CHOCK: A fitting through which anchor or mooring lines are led. Usually U-shaped to reduce chafe.
CLEAT: A fitting to which lines are made fast. The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped.
Chock-a-block - Rigging blocks that are so tight against one another that they cannot be further tightened.
Chock - a guide for an anchor, mooring or docking line, attached to the deck
Cleat - a fitting used to secure a line to
Clew - the lower aft corner of a sail ...
chockablock - When a line is pulled as tight as is can go, as when two blocks are pulled together.
chop - Small, steep disorderly waves.
cleat - A fitting to which lines can be easily attached.
chock full - Full to the brim. Frequently used in close-hauled sailing to let the helmsman know that the sails are full enough, and he need use no more weather helm. See also "Ramping Full."
chock home - Close up.
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 - ...
Chock
A fitting that a line can pass through and be controlled.
Chockablock ...
Chock
A fitting to guide a line or cable. Also, a wedge or block to keep an object from moving.
Chute ...
Chock - A metal guide attached to the edge of the deck which is used to guide mooring or anchor lines
Claw off - Clear a Lee Shore
Cleat - A fitting used to secure a line under strain ...
Chock - (1) A deck fitting to guide an anchor, mooring, towing or docking line. Usually smooth shaped to reduce chafe. (2) A wedge or block to keep an object from moving.
CHOCK - A deck fitting to guide a line where it leaves the boat. Also a wedge or bracket to keep articles from shifting.
CLEAT - A fitting, secured to the deck, mast, or spar, having two projection horns to which lines are made fast.
Chock - A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale or attached to the deck. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, anchors or dock lines.
Anchor Chocks- Deck fitting for storing anchor.
Anchor Detail- Crew at the bow to handle the ground tackle
Anchor Ice-Ice, of any form, that is aground in the sea.
chocks -- a heavy metal fitting fixed to the deck of a ship through which a line for mooring, towing, or anchor rode is passed
ciguatera -- a severe type of food poisoning caused by eating contaminated fish ...
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.
The side of a block chine The line where the sides of a boat intersect the bottom chock 1. A heavy metal fitting fixed to the deck of a ship through which a line for mooring, towing, or anchor rope is passed.
between a bow chock and a piling.
Fender - protection for a boat.
Flapper - Short for flapper valve or Shutter valve,installed in the
exhaust system of sterndrive engines to prevent
backwash of water into the engine if the engine were ...
Also called Stern Chock. STERN POST The main vertical post in the stern frame upon which the rudder is hung. Also called the Rudder Post. STERN TUBE The bearing supporting the propeller shaft where it emerges from the ship.
Chock -A fitting through which anchor or mooring lines are led. Usually U-shaped to reduce chafe
Chockablock-- When a line is pulled as tight as is can go, as when two blocks are pulled together. also know as "two blocks" ...
83 meters FANTAIL after part of main deck from which most scientific work involving heavy gear is done FEND OFF to prevent touching, in coming or bringing alongside the ship FIX a vessel's position determined by navigation data FAIRLEAD a chock or ...
fairlead: fitting through which a line runs easily a fitting used to alter the direction of a working line, such as a bullseye turning block, or anchor chock. fall off: turn away from the direction of the wind.
Get enough double walled fire hose to go from your cleat through your chock and into the water. This does a number of things for you.
Chock - a guide for an anchor, mooring or docking line, attached to the deck
chocks -- a heavy metal fitting fixed to the deck of a ship through which a line for mooring, towing, or anchor rode is passed ...
CHOCK A BLOCK - When the upper and lower blocks of a tackle touch each other and one can hoist no higher.
CHOCK - A fitting through which anchor or mooring lines are led. Usually U-shaped to reduce chafe.
With the help of a couple of chums I placed her on chocks and shored her up on an even keel, supporting her well, so that she should not suffer from any unequal strain when I filled her later on with water.
Chock: Normally round fitting in the boat to hold the anchor- or mooring rope.
Class: A group of boats of the same design, relevant for races and regattas
Cleat: Fitting that is used to fix and secure lines that are in frequent use ...
A guide for the anchor rode, docking lines, and other lines. A closed chock has a latch to keep the line from jumping out, an open chock may have small prongs (ears) that retain the line but allow it to be lifted out.
chock-a-block
Tightly packed.
Cut a chock of wood shaped to fit tight between the frames each side of the break and roughly wedge-shaped in cross section so that, when pressed down, the upper surface will be level with the top of the frames.
- Chafe Protection (Covered Eye) — Use Leather, Nylon Cordura Tubing, or Dipping to increase the life span of your lines as they rub against cleats, chocks, and your moorings.
Finally, pass the pennant through a bow chock to prevent chafe, and secure the pennant's loop over the cleat.
Let air out of trailer tires and chock the wheels to prevent the trailer from being moved by the wind. Leave the drain plug in and add water with a garden hose to increase its weight so the boat will stay on the trailer.
A projecting piece called a chock or wood-lock was fixed in the head outside the ship in order to prevent the rudder from being lifted by the water out of its hinges.
 See also: Boat, Light, Deck, Rope, Chain
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