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| Pier | Structure extending into the water for tying a vessel to
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| Piling | Vertical post in the water
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| Pilot | A person licensed to navigate ships through channels and fairways
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| Pilot boat | Used by pilots for meeting ships
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| Pilot house | The wheel house
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| Piloting | Navigating a boat by determining position and directing movement
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| Pitch | The depression of the bows plunging into a trough in the sea
The theoretical distance a propeller travels in one revolution.
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| Pitch pole | Be ended up, stern first, and be completely overthrown by the sea
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| Planing | when a boat is moving through the water with bows lifted well clear and more out of the water than in
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|
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| Planing Hull | Power boat that eliminates the bow wake
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| Plastic boat | Derogatory term for a fiberglass boat
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| Points of a compass | There are 32 points of a compass consisting of 4 cardinals (N,S,E,W), 4 half cardinals (NE,SE,SW,NW), 8 intermediates (NNE,ENE,ESE,SSE,SSW,WSW,WNW,NNW) and 16 by points
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| Pontoon | Any large tank used as a platform
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|
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| Poop | The raised deck on the after part of a ship
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| Pooped | When a sea breaks over the stern when running before a wind or sea
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| Port | Left side of a vessel.
A seaport, that part of any place that is made available for shipping
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| Port Tack | Sailing "give way" with wind from the left side
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|
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| Porthole | An opening in the ships side to let in light and air
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|
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| Poseidon | The god of the sea in Greek mythology
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|
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| Positive buoyancy | the quality possessed by any craft that would remain afloat when waterlogged
🗑
|
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| Pram | A small dinghy with a cut off bow, or foward transom, used as a tender to larger boats
🗑
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| Prevailing Wind | Typical direction of the wind at a locale
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|
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| Prime meridian | the meridian which passes through greenwich, and from which longitude east or west is reckoned
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|
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| Prohibited area | An area marked on a chart, where anchoring, trawling, or fishing may be forbidden by authority
🗑
|
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| Prolonged blast | A blast of the horn of 4-6 seconds duration
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|
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| Prop walk | Sideways force created by a spinning propeller
🗑
|
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| Propulsion - Diesel | Engine that runs by compressed combustion
🗑
|
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| Propulsion - Gasoline | Engine that runs by sparked combustion
🗑
|
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| Pulpit | An elevated tubular metal guardrail set up at the bow or stern; typically extending from the bow
🗑
|
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| Purse Seine | A seining net which can be closed like a purse
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|
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| Quarter | The side of the ships between the beam and the stern
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|
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| Quartering | Sailing with the wind coming over the quarter
🗑
|
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| Quartering wind | Wind that comes from the ships quarter
🗑
|
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| Quay | Docks used to load/unload cargo
🗑
|
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| Quebec | The letter "Q" in the phonetic alphabet
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|
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| Race | A strong current that disturbs water over a large area
🗑
|
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| Radar | System that uses the transmission/ reflection/ reception of radio waves to determine distance, direction, and size of an object
🗑
|
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| Rake | The angle of backward inclination of a ships masts or funnels.
The slope of a bow or stern beyond the keel ends
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|
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| Range | Distance away of an object
The difference between the depth of water at high and low tides
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|
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| Reach | A long straight part of a waterway, or distance between two bends in a river.
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|
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| Red-Right-Returning | RED buoys on the RIGHT when RETURNING from the sea
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|
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| Reef | to reduce sail area by folding, rolling, or tying up part of the sails.
A chain of rocks lying submerged near the surface
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|
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| Refitting | A period during which repairs, reconstruction, and replacements are effected
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|
||||
| Regatta | A program of sailing and rowing races arranged by an authority or club
🗑
|
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| Reserve buoyancy | Those compartment above water level that may effectively be made watertight
🗑
|
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| Rigging | Sailing ropes and hardware
🗑
|
||||
| rip tide | A running tide, rising as it flows, and breaking in ripples
🗑
|
||||
| Rode | Anchor rope and/or chain
🗑
|
||||
| Roll | Vertical motion from side to side
🗑
|
||||
| Romeo | the letter "R" in the phonetic alphabet
🗑
|
||||
| Rudder | Movable fixture in the water that provides steering
🗑
|
||||
| Rules of the Road | Navigation guidelines
🗑
|
||||
| Running Lights | Red, Green, and White lights used by boats at night
🗑
|
||||
| Scope | Anchoring length to depth ratio
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|
||||
| Screw | Propeller.
