CHANNEL: 1) That part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable. It is usually marked by a single or double line of buoys and sometimes by range markers. 2) The deepest part of a stream, bay, or strait, ...
channel
The navigable portion of a waterway.
chart plotter
Electronic navigation device that displays charts for use in plotting a course.
channel - A navigable route on a waterway, usually marked by buoybuoys. Channels are similar to roads where the water is known to be deep enough for ships or boats to sail without running aground.
channels - Strong pieces of timber fixed on the side of a ship inside the chain plates to give greater spread to the rigging.
channel deep - Said of a yacht when she is heeled over until her lee channels are under water.
VHF Channels for Recreational Boaters
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Intership safety communications only ...
Channel 13 is the "Navigational" communication channel. It is used for intership and ship to coast communications. This channel is used to hail bridges.
channel
1) A radio frequency. 2) An area of navigable water, often marked by aids to navigation. A channel marker is a buoy or other aid to navigation indicating the safe channel.
Midchannel Buoy
A red and white vertically striped buoy used in the United States to mark the middle of a channel. Midchannel buoys may be passed by on either side. Also see nun and can buoys.
Midships ...
The channel formed by the bottom of the main hull and the inner walls of a sponson.
Twenty-Four Pounder
Cannon which fired an iron ball of approximately 24 lbs. The gun itself weighed about 4,000 lbs.
Mid-Channel Marker - Red and White stripes, may have a white light
Mooring - A place to secure a boat in the water
Mooring - Heavy anchor or weight permanently in position ...
Main channel down which boats should proceed in restricted waters.
Fall
The part of the tackle which is hauled upon.
Cross-Channel Steamers.Cross-channel steamers are of a heavier type than those just considered and require higher freeboard and better sea-keeping qualities to be able to make passages across more exposed waters in all weathers.
Narrow channels
(a) A vessel proceeding along the course of a narrow channel or fairway shall keep as near to the outer limit of the channel or fairway which lies on her starboard side as is safe and practicable.
Change channels. After contacting another station on Channel 16, change immediately to a channel which is available for the type of message you want to send.
Weather channel WX-3 or WX-4. 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.
preferred channel buoy
Also known as a junction buoy. A red and green horizontally striped buoy used in the United States to mark the separation of a channel into two channels.
Preferred channel markers are a combination of red and green. Years ago, this marker was known as a junction marker. The preferred or better channel is usually marked by having the top color of the marker indicate the way it should be treated.
In approaching channels from seaward red buoys marked with even numbers will be found on the starboard side of the channel and must be left on the starboard side in passing in.
Distribution Channel
The route by which a company distributes goods.
Distribution Requirements Planning
Abbreviation: DRP-I
The function of determining the need to replenish stock at branch warehouses.
Rule 9 -- Narrow Channels
With Rule 9, the Rules become more specific. Although Rule 9 applies in all conditions of visibility, it applies only on certain waters and to certain vessels.
Cable Ship - A specially constructed ship for the laying and repairing of telegraph and telephone cables across channels, seas, lakes, and oceans.
SHAPE A bar of constant cross section such as a channel, T-bar, angle bar, etc., either rolled or extruded. SHAPING Cutting, bending, and forming a structural member. SHEARS Large machines for cutting plates or shapes.
A fitting that has interlocking teeth on springs (cam) instead of prong to secure a rope [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] can buoy A cylindrical black buoy with a flat top and marked with an odd number, found on the port side of a channel as ...
BEACON - A marked post located on a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger or to mark a channel. A signal mark on land; a light or radio signal.
BEAM - The extreme width of a vessel. A horizontal athwartship support for the deck. ...
sea buoys: the first buoys a mariner encounters when approaching a channel or harbor entrance from the sea. sector: a colored segment in the sweep of a navigation light. A red sector, for example, warns of dangerous waters.
Data transmission using frequency modulation, with a single channel containing quantized or digital information without the use of a modulating subcarrier. (ALRS) F2B F2B Radio transmission designator.
Lateral System - A system of aids to navigation in which characteristics of buoys and beacons indicate the sides of the channel or route relative to a conventional direction of buoyage (usually upstream).
