Deadlight

deadlight - Fixed ports that do not open, placed in the deck or cabin to admit light.

deadlight A non-opening port or skylight; a small porthole in a cabin top or deck. dead reckoning A navigational method of determining a vessel's location; this is calculated from the steered course and vessel's speed (without obtaining a fix).

DEADLIGHT A applied to a port lid or cover; a metal shutter fitted to protect the glass in a fixed or port light. Often incorrectly applied to a fixed light in a deck, bulkhead or shell.

Deadlight - Fixed ports that do not open which are placed in the deck or cabin to admit light. Deadrise - The measurement of the angle between the bottom of a boat and its widest beam.

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Deadlight: Fixed light in a cabin's roof. Deck: Solid covering over a hull, does not always cover all of it Depression: Low-pressure area in meteorology Dew point: The point of temperature and air pressure at which water vapor forms mist or fog ...

DEADLIGHT - Either a cover clamped over a porthole to protect it in heavy weather or a fixed light set into the deck or cabin roof to provide light below. DECK - A permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part thereof.

See also: Bow, Deck, Compass, Open, High