Chaparral 420 PREMIERE, Owner'S/Operator'S Manual

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Marina A place, essentially a dock
area, where small recreation-
al craft are kept; usually floats
or piers, as well as service
facilities, are available.
MAYDAY A radio distress call, from the
french m’aidez (help me);
SOS in Morse Code.
Mooring Commonly, the anchor chain,
buoy, pennant, etc., by which
a
boat is permanently
anchored in one location.
Motor A source of mechanical
power.
Motorboat Any watercraft 65 feet or less
in
length propelled by
machinery, whether or not
such machinery is the princi-
pal source of propulsion.
Navigation The art of conducting a ship
from port to port.
NauticalMile 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.
NunBuoy A conical, red buoy bearing
an even number and marking
the starboard side of a chan-
nel from seaward.
Oar A long, wooden instrument
with a flat blade at one end,
used for propelling a boat.
Outboard (1) a propulsion unit for boats,
attached at the transom;
includes motor, driveshaft,
and propeller; fuel tank and
battery may be integral or
installed separately in the
boat; (2) outside or away from
a vessel’s hull; opposite of
inboard.
Outdrive A propulsion system for
boats, with an inboard motor
operating an exterior drive,
with driveshaft, gears, and
propeller; also called stern-
drive and inboard/outboard.
OverallLength The extreme length of a ves-
sel, excluding spars or rigging
fittings. See LOA.
Painter A rope attached to the bow of
a boat for making it fast.
PFD Personal Flotation Device.
Pier A structure, usually wood or
masonry, extending into the
water, used as a landing
place for boats and ships.
Pile A vertical wooden or concrete
pole, driven into the bottom;
may be a support for a pier or
floats; also used for mooring.
Piling A structure of piles.
Pitch (1) The up and down move-
ment as the bow and stern
rise and fall due to wave
action; (2) The theoretical dis-
tance advanced by a pro-
peller in one revolution.
PlaningHull Type of hull that is shaped to
lift out of the water at high
speed and ride on the sur-
face.
Port The left side of a boat when
you are facing the bow, also a
destination or harbor.
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