Fair

fair - In good condition.
fairlead - A fitting designed to control the direction of a line with minimal friction.

fair wind
Wind when it is favorable to the course being steered.
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fair - to make a smooth finish or curve.
fairing a drawing - A process by which the intersections of curved lines with other lines in the body plan, half-breadth plan, and sheer plan are made to correspond. A fair curve ...

Fair - 1. A smooth curve, usually referring to a line of the hull which has no deviations. 2. To make something flush.
3. A rope is fair when it has a clear run. 4. A wind or current is fair when it offers an advantage to a boat.

Fair Wind:
(1) Term applied to the direction of the wind when it is favorable to the course being steered.
(2) Fair winds! -- Goodbye, good luck!.
Fairlead:
A fitting used to guide a line in a particular direction without chafing.

Fair wind -- A wind that permits a vessel to steer her course without tacking.
Fall -- The hauling part of the rope of a tackle.
False keel -- A timber bolted to the underside of the keel proper.

Fair Lead - A line unobstructed between its terminals, such as between a bow chock and a piling
Fairing Block- Shim installed to adjust the angle of a mounted item
Fathoms - Six feet, chart may list fathoms and feet together or fathoms and a fraction ...

In fair weather, launching a boat from shore is relatively easy. With the motor raised, the boat is lifted and pushed into the water, front first.

Fair: To adjust to proper shape or size.
Fair Wind: Wind when it is favorable to the course being steered.
Fairlead: A fitting that a line passes through to guide it in a particular direction.

If a body of " fair " form, i.e. without abruptness or discontinuity in its surface, moves uniformly at a considerable depth below the surface of an incompressible and perfect fluid, it can be shown that no resistance is experienced, ...

Fair - (1) In good condition. (2) To adjust to proper shape or size.
Fair Wind - Term applied to the direction of the wind when it is favorable to the course being steered.

Having spent my fair share of time stuck in the enclosed pilothouse of a trawler, I was very happy to see a proper helm station in the cockpit. A pilothouse is great on a cold or wet day, but in nice weather there is no place better than the cockpit.

4 Trim, shape and fair the block. A pear shape with a large radius as the leading edge offers less resistance and gives a clean flow of water.

The rotary, or most common type, consists of a vertical pillar, generally circular in section, with the upper portion bent in a fair curve and having sufficient outreach to clear the side of the ship plus a clearance.

[Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] eye splice A permanent loop made at a rope's end by weaving unlaid strands into the standing part of the line fag The ragged end of a line fair or lift The wind fairs when it strikes the sails fro a ...

GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade, an international agreement embodying a code of practice for fair trading in international commerce. Is headquartered in Geneva.

Take the whole bunch as soon as you feel you've got at least a fair chance of passing several of them.

Right to have your legal rights and options
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Right to a fair written fee agreement with our firm.
Right to a fair fee for the work we do.
Right to make the ultimate decision on your case.

Capsizing isn't scary or dangerous on a fair-weather day if you know how to swim. Before ever stepping into a sailboat you must learn how to swim. So the first lesson in sail boating should be, learn how to swim.

Under the first and last heads the Yacht Owner will often find it a great advantage to employ a Lloyd's Surveyor whose services (to examine a yacht and make a fair report upon her condition or construction) can always he obtained for a moderate fee ...

In theory this system will give every yacht a fair chance to win, regardless of its size. The finishing times of all yachts have to be recorded and their final positions calculated before the result of the race is known.

Dumping: attempting to import merchandise into a country at a price less than the fair market value, usually through subsidy by exporting country.

Nasty (bad) weather is uncomfortable, fair (good, fine) weather is comfortable. A weather cloth, a wide strip of fabric, is tied to the lifelines to keep spray out of the cockpit in heavy weather. Weather eye, see eye. 2) To weather is upwind, ...

Intentional contact by a boat with r-o-w or entitled to room may be subject to penalty under Rule 2 (Fair Sailing).
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These are cauliflower like puffs of clouds. If they become taller they may produce thunderheads (cumulonimbus clouds). If they stay the same height, fair weather can be predicted.
Thunderheads: ...

A region of high pressure. Air flows outward and (on the northern hemisphere) clockwise around high pressure areas. A high is usually associated with fair weather. Also called "anticyclone".
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Stunsails: The stun- or studdingsails are extra sails set outside the square sails of a ship during a fair wind.

Lyle Gun-A line-throwing gun is a short-barreled cannon designed to fire a projectile attached to a rope to a boat or victim in distress
Faking Line Box - Board with spindles along the end to keep the line fair and prevent fouling when ...

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STROP - An eye of rope or wire spliced round a block.
STUDDING SAIL - A sail set beyond the leeches of any of the principal sails during a fair wind.
SWAMP - To fill with water, but not settle to the bottom.

stopper knot: any knot used to prevent a line from running out through a block or fair-lead. storm: a range of winds from 48 to 63 knots; the generic term for severe foul weather. stow: to put away or to store onboard.