Boating Dictionary

Triangular part made up of a rigid wooden or net structure fixed between the bow and the bowsprit

Room or locker for carrying food

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

Any circle parallel to equator

Instrument used for plotting the course.

Unit of measurement equal to 1 Newton/sq.m

Sudden violent bearing away caused by wind and rudder loss of control

Spinnaker change while a second one is aloft.

Instrument for polar bearings, that is the anular distance between two poinst to determine a position

Circumnavigation of an island

Structure for mooring or harbour protection.

Ship bridge deck

Small motorboat used to steer ships into harbours or to drive a pilot aboard.

Metal bar inserted in the hole of a screw or the eyelet of a pivot, then bent forked to not escape

Part of a rudder brace made up of a pivot sliding into the gudgeon

Oscillation around the horizontal axis of a boat

External covering of a wooden boat

Circle gratuated used to measure angles while plotting the course.

Hole used for emptying bilge water. It is closed through a watertight screw top

Angle equal to 1/32° of 360°

Arctic Circle; parallel which bounds a polar region; that one in the North is called Arctic Circle; that one in the South, on the contrary, is called Counter-Circle

Angular distance between a bot bow and an object

Left side of a vessel when seen by someone facing the bow

Side which wind comes from

Opening in the hull with a watertight closing. Usually round.

Service boat.

Spare or reinforcing sheet

Geometric operations on a map to establish and follow the course

Terminal part of the propulsion system made up of a series of inclined blades which screw in water and push the boat

Transmission element made up of a rotating disk. It is generally used to gear running riggings.

Wheel of a block

Secure railing, generally on the ends of the boat

Forbidden rigging in regatta consisting in moving bird wing sails continuously and fast.

Reference point easily recognisable on the coast

Poles fixed on the sea bottom to indicate the navigable way in low bottoms; also used for mooring