BOLLARD: A heavy post set into the edge of the wharf or pier to which the lines of a boat may be tied.
BOOM: A pole running at a right angle from the mast.
BOOT TOP: A painted line that indicates the designed waterline.
BOLLARD PUL A measure of a tugs pulling power. It is usually measured in tons by securing the tug to a scale. The tug then pulls against the scale and its bollard pull in tons is recorded.
Bollard Heavy short post on a wharf or dock to secure ship's mooring lines to.
Bolt rope A strong rope/cable sewn round the edge of sails to give strength and prevent tearing.
Bollard
A large pillar to which a boat's mooring lines may be tied.
Boom
A pole securing the bottom of a sail, allowing more control of the position of a sail.
Bollard
Post, fixed to a quay or a vessel, for securing mooring ropes.
Bolster
See Container Bolster.
bollard
A large pillar, usually made of concrete or steel, to which a boat's mooring lines can by tied.
bolt rope ...
bollard - A strong vertical fitting to which mooring lines may be fastened; usually made of iron or stout timber, found on decks, piers or wharves.
Bollard:
A large solid post on a wharf or pier for securing mooring lines; the same when constructed on the deck of a ship.
Bolster:
A piece of wood fitted in various places to act as a preventative to chafe.
Bollard - Massive metal post on a dock or pier that heavy ship lines can wrap around
Bow - The front of a boat ...
Bollard
Stout post on wharf or pier for securing mooring lines.
Bolt Rope ...
bollards
Two adjacent vertical posts (heads) for tying docking lines. Compare with bitt, samson post.
boltrope ...
BOLLARD-Post at bow for securing lines
BOOT TOP - A painted line that indicates the designed waterline.
BOW -The front part of the vessel.
Also called bollards. BITUMASTIC A black tarlike composition largely of bitumen or asphalt and containing such other ingredients as rosin, portland cement, slaked lime, petroleum, etc.
Also called bollards. blanketed When a sail is between the wind and another sail, the latter cannot get the wind and is said to be blanketed. One boat can blanket another boat by sailing between it and the wind block 1. A pulley; 2.
Belay: To secure a line to, cleat, bollard, bitt, etc.
- A command to stop or cease action.
Belaying Pin: A wood pin fitted into racks, around which lines can be belayed or secured.
Below: Beneath the decks, i.e., inside a cabin or in a hold.
On a deck, a bitt is more commonly called a bollard. block: a pulley a wood or metal shell enclosing one or more sheaves, through which lines are led. blue water sailing: open ocean sailing, as opposed to being in a lake or sound.
The clove hitch is used for making a line fast temporarily to a pile or bollard.
Here is how to make fast to a horn cleat.
1. To tie a cleat hitch, wrap your line three-quarters of the way around the base of the cleat.
If nobody is ashore, a crewmember will have to climb up the dock somewhat, to tie the lines through dock cleats or bollards. One of the techniques I like is to pass the lines around the cleats ashore and return them to the boat.
The deck's scantling is usually the same as the topsides, or might be heavier if the deck is expected to carry heavier loads (for example a container ship). The deck will be reinforced around deck fittings such as the capstan, cleats, or bollards.
Bollard: Vertical post on dock for securing lines.
Bone in her teeth: Sailing well underway such that spray is thrown out at the stem of the boat.
 See also: Deck, Point, Hull, Boat, Forward
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