Lastly, in intracoastal navigation, a set of two markers that, when lined up one behind the other, indicate the deepest part of the channel. reachTo sail across the wind.
They specify that boats less than 20 metres shall not impede the passage of a large craft in a narrow channel .. regardless of who has the defined right of way
Collision regulations define who has the right of way when motor boat meets motor boat ..
CHANNELS - Stout pieces of timber bolted on the outside of a vessel, to which the dead-eyes of the riggiog are fastened.
CHART - A map for use by navigators.
CHINE - The intersection of the bottom and sides of a flat or v-bottomed boat.
The red ones mark the right side of channels in to a harbor, the green ones mark the left side. Use the mnemonic: Red Right Returning to note that the Red ones are on your Right when you are Returning to the harbor.
Instead of traditional channels that steal away into the hull, Cherubini uses case-hardened stainless U-bolts. These are attached to stainless steel angle irons that run below the deck flange and are supported by a beefed-up fiberglass layup.
The stiff breeze was literally blowing the water out of the narrow channel between the beach and the fringing barrier reef. The water level was dropping before our eyes. If we didn't clear the harbour soon we might not be able to leave for days.
If a motorboat is operating in a narrow channel and cannot maneuver easily.
If a motorboat is too large and cumbersome to avoid a sailboat (like a tanker or a tour boat).
A port buoy is a lateral buoy used to guide vessels through channels or close to shallow water. The port buoy is one that a vessel must leave to port when passing upstream. If in IALA area A, the port buoys are red.
Fairway Shipping channel, normally the center of an approach channel.
Fathom Nautical measurement of depth of six feet or 1.83m.
Fender Soft rubber or other material to prevent chafe between vessels, or vessel and pier.
Identifying marks, islands, channels (ICW), landmarks (KLSC's microwave tower), and other navigation aids. How to secure a sailboat safely.
FINAL SESSION ...
A floating iron can moored by a chain on the edge of a shoal to mark a safe channel; buoys are of a great variety of shapes, all of which have a definite meaning to the sailor; some carry bells rung by the motion of the sea, ...
BUOY - A floating object employed as an aid to mariners to mark the navigable limits of channels, their fairways, sunken dangers, isolated rocks, telegraph cables, and the like; floating devices fixed in place at sea, ...
Buoy - A floating object showing navigation channels or marking prohibited areas on the water.
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Capsize - To turn over, bottom side up.
HARBOR DUES- Various local charges against all seagoing vessels entering a harbor, to cover maintenance of channel depths, buoys, lights, etc. all harbors do not necessarily have this charge.
BACKSTAYS (Breast and Standing) are stays which support the top-masts, top,tgallant, and royal-ma,sts from aft; they reach from the heads of their respective masts to the channel 011 each side of the, ship, ...
Where Dutton's has advice on steering a battleship or tanker through a narrow channel (fascinating, but not something I ever expect to do), Eyges shows you how to tell whether that's one island or two on the horizon.
Buoys which mark the port side of a channel are red. Starboard marks are green with sharp.
Range Lights: A set of two small lighthouses, aligned so that if a vessel lines them up, they will be guided safely into a harbour, through narrow channels.
Buoys - bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
Burdened Vessel - Any boat that must give way to another having the right of way.
In the 17th century the English Channel swarmed with Algerian pirates, operating out of northern Africa; Algiers continued to be a piratical stronghold until well into the 19th century.
Always listen to the vhf weather channel prior to going to bed. If there is a front coming through it may be better to break up the raft prior to going to bed.
Crossing a narrow channel is best planned for a turn at high tide (or low tide if it's deep enough for your boat's draft) so the current doesn't exceed the speed of your boat.
Buoy: A floating anchored object used to mark the navigable limits of channels, sunken dangers, isolated rocks, etc.
By the Lee: Sailing downwind with the wind blowing over the leeward side of the boat.
By the Wind: Sailing close-hauled.
LIMBER A hole or channel that allows water to drain to the lowest point in the hull. Limbers can be through frames, usually at the keel or other longitudinal, can also be cut through longitudinals.
 See also: Boat, Point, Line, Sailing, Stern
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