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Hard aground: a vessel which has gone aground and is incapable of refloating under her own power.
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AGROUND: Touching or fast to the bottom.
AHEAD: In a forward direction.
AIDS TO NAVIGATION: Artificial objects external to the boat, that supplement natural landmarks, assisting safe passage by indicating safe and unsafe waters.

Aground
When a boat is stranded on the shore, or on the bottom of the body of water, it is said to have run aground.
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Aground- When the hull or keel touches bottom.
Ahead- The front of the boat; Toward the front of the boat.
Ahull, Lying ahull- When all sails are lowered, usually in open water.

AGROUND: Touching or fast to the bottom of any body of water; on or onto the shore.
AHEAD: In a forward direction.
AIDS TO NAVIGATION (AtoN): Artificial objects to supplement natural landmarks to indicate safe and unsafe waters.

AGROUND - When a vessel is in water too shallow for it to float in, i.e.: the vessel's bottom is resting on the sea bottom.
AHEAD - Go in a forward direction.

Aground: touching the bottom.
Amidships: generally speaking the word amidships means in the middle portion of a vessel.

Aground - When the hull or keel is against the ground
Aloft - overhead, above
Amidships - the middle 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.

aground - When the boat's keel or bottom is resting on the sea bottom.
ahead - In a forward direction; in advance of.
ahoy - An interjection used to attract attention . In hailing a vessel, as "Cetonia Ahoy!" ...

Aground:
When the hull or keel is touching or fast to the bottom of any body of water; on or onto the shore.
Ahead:
In front of the vessel, forward; in a forward direction; opposite of astern.

Run aground
To take a boat into water that is too shallow for it to float in; the bottom of the boat is resting on the ground.

hard aground
A boat which has gone aground and cannot break free under her own power.
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aground
Stuck on the water's bottom. To run aground is to become stuck.
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HARD AGROUND - A vessel which has gone aground and is incapable of refloating under her own power.
HATCH - An opening, generally rectangular, in a ship's deck affording access into the compartment below.

If you run aground while close-hauled, let go the mainsheet, put the helm hard over and try to back her off with the jib, at the same time using a boathook or oar to try to shove her into deep water.

(d) A vessel aground shall exhibit the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Rule and in addition, where they can best be seen:
(i) two all-round red lights in a vertical line;
(ii) three balls in a vertical line.

(h) A vessel aground shall give the bell signal and if required the gong signal prescribed in paragraph (g) of this Rule and shall, in addition, ...

AGROUND - Touching or stuck on the bottom.
AHEAD - In front of the vessel, forward; opposite of astern.
ALOFT - Above deck, usually in the rigging. ...

Brown brown, run aground, White white, you might, Green green, nice and clean, Blue blue, run right through.
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When a vessel is in motion, and is not aground or made fast to shore or an anchor unfurl To unfold a sail or flag [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] union The upper portion of a national flag near the hoist.

Aground -Touching or fast to the bottom. .
Aid to navigation- Any fixed object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radiobeacons, and lighthouses.
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AGROUND: Touching or fast to the bottom.
AMIDSHIPS: In or toward the center of the boat.
BEAM SEA: Sea coming on the side of the ship.

Aground - Resting on or touching the ground or bottom.
Ahead - Forward of the bow.
Ahoy - A cry to draw attention. Term used to hail a boat or a ship, as "Boat ahoy!"
Ahull - 1. When the boat is lying broadside to the sea. 2.

The Vansittart found the shoals, all right-it found them good, running aground and sustaining enough damage that it took on water so rapidly that the crew had to abandon the ship on a reef off a tiny island in the Java Sea.

- Houseboat Anchoring (Shore Lines) — Many captains will moor their houseboat to the shoreline using a set of 3/4' x 150 foot double braid nylon shore lines where the bow is run aground with the stern sticking out into the lake.

When a Sailboat Runs Aground
If you are offshore sailing or cruising, your goal is to get away from land. But, even if you have a good plan and plotting chart, your boat can still run ashore.