A type of fastener, usually metal similar to a bolt.
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|
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| Scuppers | Holes cut in bulwarks for water to escape overboard from decks
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| Scuttle | To sink a ship by cutting holes in her
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|
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| Sea anchor | Any kind of drogue, used as a floating anchor for a vessel to ride to, head to wind, if hove to in bad
🗑
|
||||
| Sea legs | Possessed by those who have the ability to walk about on a vessel pitching and tossing about in heavy seas
🗑
|
||||
| Sea room | The area around a ship clear of obstructions and of land
🗑
|
||||
| Sea State | open water conditions resulting from wind and water activity
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|
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| Seacock | Hole in hull with a valve to regulate the water flow
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|
||||
| Set | The direction of the current.
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|
||||
| Sextant | Navigation instrument for measuring angles
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|
||||
| Shackle | Metal linkage typically used to connect rope to an anchor
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|
||||
| Sheer | Curve of the deck as viewed from the side
🗑
|
||||
| Sheet | Rope that controls a sail's horizontal movement
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|
||||
| Ship | Boat longer than 20 meters.
To receive anything onboard
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|
||||
| Ship oars | Place oars in crutches or oarlocks ready to use
🗑
|
||||
| Shoal | A place where water is not deep and endangers navigation
🗑
|
||||
| Shore Power | Electrical power (AC) via cables provided at the marina as opposed to the engines or a generator
🗑
|
||||
| Shrouds | Wires that run to the side of the boat to support the sail mast
🗑
|
||||
| Side lights | The red and green navigation lights required by the Rules of the Road, fixed to show from right ahead to two points abaft the beam
🗑
|
||||
| Sierra | the letter "S" in the phonetic alphabet
🗑
|
||||
| Slack Water | Tidal period between flood and ebb tides
🗑
|
||||
| Sling | Hoist that lifts a boat out of the water
🗑
|
||||
| Slip | Berth with docks on 3 sides
🗑
|
||||
| Small Craft Advisory | Winds to 33 knots and/or dangerous sea conditions for smaller boats
🗑
|
||||
| Snub | Suddenly check anything that is running out
🗑
|
||||
| SOG | Speed over ground, the speed in the water adjusted for current wind
🗑
|
||||
| Sounding | A depth reading
🗑
|
||||
| Spars | Poles used in sail rigging
🗑
|
||||
| Spindrift | Spray whipped off and blown from the crests of waves
🗑
|
||||
| Splice | Join two ropes together by interweaving the braids
🗑
|
||||
| Spring Line | Rope between the boat and the dock to limit forward/reverse motion
🗑
|
||||
| Spring Tide | Tide at which the range between high and low is greatest.
could occur when sun, earth, and moon ar in line or nearly
🗑
|
||||
| Squall | Sudden violent windstorm
🗑
|
||||
| Stanchion | A fixed upright pillar support between decks or for guardrails, awnings, etc
🗑
|
||||
| Stand on vessel | that vessel which maintains course and speed
🗑
|
||||
| Starboard | the right hand side of the boat when facing forward
🗑
|
||||
| Starboard Tack | Sailing "right of way" with wind from the right side
🗑
|
||||
| Stateroom | A large cabin formerly described as being set aside for the owner, but now referenced to an increased level of luxury and comfort
🗑
|
||||
| Stays | Wires that run to the front and rear of the boat to support the sail mast
🗑
|
||||
| Steerageway | Sufficient motion to support steering
🗑
|
||||
| Stem | The timber at the bow of a ship into which the planks are butted.
