Dicionário de termos náuticos em inglês

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There are currently 35 names in this directory beginning with the letter P.
Palmetta
Triangular part made up of a rigid wooden or net structure fixed between the bow and the bowsprit
Pantry, Provisions room, Food room
Room or locker for carrying food
Papa.
Term which represents ‚P‚ in the international phonetic alphabet.
Parallel
Any circle parallel to equator
Parallel bar
Instrument used for plotting the course.
Pascal
Unit of measurement equal to 1 Newton/sq.m
Paying off
Sudden violent bearing away caused by wind and rudder loss of control
Peeling
Spinnaker change while a second one is aloft.
Pelorus
Instrument for polar bearings, that is the anular distance between two poinst to determine a position
Periplus
Circumnavigation of an island
Pier, mole, wharf, quay
Structure for mooring or harbour protection.
Pilot bridge
Ship bridge deck
Pilot's boat
Small motorboat used to steer ships into harbours or to drive a pilot aboard.
Pin, split pin, cotter pin
Metal bar inserted in the hole of a screw or the eyelet of a pivot, then bent forked to not escape
Pintle
Part of a rudder brace made up of a pivot sliding into the gudgeon
Pitching
Oscillation around the horizontal axis of a boat
Planking
External covering of a wooden boat
Plotter
Circle gratuated used to measure angles while plotting the course.
Plug
Hole used for emptying bilge water. It is closed through a watertight screw top
Point
Angle equal to 1/32° of 360°
Polar
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
Polar bearing
Angular distance between a bot bow and an object
Port side
Left side of a vessel when seen by someone facing the bow
Port/starboard tack
Side which wind comes from
Porthole
Opening in the hull with a watertight closing. Usually round.
Pram.
Service boat.
Preventer sheet
Spare or reinforcing sheet
Pricking, plot the course
Geometric operations on a map to establish and follow the course
Propeller
Terminal part of the propulsion system made up of a series of inclined blades which screw in water and push the boat
Pulley
Transmission element made up of a rotating disk. It is generally used to gear running riggings.
Pulley, sheave
Wheel of a block
Pulpit
Secure railing, generally on the ends of the boat
Pumping
Forbidden rigging in regatta consisting in moving bird wing sails continuously and fast.
Punto cospicuo
Reference point easily recognisable on the coast
Pylon
Poles fixed on the sea bottom to indicate the navigable way in low bottoms; also used for mooring


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