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Owner’s Manual Page 137Nautical Glossary

Nautical Glossary

ABAFT - Toward the rear of a boat.

ABEAM - At right angles to the keel of the boat.

ABOARD - On the boat.

ABREAST - Side by side.

ADRIFT - Loose, not on moorings or towline.

AFT - Moving toward the stern, you are going aft.

AGROUND - Stuck fast to the bottom.

AHEAD - In a forward direction.

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of windward.

ALOFT - Above the deck.

AMIDSHIPS - 1. An object or area midway be tween

the bow and stern. 2. An object or area midway

between the port side and the starboard side of a

vessel.

AMPERE - The standard unit used to measure the

draw of an electrical current.

ANCHOR RODE OR ROPE - The line (chain)

connecting a vessel to its anchor.

ANCHOR BALL - A black, circular, day signal hoisted

to show that a vessel is anchored. Re placed at dusk

by the anchor light.

ASTERN - Anywhere behind the boat, a reverse

direction, opposite of ahead.

ATHWARTSHIPS - A line, or anything else, running

perpendicular to the fore-and-aft center line of a boat.

BATTEN - A strip of wood or metal used to secure

tarpaulin(s) in place over a hatch. To batten down

means to secure for rough weather.

BEAM - 1. The widest distance across a boat from the

outside skin on one side to the outside skin on the

other. 2. A transverse structural member that stiffens

and supports a portion of the deck.

BEAM WIND - A wind blowing against the side of the

vessel, perpendicular to the long axis of the vessel.

BILGE - The lowest interior area of a hull, used to

collect water that has entered.

BILGE PUMP - A pump intended for removal of spray,

rainwater, and the normal accumulation of water due

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control.

BINNACLE - The stand or support for a magnetic

compass occasionally used to mean helm.

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or metal used for securing lines.

BLOCK - A wooden or metal case enclosing one

or more pulleys and having a hook, eye, or strap by

which it may be attached.

BOLLARD - A single post (wood, metal, or con crete)

on a dock, pier, or wharf used to secure a vessel’s

lines.

BONDING - The electrical connection of exposed

metallic, non-current carrying components to a

common point on the main engine block.

BOW - The front end of the boat.

BOW LINE - A docking line leading from the bow.

BREAKER - A single breaking, plunging or spilling

wave.

BREAKER LINE - The outer limit of the surf.

However, all breakers may not be in a line.

They can occur outside the breaker line.

BRIDGE - The main vessel control station.

BROACH - The turning of a boat parallel to the waves,

subjecting it to possible capsizing.

BULKHEADS - The interior walls of a boat.

BULWARK - The side of a vessel when carried above

the level of the deck.

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on the water, a hazard, or a shoal.

CAPSIZE - To turn over.

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