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bay boat
Low-profile, inshore fishing boat intended for use in protected coastal waters, and frequently made with rolled-edge construction.

 


bay - An enclosed body of water with a wide mouth leading to the sea.

Bay
A vertical division of a vessel from stem to stern, used as a part of the indication of a stowage place for containers. The numbers run from stem to stern; odd numbers indicate a 20 foot position, even numbers indicate a 40 foot position.

Bay:
An indentation of the coastline between two headlands.
Beachcomber:
Originally a seaman who, not wanting to work, preferred to exist by hanging around ports and harbors and living on the charity of others.

A bay or cove along a river, sea or lake coast line. A stream or bay leading inland. A narrow passage between to bodies of land.
Intercoastal Waterway ...

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7:45 am we left Fossil Bay staying on the northeast side of the harbor entrance to avoid the shoal on the southwest side.
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INLET- A bay or cove along a river, sea or lake coast line.
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY - ICW: bays, rivers, and canals along the coasts (such as the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts), ...

Sick bay - The compartment reserved for medical purposes.
Siren - A sound signal which uses electricity or compressed air to actuate either a disc or a cup shaped rotor.
Skipper - The captain of a ship.

Richard Riley
Tampa Bay, Florida
Dear Richard,
I would not be scared of folding props, they are in use all over the world on lots of boats with very little trouble.

An unloaded bight falls into a curve, and so the term has been transported into coastal topography, where a long shallow bay is referred to as a ‘bight’.

SICK BAY A name applied to the space on board a ship where members of the crew and passengers are given medical service and includes the dispensary, operating room, wards, etc.

The Bay of Biscay is notoriously stormy. French and Spanish ships which frequented this water, had their foresails cut thin, so that they should not be blown off the wind when pointing.

internally into separate compartments by partitions which were made as water-tight as possible, and also supplied with the means of pumping out water; when transported overland with an army a pair of demi-pontoons and the superstructure of one bay ...

A fog often makes its appearance when a party of pleasure seekers are enjoying a sail on sound or bay, and when it shuts down on you thick as a hedge I will defy you not to lose your bearings, and consequently your way.

- An indentation in the coastline larger than a bay.
Bilge: Hull area between the keel and the boats sides.
Bitter End: The last part of a rope or final link of chain.

The prevailing winds on English Bay are westerlies (blowing from west to east). Harbours and inlets often have an inflow or outflow, especially around sunrise and sunset.

The deepest part of a stream, bay, or strait, through which the main current flows. 3. A name given to a large strait, for example, the English Channel.
CHART - A map for use by navigators.

A good site will probably be in a protected bay where there is calm water and not much current. A municipal bay may not be a good place due to pollution that contaminates the water and discourages sea life.

A name given to the tropical revolving storms of the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. Sometimes used as a general term for tropical revolving storms of all oceans, or in the form "tropical cyclone".

Imagine the situation: it's the middle of a moonless night, wind howling at 30 knots+, blowing down the hill in Cane Garden Bay, British Virgin Islands. Rain squalls are coming through. There is a nasty reef entrance 100 yards behind you.

Hauraki Gulf: The semi-protected bay northeast of Auckland, New Zealand, where the races for the 1999-2000 Louis Vuitton Cup and America's Cup 2000 take place.
Header: A wind shift that causes the boat to head away from the next mark.

BIGHT: The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is ormed; a slack part or loop in a rope; shallow bay or bend in a coast forming an open bay.
BILGE: The interior of the hull below the floorboards.

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Corrosion on all contacts must be kept at bay and no wiring should ever be allowed to languish in the darker corners of the bilge. Always carry spare fuses and bulbs, and check navigation lights before you leave.

If you reach a protected bay, or some other safe haven, you can anchor during a storm. Follow these steps: ...

sneak box - A shallow and beamy boat developed on Barnegat Bay in the US
snotter - A double-eyed strap used to support the heel of a sprit on the mast.

Any person who holds a valid Coast Guard captain's license; or
Any person who holds a valid Delaware River and Bay Pilot's License, or its equivalent from another jurisdiction.
(69 Del. Laws, c. 60, § 4.) ...

It is usually marked by a single or double line of buoys and sometimes by range markers. 2. The deepest part of a stream, bay, or strait, through which the main current flows. 3. A name given to a large strait, for example, the English Channel.

Inlet: A narrow area of water extending inland from a large offshore body, such as the ocean, often connecting with an interior body, such as a bay or river.

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That part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an are otherwise not suitable. It is usually marked by a single or double line of buoys and sometimes by range markers. 2. The deepest part of a stream, bay, or strait, ...

Only six bodies of water in Scotland are known as lakes (the others are lochs): the Lake of Menteith, the Lake of the Hirsel, Pressmennan Lake, Cally Lake near Gatehouse of Fleet, the saltwater Manxman's Lake at Kirkcudbright Bay, ...

to the hull.
Channel: 1) That part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable. It is usually marked by a single or double line of buoys and sometimes by range markers. 2) The deepest part of a stream, bay, ...

To find out the time and water levels of different tides, you can use tide tables for your area. The period of high water level is known as high tide and the period of low water level is known as low tide. In the Bay of Fundy, ...

International and Inland Rule 10 are now virtually identical, and although no TSSs have yet been established in Inland Rules waters, there are a few inland rules waters, such as the San Francisco Bay area, where a TSS might be placed.

Bugeye Oyster -Chesapeake Bay Oyster dredging boat that was made from either logs or planks had raked masts ketch rigged
Bulkhead - Below deck walls within vessel ...

See also: Boat, Sailing, Hull, Light, Point