The points at which both sides of the bow meet
🗑
|
||||
| Stern | Back of boat
🗑
|
||||
| Stern Line | Rope that attaches the back of the boat to a dock
🗑
|
||||
| Stores | Food and supplies
🗑
|
||||
| Storm Surge | Rising sea preceding a storm
🗑
|
||||
| Stove in | Damaged by anything breaking through into a ship
🗑
|
||||
| Stow | TO put in its proper place
🗑
|
||||
| Superstructure | Structures above the deck
🗑
|
||||
| Swamp | Waves coming into the boat
🗑
|
||||
| Sway | Horizontal motion of the boat due to waves
🗑
|
||||
| Swells | Long waves from a distance that do not crest
🗑
|
||||
| Swing | as she is tied to a mooring or at anchor and moves to changing winds or tides
🗑
|
||||
| Swing a compass | Ascertaining deviations for calibrations of a magnetic compass
🗑
|
||||
| Tack | To maneuver toward the wind by continually altering course back and forth so as to take the wind at an angle rather than dead on
🗑
|
||||
| Tackle | Assemblage of ropes and blocks
🗑
|
||||
| Taff rail | The rail at the stern of a ship
🗑
|
||||
| Tango | the letter "T" in the phonetic alphabet
🗑
|
||||
| Tender | Accommodate larger outboards.
🗑
|
||||
| Tide | Water Depth variations created by the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun
🗑
|
||||
| Topsides | The upper part of the hull above the waterline
🗑
|
||||
| Trade winds | Persistent tropical winds that blow from the subtropical high pressure towards the equatorial low pressure
🗑
|
||||
| Transom | Vertical partition at the back of the boat
🗑
|
||||
| Trim | The difference in draft between forward and aft.
The set of a vessel on the water.
The set of a sail used for best advantage
🗑
|
||||
| Trim Tabs | Adjustable planes at the stern that allow the pilot to adjust the trim of the boat
🗑
|
||||
| Trip Line | Rope to the anchor crown used to mark its place and assist in pulling when stuck
🗑
|
||||
| Trough | Low point between waves
🗑
|
||||
| Turn turtle | To turn over completely
🗑
|
||||
| TVMDC | Angle conversion process from True to compass direction (+ West)
🗑
|
||||
| Twin screw | A vessel with two propellers on separate shafts
🗑
|
||||
| Underway | Not tied to the dock
🗑
|
||||
| Uniform | the letter "U" in the phonetic alphabet
🗑
|
||||
| USCG | United States Coast Guard
🗑
|
||||
| Variation | The angle between True North and magnetic North; it varies in different parts of the world and may be either easterly or westerly
🗑
|
||||
| Veer | Change direction as does the wind
🗑
|
||||
| Ventilation | Turbulence caused by a propeller blade spinning too close to the surface and creating air bubbles
🗑
|
||||
| VHF | Very High Frequency
🗑
|
||||
| Victor | the letter "V" in the phonetic alphabet
🗑
|
||||
| Voyage | Complete trip with multiple passages
🗑
|
||||
| Wake | Waves formed by the passing of a vessel through the water
🗑
|
||||
| Wash | The turbulent water left behind by any vessel passing through the water
🗑
|
||||
| Waterline | The top edge of the bottom color paint where it meets the topside color.
The line to where water rises
🗑
|
||||
| Wave Height | the average of the highest third of all waves in an area
🗑
|
||||
| Waypoint | Position saved in a GPS receiver
🗑
|
||||
| Weigh | to raise an anchor or depart
🗑
|
||||
| Wharf | Structure parallel to the shore
🗑
|
||||
| Whiskey | the letter "W" in the phonetic alphabet
🗑
|
||||
| Wind waves | Waves created locally by the wind
🗑
|
||||
| Windlass | Anchor winch
🗑
|
||||
| Windward | Upwind side
🗑
|
||||
| X-ray | the letter "X" in the phonetic alphabet
🗑
|
||||
| Yacht | Boat used for recreation with luxury features
🗑
|
||||
| Yankee | the letter "Y" in the phonetic alphabet
🗑
|
||||
| Yaw | Horizontal motion from side-to-side
🗑
|
||||
| Zinc Anodes | Plates that protect a boat's underwater metals from galvanic deterioration
🗑
|
||||
| Zulu | the letter "Z" in the phonetic alphabet
🗑
|
||||
| Mal De Mer | Sea sickness
🗑
|
||||
| ABYC | American Boat and Yacht Council
🗑
|
||||
| A/C | abbreviation for air conditioner
🗑
|
||||
| AC | A man made, not naturally occurring electric current that reverses its direction many times a second at regular intervals.
