DEAD AHEAD: Directly ahead.
DEAD ASTERN: Directly aft.
DEAD RECKONING: A plot of courses steered and distances travelled through the water.
DEADHEAD: A log or heavy timber floating nearly vertical, with little of it's bulk showing above the surface.
dead ahead
Directly ahead of the bow.
deadrise
Degrees of V-shape hull angle measured at the transom of planing powerboats.
dead ahead - A position directly in front of the vessel.
dead reckoning - A method of determining position by making an educated guess based on last known position, speed and currents.
dead ahead - Directions exactly ahead of the vessel; opposite direction of dead astern.
dead astern - Directions exactly behind the vessel; opposite direction of dead ahead.
dead calm - Without a breath of wind.
DEAD AHEAD - Directly ahead.
DEAD ASTERN - Directly aft.
DECK - A permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part thereof.
DINGHY - A small open boat. A dinghy is often used as a tender for a larger craft.
Dead ahead - In a direction exactly ahead.
Dinghy - A small boat used as a tender.
Downwind - A direction to leeward, with the wind.
Dead Ahead - Directly ahead.
Dead Astern - Directly aft.
Dead-Eyes - Blocks in the shroud rigging used to adjust tension ...
Not quite dead ahead. To be just shy of course or of laying the mark is to be forced by wind or other reasons to steer to one side of the destination. Sailing shy is to sail on a close reach. A shy kite is a spinnaker used on a close reach.
A boat used for day sailing, typically an open boat without accommodations, rigging, or equipment needed for sailing or bunking in overnight day's work A record of noon-to-noon navigation work used to determine a ship's position dead ahead ...
to belay COURSE the compass direction along which the vessel (not equivalent to "heading") is intended to go or is traveling CROW'S NEST a lookout or observation station high up on a mast CTD Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth profiler DEAD AHEAD ...
DANGER ZONE - The area encompassed from dead ahead of your boat to just abaft your starboard beam. You must stand clear of any boat in the "danger zone".
Dead ahead -Directly ahead.
Dead astern-Directly aft or behind.
Dead reckoning-A calculation of determining position by using course speed last known position ...
Danger Zone: The area between your dead ahead of a boat to abaft of its starboard beam.
Davit: Minicrane fitted to a vessel to lift heavy pieces of equipment
Dead Ahead: Straight forwards direction.
Dead Astern: Straight aft direction.
Dead Ahead - Directly ahead.
Dead Astern - Directly aft.
Dead Reckoning - The process of determining the position of a vessel at any instant by applying to the last well-determined position (point of departure or subsequent fix) the run ...
Dead Ahead: A position directly in front of the vessel.
Dead Astern: A position directly aft or behind the vessel. Deadhead: A floating log.
Deadrise: The angle between the bottom of a boat and its widest beam.
DEAD AHEAD Directly ahead. DEAD ASTERN Directly aft. DEAD-RISE The difference in height, if any, between those parts of a vessel's floor which rest on the futtock. DECK A permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part thereof.
5 degrees, measured from dead ahead to just aft of the starboard beam.
Dead Ahead
Directly ahead.
Dead Astern
Directly aft.
Deck
A permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part thereof.
Dinghy
A small open boat.
DEAD AHEAD - Directly ahead.
DEAD ASTERN - Directly aft.
DEAD RECKONING - Navigating
DECK - A permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part thereof.
DINGHY - A small open boat. A dinghy is often used as a tender for a larger craft.
First, the apparent wind is always forward of the true wind (unless the true wind is dead ahead or astern). Second, as the true wind comes aft, the apparent wind lessens in velocity.
The area encompassed from dead ahead of your boat to just abaft your starboard beam. You must stand clear of any boat in the "danger zone".
Day Beacon
A fixed navigation structure used in shallow water upon which is placed one or more daymarks.
Danger Zone - A powered vessel must give way to any approaching other vessel from dead ahead to 225° past abeam on the starboard side.
16. You are sailing down a deep water channel at night, in very light winds, and see the light pattern shown to the right, dead ahead of your ship. You should: ...
DANFORTH ANCHOR- Lightweight anchor with piveting flukes and no stock, hold on all types of bottoms.
DAVIT- Device that projects beyond the side of the vessel to raise objects from the water.
DEAD AHEAD - Position directly in front of the ...
 See also: Light, Ahead, Hull, Deck, Sailing
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