Where ‘miles’ are referred to as ‘nautical’ miles are meant One (1) nautical mile = 1.852 kmĪ protected water area in which vessels are moored.The term is often used to denote a pier or a wharf. The weight of water displaced by a floating vessel, thus, a boat’s weight.Ī type of hull that plows through the water, displacing a weight of water equal to its own weight, even when more power is added. A dinghy is often used as a tender for a larger craft. The person responsible for cleaning the deck and generally maintaining the a vessel.Ī small open boat. A vessel with a 0 degree deadrise has a flat bottom where as a a higher degree will indicate a deeper ‘v’ shaped hull.Ī permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part thereof. The design angle between the keel and horizontal. The direction in which a boat is steered.ĭevice (like a small crane) for lifting a tender on and off a boat. to prevent water on deck from running below.Īn opening in the deck from which the boat is handled. The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped.Ī knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.Ī vertical piece around the edge of a cockpit, hatch, etc. Usually U-shaped to reduce chafe.Ī fitting to which lines are made fast. The intersection of the bottom and sides of a flat or v-bottomed boat.Ī fitting through which anchor or mooring lines are led. Tubing or cloth wrapping used to protect a line from chafing on a rough surface. The term in many states has been superseded by the term “give-way”.Ī twin-hulled boat, with hulls side by side.Ī pivoting board that prevents the boat from sliding sideways. That vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rules, must give way to the privileged vessel. “Control Station” is really a more appropriate term for small craft.Ī line or wire secured at both ends in order to distribute a strain between two points.Ī vertical partition separating compartments.Īn anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazard or a shoal and for mooring. The location from which a vessel is steered and its speed controlled. The main anchor of a boat – carried at the bow.Ī knot used to form a temporary loop in the end of a line. The last part of a rope or chain.The inboard end of the anchor rode.Ī very broad term for a waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship.Ī short shaft with a fitting at one end shaped to facilitate use in putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off.Ī pole running at a right angle from the mast. Weather-resistant fabric stretched over a stainless steel frame, fastened above the cockpit of a sailboat or flybridge of a power yacht which serves as a rain or sun shade.
BOAT LINGO MANUAL
Electric, manual pumps and buckets can be used for this function. The interior of the hull below the floor.Ī pump to remove bilge water. The direction of an object expressed either as a true bearing as shown on the chart, or as a bearing relative to the heading of the boat. Secure hatches and loose objects both within the hull and on deck. The position of anchor as it is raised clear of the bottom.īucket for removing water from a boat to prevent it sinking.Ī very heavy material, such as lead or iron, placed in the keel of the boat, or in the bilge. Oars are sometimes referred to as the auxiliary power in jest. It uses a compass, and is attached to the boat’s steering mechanism.Īn engine that is permanently installed on the boat used for functions other than propulsion (although it occasionally is used to power the boat). The combination of the true wind and the wind caused by the boat’s own speedĪt right angles to the centerline of the boat rowboat seats are generally athwart ships.Ī device – may be electronic or mechanical – used for keeping the boat on course without having to steer it. To have all sails flying when running before the wind.Ī place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom. At right angles to the keel of the boat, but not on the boat.Īrtificial objects to supplement natural landmarks indicating safe and unsafe waters.Īway from the direction of the wind.
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