Abbreviation for alternating current
🗑
|
||||
| after | further aft; sternwards
🗑
|
||||
| anchor light | a light that can be seen by another vessel from a 360 degree view, visible from at least 2 miles away
🗑
|
||||
| Anemometer | A device that measures wind speed.
🗑
|
||||
| Appendage | Structures extending beyond the main hull. They include items like shafting, rudder, bossing, struts, davits, outriggers, and bilge, keels.
🗑
|
||||
| Athwartship | From one side of the boat to the other.
Across the boat
🗑
|
||||
| Autopilot | Equipment used on ships and boats to maintain a chosen course without constant human action
🗑
|
||||
| Bight | A bend or curve in the shore of the sea or river.
🗑
|
||||
| Bitter End | The inboard end of a line or anchor chain or cable secured to the vessel.
🗑
|
||||
| Boot top | The area between the water lines of a ship when fully loaded and when unloaded
🗑
|
||||
| Catalyst | A chemical that activates a chemical reaction with another chemical
🗑
|
||||
| Cat Boat | Normally used to describe a twin hull power boat. Also a type of small sailing vessel
🗑
|
||||
| Cavitate | to form cavities or bubbles, usually in reference to a propeller or impeller
🗑
|
||||
| Centerline | An imaginary line down the middle of the boat from the center of the bow to the center of the stern
🗑
|
||||
| Chain | A series of usually welded metal links or rings connected to or fitted into one another and used for various purposes.
🗑
|
||||
| Chock | Fitting through which anchor or mooring lined are led
🗑
|
||||
| Class | Boat Size Classifications & Requirements
Class A. Boats measuring less than 16 feet.
Class 1. Boats measuring more than 16 feet but less than 26 feet.
Class 2. Boats measuring more than 26 feet but less than 40 feet.
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|
||||
| Carbon Monoxide (CO) | Found in fumes produced any time you burn fuel. Very little odor and deadly in confined spaces such as the cabin of a boat.
🗑
|
||||
| Cockpit | Commonly, in a boat, this refers to the outside working or seating area below the deck surface. Not below deck
🗑
|
||||
| Control line | Navigation line from point a to point b. Also a line tied to a vessel being lifted by a crane to help prevent unwanted movement.
🗑
|
||||
| Control Signals | Include sound signals, light signals, dayboards, and aids to navigation (ATON).
🗑
|
||||
| Cowling | A cover for an outboard motor. Also includes the lower motor cover.
🗑
|
||||
| Crew | On leisure vessels, they are the people not driving the boat.
🗑
|
||||
| Direct Current (DC) | is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.
🗑
|
||||
| Depth Sounder | A device that measures the depth of the water; as in
🗑
|
||||
| De-Rigging | the removal of equipment or rigging. our customary derig of cables.
🗑
|
||||
| Electric Hazards | A dangerous condition where a person could make electrical contact with energized equipment or conductor, and from which the person may sustain an injury from electric shock.
🗑
|
||||
| Environmental Awareness | Being aware of your surroundings, and the affect your actions have on them
🗑
|
||||
| Fiberglass | a reinforced plastic material composed of glass fibers embedded in a resin matrix.
🗑
|
||||
| Fore and Aft Line | separates starboard from port
🗑
|
||||
| Foward | Toward the bow; as in: Go forward to throw the bow line.
🗑
|
||||
| Fouled Bottom | To encrust with a foreign substance a boat’s bottom fouled with barnacles.
