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GLOSSARY – NAUTICAL TERMINOLOGY
ABEAM
- object 90 degrees ( 90°) to center line on either side of boat.
ABAFT
- a point on a boat that is aft of another.
ABYC -
American Boat and Yacht Council, Inc.(USA)
AFLOAT
– On the water.
AFT -
Toward the rear or stern of the boat.
AGROUND
– Touching bottom.
AMIDSHIP (MID SHIP)
– Center or middle of the boat.
ANCHOR
– (1) An iron casting shaped to grip the lake bottom to hold the boat.
(2) The act of setting the anchor.
ANODE
– An electrode carrying a positive charge.
ASHORE
– On the shore.
ASTERN
– Toward the stern(rear).
BAIL
– To remove water from the bottom of the boat with a pump, bucket, sponge, etc.
BALLAST
– Any solid or liquid weight placed in a boat to increase the draft, to change
the trim.
BEAM
– The widest point on the boat.(
the maximum width of a boat.)
BEARING
– Relative position or direction of an object from the boat.
BILGE
–
the lowest part of the hull on the inside where fluids collect.
BOARDING
– To enter the boat.
BOUNDARY WATERS
– A body of water between two areas of jurisdiction; i.e., a river
between two
states.
BOW
– The forward part of the boat.
BOW EYE
- bolt with looped head mounted on extreme forward part of bow, used for
towing or tying
up boat.
BUILDER'S PLATE
– A plate that provides maximum load capacity and engine
horsepower rating information. It is located in full view of the helm.(see also
CAPACITY
PLATE
)
BULKHEAD
– Vertical partition (wall) in a boat.
BUNKS
– Carpeted trailer hull supports.
BURDENED BOAT
– Term for the boat that must "give-way" to boats with the right-of-
way.
CAPACITY PLATE
– A plate that provides maximum weight capacity and engine
horsepower rating
information. It is located in full view of the helm.(see
also
BUILDER'S PLATE)
CAPSIZE
– To turn over.
CAST-OFF
– To unfasten mooring lines in preparation for departure.
CATHODE
– An electrode carrying a negative charge.
CAVITATION
– A phenomenon in which low pressure within a liquid allows vapor bubbles
to form.
CENTER LINE
– A lengthwise imaginary line which runs fore and aft with the boat’s keel.
CHINE
– The point on a boat where the side intersects (meets) the bottom.(meeting
juncture of
side and bottom of boat.)
CHOCK
-
deck fitting, used as a guide for mooring or anchor lines. Also, a wedge to
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