Aground - A boat or ship with the bottom or hull against the ground
Aloft - At or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship (overhead or above)
Amidships - At or near or toward the center of a ship ...

A kedge is simply a word for an anchor that is deployed when you are aground. Kedging is the process of hauling in on that anchor in attempt to float the boat. Before we could set a kedge, we had to launch the dinghy.

AGROUND - Touching or fast to the bottom.
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - Artificial objects to supplement natural landmarks indicating safe and unsafe waters.
ALEE - Away from the direction of the wind. Opposite of windward.
ALOFT - Above the deck of the boat.

Kedging
1) A method of pulling a boat out of shallow water when it has run aground. A dinghy is used to set an anchor, then the boat is pulled toward the anchor. Those steps are repeated until the boat is in deep enough water to float.
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Capsized, Anchored or Aground; Rescuing
If possible, a boat shall avoid a boat that is capsized or has not regained control after capsizing, is anchored or aground, or is trying to help a person or vessel in danger.

Grounding - When a vessel runs aground, strikes or pounds upon rocks, reefs, or shoals, stranding.
Hazardous Waters - Unusual water hazards such as rips, breakers, bars, shoals, rapids and obstructions.

The term used for running aground. The vessel has caught its hull on the sand/mud/debris below the surface.
GRP
Glass Reinforced Plastic - popularly known as fibreglass.

AAOSA- Always afloat or safe aground. The condition for a vessel whilst in port. Also NAABSA Not always afloat but safely aground.

Bar - A shoal of sand or mud on which you can run aground.
Beam - The width of a boat.
Bearing - The horizontal direction of an object with respect to an observer or the compass; a determination of position.

Grounding - Running aground of a vessel, striking or pounding on rocks, reefs, or shoals; stranding.
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Underway - Vessel in motion, not moored or aground
V
Vessel - every manner of watercraft or other artificial contrivance designed for and capable of self propulsion and as a means of transportation.

This can cause vessels to run aground in areas where earlier navigation may have been safe.
Tides also can affect docking to a fixed pier.
Tidal currents can be strong enough that some vessels are not able to make headway against the current.

This is a safety feature should the vessel collide or run aground. The outer hull provides some protection for cargo and bunker tanks, thereby reducing the chances of environmental pollution from cargo and bunker spills.

Vessel in motion. That is, when not moored, at anchor, or aground.
UHF
Ultra High Frequency. UHF transmissions are used for long-distance marine radio telephony.

adrift: Floating free without propulsion; not moored, aground, not fastened to the shore.
aft, after: Near or at the stern.

Vessel in motion, i.e., when not moored, at anchor, or aground.
V-Bottom
A hull with the bottom section in the shape of a "V".

The idea of timbers shivering comes from the vibration set up in the mast (timbers) by either running aground or a solid hit from a larger gun. The suggestion is that something has shaken the speaker from a state of less awareness. .

J
Jettison
The act of intentionally throwing cargo overboard e.g. with the objective of lightening a vessel, which has run aground, such for the common good of all interests: vessel, crew and remaining cargo (see GA).

The depth of a boat, measured from the deepest point to the waterline. The water must be at least this depth or the boat will run aground. Also describes amount of curvature in a sail.
drag
The resistance to movement.

We tested the latter, getting close to the rocky shore around Marblehead Light with little fear of running aground. And at the end of our sail, the Bavaria 34 offers a no-muss, no-fuss arrangement as a result of the in-mast main and roller furling.

The following actions should be taken in response to a pleasure craft that capsizes, that swamps, that sinks or that runs aground: ...

The captain must know where he is at all times, and must be aware of all submerged obstacles in the viscinity, and the approximate range and bearing to those obstacles. There is NO EXCUSE for running aground on a submerged rock! ...

You can sail in just a few inches of water and not run aground if you pull up your centerboard. Current, on the other hand, is important to keep in mind.

In 1846 she ran ashore in Dundrum Bay, in Ireland, and settled on two detached rocks; and although she remained aground for eleven months, including a whole winter, she was subsequently got off and repaired, and afterwards did good service.

See also: Boat, Anchor, Light, Wind, Line