Boating Dictionary

A compartment below offering accommodations for passengers and crew.

Synonim of rope

Deck equipment to block sheets

When a boat turns over

Big winch with a vertical cylinder

They indicate that deeper waters of the zone where the signal is located are in the quadrant sharing the same name

To put a boat on a side through counterweights or ropes in order to clean, caulk, or repair the bottom .

Crane fixed on a ship bridge for loading/unloading merchandise

To untie a knot or release a rope

The foreward most compartment above the deck, used in 19th-century-sailing boats

A particular type of mooring through which a boat keeps a certain distance from the pier, even in case of surf

Small yacht with a single mast on which only the mainsail can be hoisted

Crane used to secure anchors

To hook the main anchor to a specific crane in order to put it on the bow.

Boat with two twin hulls joined together

To stop a running rope or chain. The verb also refers to an anchor holding on the bottom. It usually refers to mooring ropes.

Fore crane used to cat the anchor.

To empty the space between plating axis with insulating material in order to make it watertight

Aluminium profile with two cavities mounted on the forestay. It allows to ride fore sails without any slides, while increasing efficiency and allowing the use of furlers

The effect caused when air is drawn down into the water by a propeller, resulting in loss of power, overspending of the engine and propeller, and pitting of the metal surfaces of the propeller

It allows to determine a ship position by measuring angles between the horizon and known altitude of sun, moon, planets and stars.

Compartment of the centreboat within hull

Reinforced joints on the deck where stays are clasped.

Bend of a rope or a stay when exposed to a stress; generally referred to the bend of the jib stay moved by the wind

Term which represents ‚C‚ in the international phonetic alphabet.

Synonym of rental. Reffered to a rented boat

A deck fitting used to secure moveable gear

To sail around a body of land and return to the starting point.

Small bitt generally used to stop running riggins, such as halyards

The lower aft corner of a fore and aft sail, or the lower corner at the foot of a square sail

Rope linked to the mainsail clew which passes through a gear located at the boom yard in order to regulate the sail base

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Water vapour condensed as a result of pressure and temperature differences.

Knot used for mooring or to fix fenders.

Line between sea and land

To sail towards the coast

External part of a boat, where riggings and rudder are usually located.

To turn a rope on itself

Junction line of shrouds; ring which reinforces masts; sliding ring which allow sail to move on masts

Collision between boats

Thin wire used to block the terminal part of ropes so that they dont' fray

Hatch of an opening in the deck

Instrument which, tanks to Earth's magnetism, indicates a fixed point and helps to maintain a course

Operation to minimize the compass mistake due to the onboard metal parts

Pole which supports sails foremost the jib

Flag of the hoist country that must be hoisted when sailing in the territorial waters of a foreign country.It must be hoisted below the national one

A frame built to support a vessel when it is hauled out.

All watercraft with a length of less than 10 metres, used in marine or inner waters, including sailing, motor and row boats. The category includes smaller boats, such as rowing catamarans, paddleboats, sailing boards, jet skis and water motors../ metres

People boarded in the boat

A heavily reinforced grommet at the corner of a sail to which a line is fastened.

Spacer placed on masts to increase the traction angle of stays

A specialized downhaul used in some racing sailboats to adjust the shape of the sail luff (named for its inventor.)

Part of the bow cutting waves

Area where atmopheric pressure is low but increasing inwards. Its motion and winds are counterclockwise.