Bulkhead: a name given to any vertical partition which separates different compartments or spaces from one another. Bunkers: fuel consumed by the engines of a ship; compartments or tanks in a ship for fuel storage.
BULKHEAD: A vertical partition separating compartments. BUOY: An anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazard or a shoal and for mooring.
Bulkhead - a wall or walls dividing the ship into compartments and can be sealed to contain a fire or flood Bulkhead - a structure of partition to resist pressure or to shut off water, fire or gas Companionway - the interior stairways ...
Bulkhead: A partition to strengthen the frame of a yacht. Buoy: A marker used for navigation, mooring, or racing around.
bulkhead Transverse wall in a boat that usually bears weight and supplies hull support. buoy An anchored floating object that serves as a navigation aid. Also used to mark a mooring spot.
Bulkhead - An interior partition commonly used to stiffen the hull. May be watertight.
Bulkheads Partitions fore and aft or Athwartships, forming separate compartments. Bulwarks A vessel's topsides that extend above the deck. Buoy A float, with distinguishing name, shape, color or light.
bulkhead - An interior wall in a vessel. Sometimes bulkheads are also watertight, adding to the vessel's safety. burgee - A type of flag used to identify a boater's affiliation with a yacht club or boating organization.
Bulkhead - the walls separating compartments within a ship. Ships do not have walls, they have bulkheads.
Bulkhead Upright partition dividing compartments on board a vessel. The functions of bulkheads are -To increase the safety of a vessel by dividing it into watertight compartments. -To separate the engine room from the cargo holds.
Bulkhead: the walls aboard a ship, dividers in a shipboard room to create two or more smaller rooms Bulwarks: The planking or woodwork above a deck.
Bulkhead: A wall-like construction inside a ship. Bulwark: A guard that protects the ship from big waves. Dogwatch: A way the sailors changed places. Every 4 bells they switched places.
BULKHEAD-A partition or wall below decks. BUOY-A floating object anchored to show position. Page 250 ...
BULKHEAD - A vertical partition separating compartments. BULWARK - A raised portion of the deck designed to serve as a barrier. BUOY - An anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazard or a shoal and for mooring.
bulkhead bulwark The part of a ship's side that extends above the main deck to protect it against heavy weather. (back) ...
Bulkhead A partition across the boat which strengthens and divides the hull into compartments. Bulwark ...
bulkhead 1) An athwartships-running wall in a boat. A structural bulkhead strengthens the hull and deck, and their attachments.
At the bulkhead to starboard is the 20-inch-wide wheel with engine controls and performance electronics module. The flybridge-type molded plastic chair places the helmsperson at an unusually high position, which felt odd at first.
and bulkheads of the same thickness were provided at each end of thebelt. These ships form a class of vessels of small size whichwould prove formidable opponents to many larger armoured ships,and are especially useful for coast-defence purposes.
Collision Bulkhead A watertight forward bulkhead designed to keep the boat from sinking in the event of a collision. Colors ...
BULKHEAD - A vertical partition or wall. BULWARK - Extension of topsides above deck. CAPSIZE - To turn over, upset. CAST OFF - To let go a line, as to cast off a bow line. ...
BULKHEAD A vertical, athwartship partition, most often serving as a set-up member or frame. BULWARK An extension of the planking above the deck to form a rail.
also used to stiffen or tie beam angles to bulkheads, frames to longitudinals, etc. BRAILS Ropes rove through blocks fastened to a spar and attached to the leech of sail. The overhauling of these ropes gathers the sail up against the spar.
bulkhead -- a partition below decks that separates one part of the vessel from another bulwarks -- rail around the deck buoy -- floating marker used for navigation cabin sole --the bottom surface of the enclosed space under the deck of a boat ...
BOUGH the foreward end of a vessel BRIDGE area above the main deck from which the ship is navigated and steered; also, the officer(s) on duty in the command area BULKHEAD nautical equivalent of wall BULWARKS fence-like guard along edge of deck BUNK ...
Collision Bulkhead Collision Bulkhead Strong bulkhead usually located 5% of ship's lenght astern of the stem. It is only pierced by piping which are most of the time closed by a valve.
BULKHEAD: Upright partition (wall) dividing the ship into cabins, or compartments CABIN: Room (stateroom) accommodations on a ship. CATEGORY: Price gradient of similar cabins from the most expensive to the least expensive, or vice versa ...
bulkhead -- a partition below decks Bulkhead An interior partition commonly used to stiffen the hull that separates one part of the vessel from another. May be watertight.
steerage - In a yacht, the space between the after athwartship bulkhead of the main cabin and the athwartship bulkhead of the after cabin (the latter is generally known as the ladies' cabin).
Duct keels are provided in the bottom of some vessels. These run from the forward engine room bulkhead to the collision bulkhead and are utilized to carry the double bottom piping. The piping is then accessible when cargo is loaded.
BULKHEAD: A vertical partition separating compartments. CAPSIZE: To turn over. DISPLACEMENT: The weight of water displaced by a floating vessel, thus, a boat's weight. DRAFT: The depth of water a boat draws. FATHOM: Six feet.
BRIGHTWORK- Varnished woodwork and/or polished metal.
BROACH -Vessel broadside to crests of waves.
BULKHEAD- A vertical partition separating compartments.
This 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 ...
BULKHEADS: The vertical surfaces or walls within a vessel for structural as well as space planning purposes. BUNK: 1) A bed or pair of beds on a vessel usually built in, with one above the other. 2) A charter booking unaccompanied by a check.
The vertical surfaces dividing the internal space are bulkheads. The front of a boat is called the bow or prow. The rear of the boat is called the stern. The right side is starboard and the left side is port.
Dog - Lever like handles found on hatches and bulkhead doors when turned force the unit to be water tight . OR V. Tightly secure a hatch or porthole. Dog Watch-Half watches of two hours each, from 4 to 6 and from 6 to 8 P.M.
"Control Station" is really a more appropriate term for small craft. BULKHEAD - A vertical partition separating compartments. BUOY - An anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazard or a shoal and for mooring.
BULKHEAD A vertical partition separating compartments. BULWARKS The waist-high 'walls' around a vessel, above her deck. BUNTLINES Ropes used for hauling up the body of a sail.
Bulkhead: Structure that divides the hull and is often constructed in a way to stabilize the boat Bullseye: A round fitting or hole through which a rope or line is led to re-direct it.
Bulkhead: A watertight vertical partition or wall which separates different compartments and adds strength to the hull.
Bulkhead: Below deck walls within vessel. Bulkward: Solid rail along ship side above deck to prevent men and gear from going overboard. Bung: A round wood plug inserted in hole to cover a nail scre or bolt. Bunk: A sleeping berth.
This is particularly dangerous in high seas [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] broad reach Sailing with the wind abaft the beam and with the sails well out on the quarter bulkhead An interior partition commonly used to stiffen the hull.
See also: Boat, Hull, Forward, Deck, Keel
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