Block - A pulley used to gain mechanical advantage, They may have a wood or metal case with one or more sheaves.
Shell outside of the Block
Sheave what the ropes on
Eye Where the block can be attached.
Blocks (sailing)
Block and tackle
Two six heave
Portsmouth Block Mills ...
BIGHT: The middle part of a rope between the load and the cleat or block. 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’.
Block: A deck or track-mounted pulley device through which ropes such as jib and genoa sheets are strung.
Boom: A spar to which a sail's lower edge or "foot" is attached. The boom is attached to the mast at the gooseneck.
block - One or more wheels with grooves in them pulleys - designed to carry a line and change the direction of its travel. A housing around the wheel allows the block to be connected to a spar, or another line.
Block - a pulley
Boat Hook - a device designed to catch a line when coming alongside a pier or mooring
Bolt Rope - a rope sewn into the luff of a sail for use in attaching to the standing rigging ...
Block
Has a roller or sheave, which turns on a pin between two metal or plastic cheeks.
Bolt rope ...
Block: Known on land as a pulley.
Boom: The spar extending the bottom of a lugsail.
Block: Known on land as a pulley. IE. block and tackle, turning block, etc.
Boom: The spar to which the foot of the mainsail is attached, See also Jib boom, Jib club ...
Block: An assemblage of one or more sheaves (pulley) housed in a plastic or metal case that changes the direction of travel of a line (rope), and may be attached to a yacht's deck, spar or other stationary object.
BLOCK: A wooden or metal case enclosing one or more pulleys and having a hook, eye, or strap by which it may be attached.
BOAT: A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship; a small craft carried aboard a ship.
Block
One or more pulleys designed to carry a line and change the direction of its travel. A housing around the pulley allows the block to be connected to a spar or to another line. Lines used with a block are known as tackle.
Block
A pulley enclosed in a wooden shell. The shell keeps the rope from flipping off the pulley.
Bobstay ...
Block
A pulley - a nautical term. Often with more than one wheel (sheave being the proper name) to increase its mechanical advantage.
Boom ...
Block Train
A number of railway wagons (loaded with containers), departing from a certain place and running straight to a place of destination, without marshalling, transshipping or any coupling or decoupling of wagons.
block & tackle - An arrangement of blocks (pulleys) and line to gain a mechanical advantage (leverage); used in moving heavy cargo or equipment.
boarding ladder - A temporary set of steps, usually lowered over the side of a vessel.
Block:
A wooden, metal or plastic case in which one or more sheaves (pulleys) are placed, through which turns of line (falls) are threaded for the purpose of gaining mechanical advantage or changing the direction of motion.
Block
{Moton}
To increase the mechanical power of the ropes used in hauling heavy loads. Parts of the Block: Shell, sheave, and pin.
Bobstay ...
Blockage of exhaust outlets can cause carbon monoxide to accumulate in the cabin and cockpit area -even when hatches, windows, portholes, and doors are closed.
cheek block
A block with one end permanently attached to a surface.
chief mate ...
snatch block
A block that can be opened on one side, allowing it to be place on a line that is already in use.
snub ...
Block and block -- When the blocks of a tackle are hauled close together.
Bolt rope -- The rope sewn round the edges of sails. It is made of the best hemp.
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.
block
A metal or wood case enclosing one or more pulleys; has a hook with which it can be attached to an object. (back)
board foot ...
Block
A pulley on a boat for supporting or directing line or wire. A roller (sheave, pronounced "shiv") is hung between two supports (cheeks) either ron a pin (sheave pin) or on ball bearings.
block coefficient 72
Ratio of light to load displacement - - .313
Dead-weight carried 2570 tons Ratio of dead-weight carried to load displacement .687 ...
A block with one end permanently attached to a surface.
Chine
The location where the deck joins the hull of the boat.
A block into which a line can be placed without being threaded.
SOG
Speed Over Ground, speed relative to bottom.
Turning blocks: Often a spinnaker or genoa sheet leads aft through a block and forward to a winch.
Chock-a-Block -
Meaning something is filled to capacity or over loaded. If two blocks of rigging tackle were so hard together they couldn't be tightened further, it was said they were "Chock-a-Block".
Groggy - ...
Fairing Block- Shim installed to adjust the angle of a mounted item
Fathoms - Six feet, chart may list fathoms and feet together or fathoms and a fraction
Fender - Bumper placed beside the haul to protect it when docking ...
DON'T block the sea toilet.
DON'T get drunk in the skippers favourite yacht club.
Remember ...
Moving the block forward pulls the clew downward more than back, tightening the sail's leech more than the foot. Moving the block aft pulls the clew back more than down, tightening the sail's foot more than the leach.
