Auxiliary Sail - A sailboat also equipped with an engine.
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Auxiliary/Auxiliary power
An engine that is permanently installed on the boat. Unfortunately it has to be used sometimes to power the boat... The engine is also usually used to recharge the batteries - it's in neutral at that time.
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Auxiliary: An engine used as secondary propulsion in a sailboat
Baggy wrinkle: Chafing gear made from old rope
Beam: The width of the hull, the maximum width of a vessel.
Auxiliary- An engine used as a secondary source of propulsion.
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Back- To force a sail out against the wind. The wind backs when it shifts in a counterclockwise direction.
Auxiliary
A second method of propelling a vessel. On a sailboat this could be an engine.
Aweigh
To raise an anchor off the bottom.
auxiliary - A sailboat that has an engine.
avast - Stop, cease, hold, discontinue. As avast heaving (stop heaving), avast hauling (stop hauling).
awash - Level with the surface of the water ...
auxiliary engine
isobars
Bars or lines on meteorological maps to show pressure areas ...
auxiliary
1) An engine that provides motive power in a sailboat, or electrical power in any boat. 2) An auxiliary sailboat (auxiliary) is a sailboat with an engine.
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A small auxiliary steam engine with its own small boiler, used for furnishing power for a variety of smaller mechanical duties (back)
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A small auxiliary anchor. Also, to kedge is to move a vessel by setting out a kedge and pulling the boat toward it by taking up on the anchor rode.
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In the CG Auxiliary, we perform a pre underway checklist every time we get ready to leave the dock on patrol. Should you do the same on a charter? ABSOLUTELY.
Sailboat or Auxiliary - Craft intended to be propelled primarily by sail, regardless of size or type.
Sinking - Where the vessels loses enough buoyancy to settle below the surface of the water.
The standard auxiliary is a 54-horsepower diesel. There is tankage for 106 gallons of fresh water and 71 gallons of fuel.
amidships: in or near the middle of a boat, either along the longitudinal axis or from side to side. astern: in the direction of, or behind, the stern. auxiliary: a boat designed primarily for sailing, ...
iron spinnaker -- auxiliary engine
jack line -- a line run for safety purposes from the cockpit forward to the bow of the boat, inside the rail.
CHIEF ENGINEER - The senior engineer officer responsible for the satisfactory working and upkeep of the main and auxiliary machinery and boiler plant on board ship.
Mainly used to run the auxiliary engines/alternator which provide the electrical power. On many large ships it used in the main engine during the maneuvers (berthing/sailing).
Auxiliary power is of great advantage to vessels engaged in seal or whale fishing as it enables them to avoid ice floes, and to proceed through open channels in the ice as opportunity offers.
Take down all sails, canvas, auxiliary outboard and any thing else that might cause windage problems. Don't forget to lock your boat when you leave.
On steam vessels has responsibility for the boilers, on diesels, the evaporators and the auxiliary equipment. THIRD ASSISTANT ENGINEER - In charge of eight to twelve watch. Maintains lighting fixtures.
The US Coast Guard Auxiliary, US Power Squadron, State Boating Commission and many Yacht clubs offer a courses in Boating Safety, Rules of the Road and Basic Navigation. It1s a fun course to take..
NIGGERHEAD A small auxiliary drum on a winch. See Gypsy. NIPPLE A piece of pipe having an outside thread at both ends for use in making pipe connections. Various names are applied to different lengths, as close, short, long, etc.
Once the desired scope is laid out (a minimum of 8:1 for setting the anchor, and 5:1 for holding, though the preferred ratio is 10:1 for both setting, and holding power), the vessel should be gently forced astern, usually using the auxiliary motor ...
Reference 4: US Coast Guard Auxiliary 8th District, Western Rivers Region, Division 5, Flotilla 6 Beaver Lake, Arkansas
Reference 5: Weinberg AD: Hypothermia. Ann Emergency Medicine 1993;22( 2):370-377.
Convertor Dolly
An auxiliary undercarriage assembly consisting of a chassis, fifth wheel and towbar used to convert a semitrailer or a container chassis to a full trailer.
Conveyance
Transport of goods from one place to another.
kicker motor
A small auxiliary outboard motor.
kill switch
A switch with a lanyard that automatically shuts off an engine if disconnected.
It cannot be used, however, while an auxiliary engine propels the boat, so a sailing vessel equipped with an engine must be fitted with regular sidelight and sternlight even if a "tricolor" light is used when under sail alone.
Boilers: steam generating units used aboard ship to provide steam for propulsion (and) for heating and other auxiliary purposes.
Bow: the front of a vessel.
Whether the propulsion is inboard, outboard, inboard-outdrive, jet, or sail with auxiliary engine;
Whether the fuel is gasoline, diesel, or other; ...
be removed so the interior of the hull can be inspected or water removed.
inverter -- electrical power converter; converts square-wave DC current to sine-wave AC current
IOR International Offshore Rating
iron spinnaker -- auxiliary ...
This means that the auxiliary engine now also performs the vital function of powering an alternator to provide electrical power and to recharge the yacht's batteries.
system that uses an inboard motor, mounted at the transom, with a propeller assembly, similar to the bottom of an outboard, mounted on the outside of the transom, bolting to the motor with the transom sandwiched between.
iron spinnaker -- auxiliary ...
A sail is atrip when it is ready for trimming auxiliary 1. A supplementary power plant or engine used as secondary propulsion of a sailboat; 2.
 See also: Boat, Draft, Sail, Beam, Hull
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