2013 Chaparral SSX Owner’s Manual
Chaparral Boats, Inc.
Nashville, GA
chaparralboats.com
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MAYDAY
Mooring
Motor
Motorboat
Navigation
Nautical Mile
Nun Buoy
Oar
Outboard
Outdrive
A radio distress call, from the french m’aidez (help me);
SOS in Morse Code.
Commonly, the anchor chain, buoy, pennant, etc., by
which a boat is permanently anchored in one location.
A source of mechanical power.
Any watercraft 65 feet or less in length propelled by ma-
chinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal
source of propulsion.
The art of conducting a ship from port to port.
6076.12 feet, or 1852 meters, an international standard;
the geographical mile, the length of one minute of latitude
at the equator, is 6087.20 feet.
A conical, red buoy bearing an even number and marking
the starboard side of a channel from seaward.
A long, wooden instrument with a fl at blade at one end,
used for propelling a boat.
(1) a propulsion unit for boats, attached at the transom; in-
cludes motor, driveshaft, and propeller; fuel tank and bat-
tery may be integral or installed separately in the boat; (2)
outside or away from a vessel’s hull; opposite of inboard.
A propulsion system for boats, with an inboard motor op-
erating an exterior drive, with driveshaft, gears, and pro-
peller; also called stern-drive and inboard/ouboard.
Overall Length
Painter
PFD
Pier
Pile
Piling
Pitch
Planing Hull
Port
Privileged Vessel
Propeller
Rigging
The extreme length of a vessel, excluding spars or rigging
fi ttings. See LOA.
A rope attached to the bow of a boat for making it fast.
Personal Flotation Device.
A structure, usually wood or masonry, extending into the
water, used as a landing place for boats and ships.
A vertical wooden or concrete pole, driven into the bot-
tom; may be a support for a pier or fl oats; also used for
mooring.
A structure of piles.
(1) The up and down movement as the bow and stern rise
and fall due to wave action; (2) The theoretical distance
advanced by a propeller in one revolution.
Type of hull that is shaped to lift out of the water at high
speed. and ride on the surface.
The left side of a boat when you are facing the bow, also
a destination or harbor.
Former term for the vessel with the right-of-way.
Wheel or screw. Mechanism that pushes water aft to pro-
pel the boat.
The general term for all lines (ropes) of a vessel.
