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Boating Vocabulary. Aft – towards the back of the boat. Aground – bottom of the vessel is sitting on solid ground. Amidship – middle of the vessel. Anchor – a metal casting used to hold the vessel in position . Bearing – unit of measurement on a compass.
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Boating Vocabulary • Aft – towards the back of the boat. • Aground – bottom of the vessel is sitting on solid ground. • Amidship – middle of the vessel. • Anchor – a metal casting used to hold the vessel in position. • Bearing – unit of measurement on a compass. • Bilge – lowest part of the ship’s hull.
Boating Vocabulary – Cont’d • Capacity Plate - fixed by the manufacturer, it tells the maximum weight, horsepower, and number of people a vessel can carry. • Can Buoy – green in color, odd numbered, and they are on the port (left) side of the river when returning from sea. • Capsize – to turn over a vessel. • Carburetor Flame Backfire Arrestor – it prevents fires by protecting the carburetor.
Boating Vocabulary – Cont’d • Cardinal Points – 4 main directions on a compass. North is 0 to 360 degrees, East is 90 degrees, South is 180 degrees, and West is 270 degrees. • Chart – roadmap for the water. • Come About – to turn around 180 degrees. • Compass – navigation instrument to tell direction. • Current – back and forth movement of water dictated by the moon/tide
Boating Vocabulary – Cont’d • Displacement Hull – slow, big, and powerful. It pushes water out of the way(ex. cruise ship) • Draft – distance between the waterline and lowest point of the vessel. • Fore – front of the vessel. • Forward – front of the vessel. • Freeboard – the distance from the gunwale (side of the boat) to the waterline.
Boating Vocabulary – Cont’d • Give-way Vessel – the boat that yields the right of way to the other vessel. By giving the right of way you must change course, direction, and speed. • Gunwale – side of the vessel. • Hypothermia – loss of core body heat generally due to the water. Body looses more heat than it can produce. • Keel – the permanent positioned fore-and-aft backbone member of a boat’s hull.
Boating Vocabulary – Cont’d • Leeward– side away from the wind • Lubber’s Line – the mark or indicator on a compass by which direction is read. • Mooring – permanent anchor for a vessel. • Motor Boat - any vessel under 65 ft. in length that is powered by a motor. (Any vessel on 65 ft. in length is considered a ship) • Nun Buoy – are red in color, even numbered, and they are on the starboard (right) side of the river when returning from sea (red, right, returning)
Boating Vocabulary – Cont’d • PFD – Personal Flotation Devices governed by the Coast Guard and they must fit the occupants on the vessel. • Planning Hull – smaller, faster, not very strong. They move on top of the water. (ex. personal watercraft, bass boat) • Port – left side of the vessel when facing forward. • Privileged Vessel – has right of way, maintains course and speed.
Boating Vocabulary – Cont’d • Rules of the Road – basic navigation rules for safety. • Scope – the length of the anchor roade (rope) used to secure a vessel to the bottom. Coast Guard recommends six to one ratio in calm water. (ex. 10ft. Depth with 6 to 1 ratio = 60 ft. of roade) • Stand-on-Vessel –has right of way, maintains course and speed. • Starboard – right side of a vessel when facing forward.
Boating Vocabulary – Cont’d • Stern – the back of the vessel. • Tide – up and down movement of the water. • Trim – to be balanced from left and right, font to back (port to starboard, bow to stern) • Vessel – anything used to move through the water • Wake – the wave put out by the movement of a vessel through the water. The Captain of the vessel is responsible for his wake. • Way – movement through water of any kind.
Boating Vocabulary – Cont’d • Federal Water – any water that has barges on them • Rip Current – channeled currents of water flowing away from the shore.
