Bilge
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BILGE (a corruption of bulge, from Fr. bouge, Lat. bulga, a bag, deriving probably from an original Celtic word), the "belly" or widest part of a cask; the broad horizontal part of a ship's bottom above the keel; ...
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BILGE: The part of the boat below the cabin sole, or floorboards, in which water can collect prior to pump out.
BILGE PUMP: An electric or manual pumping device to rid the bilge of any unwanted water. Having both is recommended.
Bilge
The lowest part inside the ship, within the hull itself. If any place on the ship was going to be dank and musty, the bilge was such a place.
Bilge: The area in the lower part of the hull where water collects, also the part of the hull where the bottom turns into the side, the "turn of the bilge".
Block: Known on land as a pulley.
Bilge Blower
The electric fan that blows gasoline fumes out of the bilge.
Bitter End ...
Bilge - the lowest part of a boat, designed to collect water that enters the boat
Block - a pulley
Boat Hook - a device designed to catch a line when coming alongside a pier or mooring ...
Bilge: The lowest part of a boat's hull.
Block: A deck or track-mounted pulley device through which ropes such as jib and genoa sheets are strung.
Bilge: The lowest part of a boat's hull.
Black Magic: The nickname given the black Team New Zealand yacht, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, that won the America's Cup in 1995.
Bilge
The lowest part of the interior of the boat where water collects.
Bilge pump
A mechanical, electrical, or manually operated pump used to remove water from the bilge.
BilgeThe interior of the hull below the floor boards.
Bitter EndsThe last part of a rope or chain. The inboard end of the anchor rode.
Bilge Boards - Similar to centerboards, and used to prevent lee way.
Bitter End - The last part of a rope or chain.
bilge
Lowest section inside a boat's hull where water collects.
bimini top
A canvas cover over the helm or cockpit area.
Bilge- The lowest area in the hull, just above the keel.
Binnacle- The housing for a compass.
Bitter end- The end of a line or a rope.
bilge
The lowest part of the interior of the boat where water collects.
bilge board ...
Bilge Pump:
A mechanical, electrical, or manually operated pump used to remove water from the bilge.
Bilge Rat:
A scoundrel. Similar to a scurvy dog ...
The Bilge Pump: The bilge is the lowest part of the boat. A bilge pump (red arrow in picture on the right) intermittently removes this water. The pump's switch on the boat's electrical panel should be set on automatic.
bilge
The lowest part of the hull. Bilge water collects there due to leaks or spray.
BILGE-The inside of a vessel near the keel where water may collect.
BLOCK-A pulley; a frame enclosing one or more sheaves or rollers over which lines are run.
BOOM-A spar at the foot of a fore-and-aft sail.
Bilge - Lowest interior portion of a boat where water could collect
Bilge - The deepest part of the inside of a boat
Bilge Rats- Boat mechanics ...
Bilge -- The round in a vessel's timbers where they turn from her sides toward the keel.
Binnacle -- A case in which the compass is contained.
Block and block -- When the blocks of a tackle are hauled close together.
Bilge
A ship's bottom extending form the keel to the beginning of the curve of the sides
Bilge Keel ...
bilge
1. Part of the underwater body of a ship between the flat of the bottom and the straight vertical sides. 2. Internally, the lowest part of the hull, next to the keelson. (back)
black gang ...
BILGE - The interior of the hull below
BITTER END - The last part of a rope or chain.The inboard end of the anchor rode.
BLOCK- A wooden or metal case enclosing one or more pulleys and having a hook, eye, or strap by which it may be attached.
The bilge contains a rugged fiberglass grid system with no integral wood, eliminating any chance of future rot. There is a solid fiberglass subfloor on top of this grid, and it is covered by a beautiful teak strip floor.
Check bilge for water, pump out if necessary. If unusually large quantity of water is found, determine if it is salt or fresh water, and investigate possible leaks.
Moulded, round bilged or soft-chined defined as smooth curves.
Chined or Hard-chined hulls have at least one pronounced knuckle throughout all or most of their length
After this they can be categorized as: ...
Bilge - The part of the floors of a ship on either side of the keel which approaches closer to a horizontal rather than vertical direction. The very lowest part of a boats interior where water is likely to collect.
BILGE - The lowest part of the ship's interior.
BITTER END - The inboard (free) end of a line or rope.
BOLLARD - Stout post on wharf or pier for securing mooring lines.
BOOM - Spar used to extend and control foot of fore-and-aft sail.
Manual bilge pump in cockpit and below as backup to the automatic bilge pump. Ability to manually empty the bilges from the cockpit.
Refrigerator.
bilge: curved part of the hull beneath the waterline, inside or out a rounding of the hull along the length of the boat where the bottom meets the side the lowest part of a boat, ...
A strainer in the bilge so that the bilge pump doesn't get clogged.