1 Select a block of wood
wide enough to accommodate the head of the transducer and draw an elongatedpear shape.
Leading Block - A single block such as a snatch block used as a fairlead to bring a line in a more favorable direction.
Leading Marks - Unlit navigational aids for use during the day.
" BLOCK A wood, metal, or synthetic casing containing one or more pulleys or sheaves. BIMINI Sun shade. A bimini provides protection from the sun. It is commonly made from fabric mounted on a collapsable frame.
To rebend a sail to the boom mile See nautical mile mizzen The sail set on the aftermast of a yawl or ketch [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] mizzen sail A sail set from the mizzenmast monkey block A small single block that swivels ...
Mooring - The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors, fastenings, cables or bridles.
Mooring Block - A heavy block of cast iron sometimes used as an anchor for mooring vessels.
with sawdust, oakum, or similar material, and fitted with a lanyard at apex and base, used for closing the hawse pipes around the chain to prevent shipping water through the pipes; also called a "jackass", "hawse plug", or "hawse block".
Z - zulu
ZINC BLOCK - A sacrificial block of metal, usually zinc, to be eaten away by electrolysis under water, saving your underwater metal parts.
ZULU time - Local time
TOP ...
bow stop
Rubber blocks on a boat trailer into which the boat's stem rests.
breakaway lanyard
Emergency safety cable on a boat trailer that activates trailer brakes in the event the trailer comes detached from the tow vehicle while underway.
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.
Fairlead A fitting used to alter the direction of a working line, such as a bullseye, turning block, or anchor chock.
Fo'c'sle An abbreviation of forecastle. Refers to that portion of the cabin which is farthest forward.
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 ...
line; cove or indentation along a coastline BITTER END the other end of the line or cable from the end that is performing work; the end that is on the winch or the bitts BITTS iron or wooden posts set vertically to which lines can be made fast BLOCK ...
Bail - Ironrod partially circling the boom to which sheet block is attached 2 To remove water from a boat, as with a bucket or a pump.
Baldheaded Schooner A schooner without topsails.
Baggywrinkle: - chafing gear made from old ropes.
sheave: wheel inside a block over which a rope runs the grooved wheel in a block, or in a masthead fitting or elsewhere, over which a rope runs - pronounced "shiv." sheer: the line of the upper deck when viewed from the side.
Sailing Rig - the equipment used to sail a bost, including sails, booms and gaffs, lines and blocks.
becket: a loop, eye or grommet; the eye in the strap of a block to which a line can be attached. belay: make a line fast to make secure to secure a line, usually to a cleat. bend on: tie or fasten.
BLOCK - Pulley or a group of pulleys in the same case.
BOARD BOAT - A small boat, usually mono rig. May have a shallow cockpit well. Typically has almost no freeboard.
BOAT - A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship.
Fairing Block- shim installed to adjust the angle of a mounted item.
Fair Lead - a line unobstructed between its terminals, such as
between a bow chock and a piling.
Fender - protection for a boat.
Gear - A general term for ropes, blocks, tackle and other equipment.
Geoid - A surface along which the gravity potential is everywhere equal (equipotential surface) and to which the direction of gravity is always perpendicular.
Sheave - the wheel of a block pulley
Sheer strake The topmost planking in the sides, often thicker than other planking.
Sheer The line of the upper deck when viewed from the side. Normal sheer curves up towards the bow and stern, ...
TACKLE - A combination of blocks and line to increase mechanical advantage.
THWART - A seat or brace running laterally across a boat.
TIDE - The periodic rise and fall of water level in the oceans.
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. One definition is a small craft carried aboard a ship.
FIGURE EIGHT KNOT - A knot in the form of a figure eight, placed in the end of a line to prevent the line from passing through a grommet or a block.
FLARE - The outward curve of a vessel's sides near the bow. A distress signal.
A knot in the form of a figure eight, placed in the end of a line to prevent the line from passing through a grommet or a block.
Flare
The outward curve of a vessel's sides near the bow. A distress signal.
Flood
A incoming current.
The Lewmar jamming footblock made singlehanded winch operation easy. Throw on a few wraps, pull until you need the winch handle, and then reach back to the turning block, incorporating a jammer, and stop the sheet.
Never block a ramp with an unattended vessel or vehicle. Move the vessel away from the launch lane immediately after removing it from the trailer.
When retrieving, do not pull your vessel into a launch lane until your vehicle is at the ramp.
Jammed halyard between the block's sheave and cheeks.
#14. Oversized bimini ( canvas tent to block sun and rain over the cockpit ), which prevented the lowering of the boom to obtain the correct level for proper shape of the mainsail.
 See also: Boat, Sailing, Deck, Forward, Point
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