🗑
|
||||
| Gel Coat | The smooth, hard surface layer of polyester resin in a fiberglass structure.
🗑
|
||||
| GMT | Greenwich England where time stops
🗑
|
||||
| Grab rail | To give support to hold on to, usually stainless
🗑
|
||||
| Gust | A sudden breeze of wind, or a brief storm.
🗑
|
||||
| Hard Over | This is when you turn the steering wheel all the way over to the port or starboard.
🗑
|
||||
| Helmsman | a person who steers a ship or boat.
🗑
|
||||
| Hin | Hull Identification Number
🗑
|
||||
| Hull Speed | The maximum speed achieved by a non-planing hull
🗑
|
||||
| ICW | Intracoastal Waterway
🗑
|
||||
| Impeller | The rotating part of a centrifugal pump, compressor, or other machine designed to move a fluid by rotation.
🗑
|
||||
| Inboard | An inboard motor is a marine propulsion system for boats. As an inboard motor is an engine enclosed within the hull of the boat, usually connected to a propulsion screw by a driveshaft.
🗑
|
||||
| Kilometer | 1000m.
a metric unit of measurement. One km is equal to about 0.6 mi
🗑
|
||||
| Locker | A small compartment below deck or chest used for storage
🗑
|
||||
| Lubbers line | A lubber line is a fixed line on a compass pointing towards the front of the boat and corresponding to the craft's centerline
🗑
|
||||
| Midships | In the middle of a ship
🗑
|
||||
| Monkey fist | Type of knot, has the name because it looks like a bunched fist. To serve as a weight making it easier to throw the line.
🗑
|
||||
| Monohull | A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another.
🗑
|
||||
| Moor | A boat is secured to a mooring by lines to prevent free movement of the boat on the water.
🗑
|
||||
| Moored | A boat is moored by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor.
🗑
|
||||
| Multihull | a boat with two or more hulls, especially three.
🗑
|
||||
| MSD | A Marine Sanitation Device, commonly known as an “MSD” is a piece of machinery or a mechanical system that is dedicated to treat, process, and/or store raw, untreated sewage that can accumulate onboard water vessels.
🗑
|
||||
| Navigation Lights | A set of lights shown by a ship or aircraft at night to indicate its position and orientation, especially with respect to other vessels.
🗑
|
||||
| Navigation Rules | To give direction to vessels in order to set a standard that everyone could follow in order to prevent collisions of two or more vessels.
🗑
|
||||
| Negative Buoyancy | When an object goes to the bottom of the water column.
🗑
|
||||
| Offshore | situated at sea some distance from the shore
🗑
|
||||
| Outdrive | The part of an inboard/outboard motor that is outside the hull providing steering and propulsion.
🗑
|
||||
| Pedestal | The base or support (usually used for seats on a boat) where a column is mounted.
🗑
|
||||
| Plug | A rubber and/or metal plug used to stop the flow of water through the boats drain hole, and removable for towing, dry docking and water drainage.
🗑
|
||||
| Professional | A person engaged and qualified in a profession
🗑
|
||||
| Propeller | A mechanical device for propelling a boat, consisting of a revolving shaft with 2 or more broad angled blades attached to it.
🗑
|
||||
| Pump Out | To empty your boats onboard sewage and waste tanks. Pump out stations are available at most marinas.
🗑
|
||||
| PWC | Personal Watercraft
🗑
|
||||
| Rafting | The act of letting current or flow of the water carry your watercraft.
🗑
|
||||
| Reciprocal | A bearing
differing by 180°,
or measured in the opposite direction
from a given bearing.
🗑
|
||||
| Rig | The wires and harnesses running through the boat and to the engine(s).
🗑
|
||||
| Right of Way | The legal right of a watercraft to proceed with precedence over others in a particular situation or place.
🗑
|
||||
| Rope | A length of strong cord made by twisting together strands of fibers
🗑
|
||||
| RPM | The number of revolutions in one minute.
🗑
|
||||
| Rub Rail | A metal/rubber rail to protect against rubbing on the docks to avoid damage to the boat.
