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GLOSSARY OF
TERMS
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
ABYC
– American Boat and Yacht Council, Inc.
AFLOAT
– On the water.
AFT
– Toward the rear or stern of the boat.
AGROUND
– Touching bottom of a body of water.
AMIDSHIP
– Center or middle of the boat.
ANCHOR
– (1) A heavily weighted object designed to grip the bottom
of the body of water to hold the boat. (2) The act of setting the
anchor.
ASHORE
– On the shore.
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, and change a boat’s position in the water.
BEAM
– The widest point on the boat.
BEARING
– The direction of an object from current location.
BILGE
– The lowest interior section of the boat hull. Generally water
is designed to drain to this point on the boat so it can be pumped
overboard.
BOARD
– To enter the boat.
BOUNDARY WATERS
– A body of water between two areas of juris-
diction; i.e., a river between two states.
BOW
– The forward portion of the boat.
BULKHEAD
– Vertical partition (wall) in a boat.
BUNKS
– Carpeted trailer hull supports. MasterCraft boats rest
directly on carpeted trailer bunks when loaded onto their trailers.
BURDENED BOAT
– Term for the boat that must “give-way” to boats
with the right-of-way.
CAPACITY PLATE
– An informational decal visible from the helm
station that provides maximum weight and passengers capacity
information.
CAPSIZE
– To turn over.
CAST-OFF
– To unfasten mooring lines in preparation for departure.
CATHODE
– An electrode carrying a negative charge.
CENTER LINE
– A lengthwise imaginary line which runs fore and aft
with the boat’s keel.
CHINE
– The point on a boat where the hull side intersects (meets)
the hull bottom.
CLEAT
– A deck fitting to which mooring lines are fastened.
STARTER BATTERY
– The main battery used for engine starting and
electrical circuits.
CURRENT
– The flow of water in a body of water. Current can vary in
strength and direction.
DEADRISE
– The vertical distance between a line horizontal to the
keel of a vessel and its chine.
DECK
– The open surface on the boat where the passengers walk.
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