COIL: To lay a line down in circular turns.
COLREGS: The collision regulations
COMPANIONWAY: The main entrance to the accommodation, usually found at the forward end of the cockpit.
COMPASS: Instrument for finding directions.
COIL: To lay a line down in circular turns.
COMPASS: Navigation instrument, either magnetic (showing magnetic north) or gyro (showing true north).
coil - To lay a line down in circular turns. This gives the rope a low flat profile on the deck, rather than a tangled mess.
cold front - The forward edge of a cold air mass meeting warmer air; a meteorological term for describing weather.
Coil:
To lay a line down in circular turns, known as fakes, or to arrange in loops so it can be stowed. Line is sold by the coil, which contain 200 fathoms ...
Flemish Coil-A flat neat concentric coiling of rope.
Cleat - A wood or metal fitting with two horn around which ropes are made fast.
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Tom Van Oosterhout ...
- Proof Coil and Windlass Anchor Chain — For most applications, a long nylon anchor line connected to a chain rode is adequate. Vessels without a windlass can use standard Proof Coil Anchor Chain.
COIL - To lay a line down in circular turns.
COURSE - The direction in which a boat is steered.
CUDDY - A small shelter cabin in a boat.
coil
To arrange a line in neat, regular loops; they make up a coil.
cold-molded construction ...
To coil a line flat on the deck in spirals.
Flinders Bar
An iron bar mounted on or near the compass to correct for magnetic deviation in steal hulled ships.
Charge Coil - Voltage generator used to power ignition modules, mostly used on outboards
Chart - Map of navigable waters
Chart - Navigational maps showing water depth and ATON’s. Don’t call a chart a map ...
Cheese Down - To coil down the tail of a line on deck to present a neat appearance.
It consists of a coil of wire wound around a frame and mounted on a vertical shaft which can be rotated.
Charge Coil - Voltage generator used to power ignition modules.
(Mostly used on outboards.)
Chart - map of navigable waters.
Chine walk- Dangerously uncontrolled, side to side motion
associated with high speed operation ...
Fake- One circle of a coil or rope. To coil or arrange a rope ornamentally with each fake flat, or almost flat, on the deck, usually in a circle or figure-of-eight pattern.
Fantail-Rear or aft overhang of vessel.
To coil a rope in such a way that it will run out freely and quickly without tangling fall off 1. To turn away from the direction of the wind; 2.
Next coil down the throat and peak halyards clear for running, and see that the mainsheet is free from kinks and coiled so that it can be eased off at a moment's notice without any danger of jamming in the block.
Another method better suited for storing the line in a rope locker is to double the end of the completed coil to form a long loop. Pass the loop, in a clockwise turn, around the head of the coil, passing the end of the loop under its own midsection.
The simplest way is to coil the line in a clockwise direction. You can then either leave it laying on deck, or hang it by tying it up with extra line or nylon straps. Or you can "flake" line by simply laying it in the form of a figure eight.
Coil - To lay a line down in circular turns.
Communication Protocol - A method established for message transfer between a talker and a listener, which includes the message format and the sequence in which the messages are to be transferred.
Settle the coil in a stable and dry location and remove the stops. Then secure the bitter end to the bow cleat (or other secure attachment) and the other end to the anchor. Bring the anchor out to the fore-deck ready to drop.
Dropping Anchor ...
A machine that has a drum on which to coil a rope, cable or chain for hauling, pulling or hoisting. (back)
windlass
worm gear ...
Alternatively, longer gaskets - particularly the clew gaskets described below - can be secured using a gasket coil.
Bight - The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop. (a loop in a rope) ...
COCKPIT - An opening in the deck from which the boat is handled.
COIL - To lay a line down in circular turns.
COURSE - The direction in which a boat is steered.
CUDDY - A small shelter cabin in a boat.
CURRENT - The horizontal movement of water.
 See also: Deck, Rope, Block, Anchor, Boat
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