Specifications
LUBBER LINE - A mark or line on the compass parallel
to the keel indicating forward.
MAST - A spar that is set upright to support rigging and
sails.
MIZZEN - The after and smaller mast of a ketch oryawl;
also a sail set
on
that mast.
MOORING -
An
arrangement for securing a boat to a
mooring buoy or pier.
NAVIGATION LIGHTS A set of red and green orwhite
lights which must be shown by all vessels between dusk
and dawn.
OVERHEAD - A ceiling
or
roof of a vessel.
OVERBOARD - Over the side of the boat.
OUTBOAR D -
1.
From the fore-and-aft centerline of a
boat toward both the port and starboard sides. 2. The
seaward side of a moored boat.
PAINTER A line
in
the bow of a small boat used for
making fast.
PASSAGEWAY - A corridor or hallway aboard ship.
PENNANT The line by which a boat
is
made fast to a
moring buoy; also pendant.
PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICE (PFD) - A life
preserver.
PI
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- A loading platform that extends
at
an
angle from
the shore.
PILASTER A rectangular structural support column
that is
an
extension of the port and starboard aft cabin
sides and which supports the hardtop and flybridge.
PILING Support, protection for wharves, piers, etc.
PITCH - 1. The vertical (up and down) motion of a bow
in
a seaway, about the athwartships axis.
2.
The axial
advance of a propeller during one complete revolution.
PITCH POLING A boat being thrown end-over-end.
PLANING HULL At slow speeds, a planing hull will
displace water in the same as a displacement
hUll.
As
speed is increased, hull provides a lifting effect up onto
the surface of the water.
POINT - One of 32 points of the compass that is equal
to
11-114
degrees.
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PORT -
1.
Looking forward, the left.pid,Iir3!\,
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bow to stern.
2.
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PORT BEAM - The left-center of a boat.
PORT BOW - Facing the bow, the front left side.
PORT QUARTER - Looking forward, a vessel's left rear
section.
QUARTER
- The sides of a boat aft of amidships.
QUARTERING SEA Sea coming on a boat's quarter.
RED-RIGHT-RETURNING - A term for helmsmen that
buoys and day marker are
on
the right when returning
from seaward.
REEF - To reduce the sail area.
REEVE - To pass a line through a block
or
other
opening.
RIDGES - High pressure fingers extending out from a
high.
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RUNNING LIGHTS - Lights required
to
be shown on
boats underway between sundown and sunup.
RUDDER - A vertical plate or board for steering a boat.
SALON The main social cabin on a vessel, usually the
largest area, occasionally referred to
as
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SCREW - A propeller.
SCUPPER - A drain from the edge of a deck that
discharges overboard.
SEACOCK - A positive action shut-off valve connected
directly to the hull seawater intake and discharge pip-
ing.
SERIES - A group of waves which seem to travel
together and at about the same speed.
SHACKLE - A "U" shaped connector with apin or bolt
across the open end.
SHAFT - The long, round member that connects the
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SHAFT LOG - A fitting at the hull bottom wherethe shaft
connecting
an
engine to its propeller penetrates the
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