ADRIFT: Loose, not on moorings or towline.
AFT: Toward the rear (stern) of the boat, to move aft is to move back
AGROUND: Touching or fast to the bottom.
AHEAD: In a forward direction.
ADRIFT - Loose, not on moorings or towline,vessel without means of propulsion, not under control .
AFT - Toward the stern (rear) of the vessel, behind ...
Adrift
Floating without any means of propulsion, and without mooring.
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adrift - Floating free with the currents and tide, not under control.
aerodynamic - Having a shape that that is not adversely affected by wind flowing past it.
aft, after - Toward the stern (rear) - of the boat.
Adrift - floating without direction, especially a ship that is crippled or abandoned. Also used to indicate anything or anyone who seems without direction or purpose.
Adrift:
Floating free with the currents and tide; said of a free floating object or boat which can not move by its own power; floating at random.
Advance:
The distance traveled parallel to original course while turning.
adrift: Floating free without propulsion; not moored, aground, not fastened to the shore.
aft, after: Near or at the stern.
Adrift
Said of a free floating object or boat which can not move by its own power.
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Describes a boat drifting out of control, and loose, unsecured equipment.
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Adrift - Floating free without propulsion; not fastened.
Admiralty law - The law of the sea; maritime law according to the British Admiralty, which administers naval affairs (only those involving Admirals, of course).
Aft - Near or at the stern.
adrift - Not moored; Aground; Not fastened to the shore; Free floating without propulsion.
admiralty law - A term for marine law, originating from the British Admiralty department (which administers naval affairs); Law of the sea.
Cast Adrift - To abandon a ship at sea; to place people in a ship's boat or raft and leave them.
Cast Off - To let go of a line; to leave a dock or a mooring; to untie or loose a rope or line.
ADRIFT - Not made fast, floating loose, at mercy of wind and current.
AFT - At, near, or toward the stern.
AGROUND - Touching or stuck on the bottom.
AHEAD - In front of the vessel, forward; opposite of astern.
Ahull - Lying adrift in heavy seas without power or sail set.
Alee - Away from the direction of the wind. Opposite of windward.
Athwartships - At right angles to the centerline of the boat; rowboat seats are generally athwart ships.
unbend To cast adrift or untie under bare poles With no sails set under lay To make the "last tack" too early so that the mark cannot be rounded without another tack under the lee Protected from the wind by land, another boat, ...
Adrift Floating free with the currents and tide, not under control. Aft, After Toward the stern (rear) of the boat. Aground When a boat is in water too shallow for it to float in, i.e: the boat's bottom is resting on the ground.
The paravane is a special type of water kite which, when towed with wire rope from a fitting on the forefoot of a vessel, operates to ride out from the ship's side and deflect mines which are moored in the path of the vessel, and to cut them adrift ...
Adrift - Loose, not on moorings or towline.
Address Field - For sentences in the NMEA 0183 standard, the fixed length field following the beginning sentence delimiter "$" (HEX 24).
Adrift - Afloat and unattached in any way to the shore or seabed. It may also imply that a vessel is not anchored and not under control, therefore goes where the wind and current take her, (loose from moorings, or out of place).
BEFORE GETTING a catboat under way from an anchorage, or casting adrift from moorings, the captain should see all gear clear, that the centerboard works easily in its trunk, and that oars, rowlocks and a baler are aboard.
Adrift: Lose in the sense of not anchored or moored.
Aft: The direction towards the stern of the boat; backwards.
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Adrift: Floating free. A boat which can not move by its own power.
Aft: Toward the back of the boat
Alee: Away from the direction of the wind.
Aloft: Above the deck, overhead on the mast or in the rigging.
ADRIFT Loose, not on moorings or towline. AFT Toward the stern of the boat. AGROUND Touching or fast to the bottom. AHEAD In a forward direction. AIDS TO NAVIGATION Artificial objects to supplement natural landmarks indicating safe and unsafe waters.
(e) Vessels left abandoned at any seawall or other mooring facility or found adrift shall be removed at the owner's expense.
Clench the bolts over on the inside to stop them coming adrift. Screw each side of the break to the doubler from the inside, then screw the doublers to the planking as for the tingles and fair off the ends.
The 600 toot freighter J.R. SENSIBAR was being towed into Grand Haven Michigan when Gale forced wind broke an 8" hawser and set her adrift.
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"The Pride Of Baltimore, a fine 137 foot schooner, was reportedly struck by a white squall. The 121-ton vessel sank about 240 miles north of Puerto Rico, casting the surviving crew members adrift for five days.
But if your dock is fixed and you are gone from the boat an hour or more, a water level change could strain a tight dock line to the point of ripping cleats from the dock or the boat"and setting your boat adrift.
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The rudder is formed around a massive stainless stock that actually curves inside the rudder and then flattens out. The advantage of this detail is that there are no welds inside the rudder, no way for the rudder to come adrift of the stock.
 See also: Light, Boat, Chain, Mooring, Anchor
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