Bulwarks A vessel's topsides that extend above the deck.
Buoy A float, with distinguishing name, shape, color or light.
Bulwarks
The sides of a boat above the upper deck.
Buoy
A floating device used as a navigational aid by marking channels, hazards and prohibited areas.
bulwark
A railing around the deck of a boat to keep things from going overboard and the seas from coming aboard - the part of a ship's side that extends above the main deck to protect it against heavy weather.
bunk ...
Bulwarks: The planking or woodwork above a deck.
Cabin: The apartment occupied by the commanding officer and other line officers. the cabin is often divided into compartments by light bulkheads to form two or more staterooms.
bulwark - A vertical extension above deck level designed to keep water out of and sailors in the boat
bumbo - The larger of the headsails.
bumboat - A boat used by shore people to carry provisions on sale to ships.
Bulwark: A guard that protects the ship from big waves.
Dogwatch: A way the sailors changed places. Every 4 bells they switched places.
Dory: A small rowing vessel with a narrow, flat bottom and high sides curving outward.
bulwark
The part of a ship's side that extends above the main deck to protect it against heavy weather. (back)
bulwarks ...
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.
6" Bulwarks with scuppers. Good solid footing while walking around the deck, and good drainage in downpours or shipping green water.
8 strong through-bolted deck cleats. Strong attachments for docklines and anchor snubber. [Callipygia only had 6.] ...
Raised bulwarks, extended stainless steel safety rails, moulded non-slip surfaces and teak decking ensure secure navigation around the boat, ...
Opening in the bulwarks to drain the deck of water.
Sea Anchor
A drogue or drag device to slow down a boat.
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.
CENTERBOARD - A board that is lowered through a slot in the keep to reduce leeway. ...
BULWARK An extension of the planking above the deck to form a rail. BURGEE A triangular shaped flag denoting the yacht club to which the owner belongs. BUTT Buttock. Used for developing the lines of a boat.
bulwark: a vertical extension above the deck designed to keep water out and to assist in keeping people in. bulwarks: rail around the deck.
BITTS A terms applied to short metal or wood columns extending up from a base plate secured to a deck or bulwark rail or placed on a pier and to timbers extended up through and a short distance above a deck for the purpose of securing and belaying ...
- Originally a series of pipes fitted through the ships side from inside the thicker deck waterway to the topside planking to drain water overboard, larger quantities drained through freeing ports, which were hinged openings in the bulwarks.
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 ...
SCUPPERS: Drain holes on deck, in the toe rail, or in bulwarks or (with drain pipes) in the deck itself.
SEA ANCHOR: Any device used to reduce a boat's drift before the wind.
rail -- top of the bulwarks on the edge of the deck
Rake The fore or aft angle of the mast. Can be deliberately induced (by adjustment of the standing rigging) to flatten sails, balance steering, etc. Normally slightly aft.
Drain holes on deck, in the toe rail, or in bulwarks or (with drain pipes) in the deck itself.
Sea Cock
A through hull valve, a shut off on a plumbing or drain pipe between the vessel's interior and the sea.
Seamanship ...
Gunwale - The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, ...
Unless a vessel is properly protected by fenders, her planksheer and bulwarks are sure to be seriously injured, and to repair this part of a ship is costly in the extreme; especially in regard to the planksheer.
The sheer clamp is robust, and the through-bolted hull-and-deck joint incorporates a molded bulwark. The MK II bulwark is slightly larger than the original, providing more security on deck.
we find the bireme with the bows finished off into a beak shaped as the head of some sea monster, and an elevated forecastle with a bulwark evidently as a means of defence.
May be watertight bullseye A round eye through which a line is led, usually in order to change the direction of pull bulwark A vertical extension above the deck designed to keep water out and to assist in keeping people in bulwarks Rail ...
An opening in the rail (bulwarks) along the deck to allow water to drain.
Freestanding Mast
A mast made out of exotic materials so that it can support itself without the use of stays. See fully stayed mast.
The traditional fender is a length of heavy rope seized (tied by small rope) to the outside of the bulwarks (top of the sides), and slightly loose to provide a handhold for launching, or men overboard. Many modern dinghies mold in a ridge of plastic.
 See also: Boat, Hull, Forward, Deck, Keel
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