Striper Seaswirl Series, Руководство пользователя

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Stand-On The vessel with the right-of-way.
Vessel
Starboard The right side of a boat when you are facing the
bow.
Stern The after end or back of the boat.
Stow To store items neatly and securely.
Strake Planks running fore and aft on the outside of a vessel.
Taffrail The rail around a boat’s stern.
Tide The alternate rise and fall of waters caused by the
gravitational attraction of moon or sun.
Topsides (1) The sides of a vessel above the waterline;
(2) On deck as opposed to below deck.
Transom The transverse planking which forms the after end
of a small, square-ended boat. (Outboard motors
are usually attached to a transom.)
Trim To arrange weights in a vessel in such a manner as
to obtain desired draft at bow and stern.
Trimaran Boat with three hulls – the center one is the largest.
Unbend To cast off or untie.
Underway Vessel in motion, i.e. when not moored, at anchor,
or aground.
USPS United States Power Squadron, a private member-
ship organization that specializes in boating educa-
tion and good boating practices.
Vessel Every kind of watercraft, other than a seaplane on
the water, capable of being used as a means of
transportation on water.
VHF Radio A Very High Frequency electronic communications
and direction-finding system.
Wake Moving waves created by vessel motion. Track or
path that a boat leaves behind it when moving
across the water.
Wash The loose or broken water left behind a vessel as it
moves along; the surging action of waves.
Waterline The intersection of a vessel’s hull and the water’s
surface; the line separating the bottom paint and the
topsides.
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