Stuffing Box
A fitting around the propeller shaft to keep the bearing lubricated and to keep water out of the boat.
BILGE The rounded portion of a vessel's shell which connects the bottom with side. To open a vessel's lower body to the sea. BILGE PLATES The curved shell plates that fit the bilge.
"bulbous forefoot", "reverse curve", "round bilge"). Uses strips of plywood or solid wood veneers laid over the hull in layers of opposite diagonals, glued together, most often with epoxy.
Bail - the action of removing water from the hold of bilge of the boat
Ballast - weight in a boat which affects the boats trim.
Beam - greatest width of a boat; the side of a boat.
Below - inside a boat.
The difference in degrees between true and magnetic north v-bottom A hull with bilges forming a V-section from chines to keel veer When the wind shifts in a clockwise direction, as would be seen from looking down from above the earth; ...
Bilge: The parts of the hull that curve inwards to form the bottom
Bilge board: Centerboard structure to decrease sideways drift
Bilge pump: A pump to remove water from the bottom of the hull ...
BILGE The interior of the hull below the floor boards. BILGES The bottom of a ship's hold, in which waste water tends to collect. BINNACLE A short pillar near the helm on which is mounted the ship's compass.
Bilge - That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.
Bilge Free - Stowed in such a way that the bilge is clear of everything.
Understanding of bilge pumps procedures, including manual pump
Location of flares and fire extinguishers
Windlass: electric and manual procedures in case of power failure ...
Bilge: Hull area between the keel and the boats sides.
Bitter End: The last part of a rope or final link of chain. The end made fast to the vessel, as opposed to the "working end", which may be attached to an anchor, cleat, other vessel, etc.
BILGE: The interior of the hull below the floor boards.
BOW: The forward part of a boat.
BROACH: The action of turning a vessel broadside to the waves.
BROADSIDE: Presenting the side of the ship ...
In traditional wooden ships, sailors had to caulk or pay the seams between planks with hot tar to keep their ship from leaking to the bilges. The devil seam was topmost in the hull, next to the scuppers (waterways or gutters) at the edge of the deck.
During this process I kept checking the bilge, making sure that we were not taking in water. Obviously, the last thing you want to do is haul your boat into deep water if the hull has been holed.
At least two ventilator ducts, fitted with cowls or their equivalent, for the efficient removal of explosive or flammable gases from the bilges of every engine and fuel tank compartment; ...
bilge-pumping arrangements
one power-driven fire pump located outside the machinery space, with one fire hose and nozzle whereby a jet of water can be directed into any part of the pleasure craft ...
Inspect and clear scuppers, garboard drain, other drains and bilge pump discharge.
Apply a coat of good quality marine wax.
Clean and polish all metal.
Clean and inspect canvas, covers and bimini top.
transducerAn electronic sensing device mounted in a boat's bilge or at the bottom of the transom to provide data for a depth sounder. transomThe rear section of the hull connecting the two sides.
Chine The fore and aft line of the hull where the bilge turns up towards the topsides of the hull.
Claw off Working a vessel to windward off a lee shore.
Cleat A two pronged device for making ropes fast.
BERTH- Place for a person to sleep while on board a vessel/Docking place for vessel in harbour .
BILGE PUMP-Mechanical, electrical, or manually operated pump used to remove water from the bilge.
A very heavy material, such as lead or iron, placed in the keel of the boat, or in the bilge. It is used to provide stability. Oftentimes the crew is also a ballast - especially on smaller boats, or in a jocular way.
Bare poles ...
Limber Holes: Drainage holes in the bilge timbers of a vessel, allowing water to run to a low point for pumping out.
BIGHT - The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed. BILGE - The interior of the hull below the floor boards.
BITTER END - The last part of a rope or chain.The inboard end of the anchor rode.
limber clearer - A small chain which is kept rove through the limber holes in the floors at the side of the keelson, to allow the bilge water to flow freely to the pumps; occasionally the chain is worked backwards and forwards to clear the holes.
In the confined spaces of your boat's bilge, however, one spark plus one small gasoline leak can mean disaster. Propane, CNG, charging batteries, and even methane (holding tanks) pose a potential for flammable gas leaks.
The angle from the vertical of the turn of the bilge needs to be measured. A plumb line can be held in place while the angle is measured. Transfer this angle to the ends of the block of wood and saw. Retain the off-cut for later.
LIMBERS - Holes cut in the floor timbers to allow the water in the bilge to flow freely.
LINE - Rope and cordage used aboard a vessel.
LIST - Said of a vessel when she leans sideways, for instance to leeward before the pressure of the wind.
position was the worst possible in that, being dead midships, it was where the list caused would be greatest and its position relative to the transverse bulkheads was such that four main compartments plus over 106 feet of the ship's starboard bilge ...
 See also: Boat, Hull, Deck, Keel, Sailing
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