🗑
|
||||
| Sailor's Code | Code used by sailors on the water to communicate over radio waves and by other means. Also unwritten rules to follow while on the water.
🗑
|
||||
| Sea Conditions | The condition on the surface of a body of water correlating to waves at a certain place and time.
🗑
|
||||
| Secure | To fasten an item to tie something down to keep it in place.
🗑
|
||||
| Self Bailers | A device that is used to remove water from the boat
🗑
|
||||
| Self Bailing | A one way valves that allow water to exit the boat but not enter.
🗑
|
||||
| Self Reliance | Reliance on one's own powers and resources rather than those of others.
🗑
|
||||
| Self Rescue | The act of being able to help or save yourself by being prepared and responsive in dangerous situations.
🗑
|
||||
| Shear Pin | A pin that is installed between the propeller and the propeller shaft designed to break in case of impact to protect the prop and drive components.
🗑
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| Skeg | The lowest part of a sterndrive or outboard lower gearcase. A tapering or projecting stern section of a vessels keel, which protects the propeller and supports the rudder.
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| Skipper | The operator of the vessel
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| Statute Mile | A UNIT OF LINEAR MEASURE EQUAL TO 5,280 FEET, OR 1,760 YARDS (APPROXIMATELY 1.609 KILOMETERS).
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| Steering System | boat's steering wheel is part of the helm that connects to a mechanical, electric, or hydraulic system to assist in turning the boat. consist of a wheel, helm, steering cable, and cable connections, all linking the wheel to the engine.
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| Sterndrive | AN INBOARD ENGINE CONNECTED TO AN OUTBOARD DRIVE UNIT AT THE REAR OF A POWERBOAT
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| Strakes | Are longitudinal ridges, Their purpose is usually to deflect spray, lift the hull, and sometimes to stiffen the hull.
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| Stuffing Box | provide a watertight seal for the propeller shaft.
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| Survey | An inspection of your boat for damage and condition.
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| Surveyor | is a person who conducts inspections, surveys or examinations of marine vessels to assess, monitor and report on their condition and the products on them, as well as inspects damage caused to both vessels
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| Swim Platform | A wide platform at the transom equipped with a ladder to help ease the effort of reboarding after going into the water.
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| Tachometer | is an instrument measuring the rotation speed of a shaft or disk, as in a motor or other machine.
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| Tensile Strength | THE RESISTANCE OF A MATERIAL TO BREAKING UNDER TENSION.
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| Thimble | a metal ring with a concave groove on the outside, used to line the outside of a ring of rope forming an eye.
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| Thru Hull | a term used to describe a fitting that is attached through the Hull of a Boat.
requires a hole to be cut/drilled in the boats Hull for the fitting to pass through.
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| Tidal Current | THE WATER CURRENT CAUSED BY THE TIDES
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| Tiller | can be used by the helmsman directly pulling or pushing it, but it may also be moved remotely using tiller lines or a ship's wheel.
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| Tiller extension | Stand while keeping a hand on the tiller,
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| Toe rail | Guardrail on a boat or yacht, some inches high located at the outboard edge of the deck to prevent slipping off the deck.
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| Transducer | a Device that transmits and receives a signal , Usually used for determining the water depth, locating structures and fish.
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| Tunnel Hull | a type of boat hull that uses two typically planing hulls with a solid centre that traps air.
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| Unrig | Remove the rigging from a boat
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| V-Drive | a propulsion system for boats that consists of two drive shafts, a gearbox, and a propeller.
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| V Hull | s the shape of a boat or ship in which the contours of the hull come in a straight line to the keel.
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| Water Ballast | Weight low in the hull to improve stability or change the size of the wake from a ski boat, normally with water.
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| Wheel | A DRIVER ROTATES IN ORDER TO STEER A VEHICLE, ALSO ANOTHER NAME FOR A PROPELLER
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| Winch | a hauling or lifting device consisting of a rope,
cable, or chain winding around a horizontal rotating drum, turned by a crank or by motor or other power source; a windlass.
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