fastening - An item such as a nail, screw, rivet or other device used to fasten objects together.
Fathometer - A brand name for a depth measuring device.
fastening - A screw, bolt or nail that is used to fasten plumbing and rigging fixtures. Any method used to hold planks in a wooden ship to its frames.
Fastening:
Something, such as a hook, used to attach one thing to another firmly ...
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Halyards can be attached a number of ways to the head of a triangular sail. The most common methods are as follows: ...
Fastening clamps are not properly tightened.
The propeller is unbalanced.
Motor suddenly stops
Fuel tank is empty
No oil in fuel (two-stroke engine)
Loose spark plug
Cooling water intakes obstructed or the water pump defective ...
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To reach or arrive at some place or point, particularly in conditions of an adverse wind or tide. (back) ...
A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, to form a loop or a noose, to tie a small rope to an object, or to tie the ends of two small ropes together.
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A wooden or metal fastening with two arms around which ropes can be fastened.
Clew
The lower aft corner of a fore and aft sail.
CLOVE HITCH: A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
COACH ROOF: The structure of the cabin top where it stands proud of the deck.
BOLT A metal rod used as a fastening. With few exceptions, such as drift bolts, a head or shoulder is made on one end and a screw thread to carry a nut is cut on the other.
through-bolt: a deck fastening that penetrates the deck and is fastened below with a nut and washer. thwart: a transverse structural member in the cockpit. In small boats often used as a seat.
Lanyard - A short piece of rope or line for fastening or extending something in ships.
Lazarette - Spaces below the deck that are designed for storage. Could be in the aft or stern area.
BITTS - A pair of posts in the deck of a ship for fastening cables, belaying ropes, etc.
BLOCK - Pulley or a group of pulleys in the same case.
BOARD BOAT - A small boat, usually mono rig. May have a shallow cockpit well.
The next step in the construction of vessels was the building up of canoes or boats by fastening pieces of wood together in a suitable form. Some of these canoes, and probably the earliest in type, are tied or stitched together with thongs or cords.
The boat was originally a first-class little lapstreaker of good model, built of teak throughout and copper-fastened; but there were many cracks in her planks and most of her fastenings were loose, ...
[Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] thimble A grooved round or teardrop-shaped metal or plastic fitting spliced into an eye of rope or wire to prevent chafe and distortion of the eye through-bolt A deck fastening that penetrates the deck and ...
The jib sheets (the lines that adjust the jib in and out) are now attached to the clew with either a fastening (if provided) or better, a bowline and led through their proper "leads" (blocks, or pulleys, that adjust the trim angle of the jib), ...
Carrick Bend: A useful knot for fastening two lines together; a number of variations exist.
Carry Away: To break loose, said of gear that is stressed beyond the strength of its fastenings.
Carvel: Smooth skin planking.
If done by a light and practised hand this one-part fastening should bode well for the integrity of a clinker hull; I wonder if anyone uses it today? Regrettably my own attempts have proved a complete mess.
Describes anything specified for use concerning boats or around salt water. For example, marine fastenings are screws or bolts made of especially corrosion-resistant materials, ...
Painter - Short rope secured to bow of a small boat and used for fastening her to the dock
Parallel Rulers - Used to determining Line of Position ( LOP)
Pay Out - To release a line in a controlled manner such as the anchor rode ...
Buntline Hitch: Excellent for fastening a halyard to a shackle. Easy to tie and untie.
Splicing ...
KNOT - A measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour. A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, to form a loop or a noose, to tie a small rope to an object, ...
The hull-to-deck joint incorporates a small, molded bulwark and is fiberglassed with alternating layers of mat and cloth, although some might question the lack of a mechanical fastening system as well.
(A stature mile is 5280 feet.) Also a means for joining two lines together or fastening a line to an object.
LEE SHORE - One onto which wind or current could force a boat.
LEE SIDE - The side opposite that from which the wind blows.
 See also: Boat, Deck, Line, Anchor, Below
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