BITTER END: The last part of a rope or chain. The inboard end of the anchor rode.
BLOCK: A pulley on board ship in invariably called a block
BOAT: A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship.
Bitter EndsThe last part of a rope or chain. The inboard end of the anchor rode.
BlockA wooden or metal case enclosing one or more pulleys and having a hook, eye, or strap by which it may be attached.
Bitter End
The extreme end of any line. The inboard end of the anchor rode.
Blower ...
Bitter End - The last part of a rope or chain.
Boat - A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship. One definition is a small craft carried aboard a ship. A submarine ...
Bitter end The last part of a cable/rope left around the 'bitts' when the rest is overboard.
Bitts Pair of vertical wood or metal posts fixed on deck with a horizontal cross bar to which ropes may be secured.
Bitter end- The end of a line or a rope.
Bobstays- Cables running form the bowsprit to the stem, near the waterline.
Bolt rope- The line sewn into the edge of a sail.
bitter end - The end of a line. Also the end of the anchor rode attached to the boat.
block and tackle - A combination of one or more blocks and the associated tackle necessary to give a mechanical advantage. Useful for lifting heavy loads.
Bitter end
The end of a line or chain that is wound around a bitt.
Block
One or more pulleys designed to carry a line and change the direction of its travel.
Bitter End:
(1) 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.
BITTER END - The last part of a rope or chain.The inboard end of the anchor rode.
BOAT - A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship. One definition is a small craft carried aboard a ship.
Bitter End - The end of the rode that is not attached to the anchor
Black Box - Tech talk for ignition module or Electronic Control Module (ECM) Also referred to as, power pack and ignition amplifier ...
Bitter End - The last part of a rope or chain. The inboard end of the anchor rode.
Board boat - A small boat, usually mono rig. May have a shallow cockpit well. Typically has almost no freeboard.
Bitter End
The inboard end of a line, chain, or cable. The end made fast to the vessel, as opposed to the 'working end', which may be attached to an anchor, cleat, other vessel, etc.
Bitts ...
The Bitter End -
The end of an anchor cable is fastened to the bitts at the ship's bow. If all of the anchor cable has been payed out you have come to the bitter end.
Toe the Line - ...
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.
BOW - The forward part of a vessel. ...
bitter end -- the final inboard end of chain or line
block -- pulley
bluewater sailing -- open ocean sailing, as opposed to being in a lake or sound
bone in her teeth -- sailing well underway such that spray is thrown out at the stem of the boat ...
anchors, a position of employment aboard a ship; a margin of safety in the distance from which another vessel or object is passed, as in "giving wide berth" BIGHT a doubled or looped part of a line; cove or indentation along a coastline BITTER END ...
BITTER END The inboard end of a vessel's anchor chain which is made fast in the chain locker.
Bitter end - The anchor cable is tied to the bitts, when the cable is fully paid out, the bitter end has been reached. The last part of a rope or cable.
The middle part of a line not including the bitter end; 2. A loop in a rope or a bend in the shoreline.
BITTER END - The last part of a rope or chain.The inboard end of the anchor rode.
BITTS - A pair of posts in the deck of a ship for fastening cables, belaying ropes, etc.
BLOCK - Pulley or a group of pulleys in the same case.
Bitter End - The last part of a rope or chain. The inboard end of the anchor rode.
Blink - I Loran-C, a signal used to indicate that a station is malfunctioning. Intended to prevent the use of that signal for navigation.
BITTER END The last part of a rope or chain. The inboard end of the anchor rode. BLOCK A wood or metal pulley with sheaves or wheels through which the ropes are rove. BOAT A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship.
bitter end -- the final inboard end of chain or line
Blanketing: a tactical manuever whereby a boat uses its sails to blanket the competitor's wind, slowing him down.
Block - a pulley ...
Adjusting Tension on Shore: Using the bitter end of the shore line, adjust tension at the anchor or anchor rode chain’s an anchor shackle and secure using a single turn two half hitches knot or similar.
Middle a twelve foot piece of marline , hook it over a nail in your work area and secure the bitter ends about a foot apart. Now chop up any rope you have into piece of about 6". Careful separate the pieces into strands.
A line has three parts: the bitter end (the very end), the standing part (the inactive part), ...
Bitter End: The "end" of a rope, to part that stays on board, for example of the anchor rode
Boat Hook: Metal device with a fitting often mounted to a stick that is used for any sort of fiddling with ropes, sails or pirate.
For extra security and to prevent accidentally loosening the hitch, wrap the bitter end one full turn around the base of the cleat after completing step 3.
BITE-When anchor penetrate bottom substrata and hold
BITTER END -The last part of a rope or chain.The inboard end of the anchor rode.
BOAT-A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship.
Bitter end - the final inboard end of chain or line
Bitt - A vertically posted above deck used to secure line.
Blackbirder - Was the name for ship engaged in the slave trade in the 1800s.
Settle the coil in a stable and dry location and remove the stops. Then secure the bitter end to the bow cleat (or other secure attachment) and the other end to the anchor. Bring the anchor out to the fore-deck ready to drop.
Dropping Anchor ...
Nonstop NOAA Weather broadcast by St Thomas radio (USVI). Good, frequently updated. Not received from Virgin Gorda, but the Bitter End marina has weather fax information every morning.
VHF Channel 16 announces broadcast, switching to Ch.
All shackles should be adequate in size, and well fastened and seized with thin wire. For Heaven's sake, make sure that the bitter end is well fastened to the boat! ...
If a sailor were to reach the bitter end, then he would have payed out all this anchor warp (right up to the end which is tied to the bits at the bows) and if he continued dragging his anchor, his ship would very likely fetch up on the rocks.
 See also: Point, Hull, Forward, Secure, Running
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