FENDER: A cushion, placed between boats, or between a boat and a pier, to prevent damage.
FIDDLE: An upright guard an inch or two high along a galley edge or table edge, which prevents items from sliding off when the boat heels.
fender
A cylindrical or round cushion used to protect the hull sides of a boat, typically used when tied up at dock.
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To clear a buoy, point of land or object without having to make a tack.
Fender
An appliance made of rubber, timber and/or rope or other materials normally attached to a dock or quay used to prevent damage to the hull of a vessel especially during mooring and un-mooring operations.
fender
A cushion hung from the sides of a boat to protect it from rubbing against a dock or another boat.
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Fenders:
Various devices serving to cushion the shocks and protect the side of a pleasure craft.
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A cushion, placed between yachts, or between a yacht and a pier, to prevent damage.
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Fender: object used to keep a vessel away from, for example, a quay wall. These fenders may be of any material which is capable of absorbing shocks and thus protect the vessel's plating; these would include rope ,wood , and pneumatic tires.
Fender- Any material attached to the side of a boat used to prevent scraping when tied up.
Following sea- Waves that approach from the rear of a moving boat.
Foot- The bottom edge of a sail.
Fender Soft rubber or other material to prevent chafe between vessels, or vessel and pier.
Fetch 1) To make, arrive at a desired point. 2) The distance the wind has from weather shore to ship.
fender - A cushioning object; bumper; a device hung between a boat and a dock/float/pier/boat to prevent chafing damage.
Fender:
A cushioning device, such as a bundle of rope or a piece of timber, or tire used on the side of a vessel or dock to absorb impact or friction.
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Padding hung over the topside to protect it from an object alongside. A fenderboard is a plank hung outboard of several fenders to improve the protection.
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Fender
A long wooden beam usually swinging at the side of a pier to prevent ships chafing against them.
Fender -- A species of buffer made of wood, rope or other material to hang chafing against a dock, or another vessel.
Fid -- An iron or wooden bar to keep bowsprits and topmasts in place; a conical wooden instrument used by riggers and sailmakers.
Fender - A cushioning device hung between the boat and pier.
Following sea - Waves from astern.
FENDER - Guard hung over the side of a vessel to cushion contact with other objects.
FIGURE EIGHT KNOT - A knot in the form of a figure eight, placed in the end of a line to prevent the line from passing through a grommet or a block.
Fender
A cushion of durable material inserted between the boat and another object or another boat.
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Fender - Bumper placed beside the haul to protect it when docking
Fender - Protection for a boat
Fix - Boats location on a chart is determined by crossing two or more bearings ...
Do not tie a fender to a lifeline, as damage will occur. At a store that sells sailing supplies, you can also purchase a skirt that hangs between the hull and fenders.
Fender - A protective cushion of durable material hung from the sides of a boat to protect it from rubbing or chafing against a dock or another boat.
FENDER The term applied to various devices fastened to or hung over the sides of a vessel to prevent rubbing or chafing against other vessels or piers.
Fender - An air or foam filled bumper used in boating to keep boats from banging into docks or each other.
Fetch - 1. The distance across water which a wind has traveled. 2. To reach a mark without tacking.
Fid - 1.
In all subsequent races the form of the challenger and defender became approximately similar, but while the types were gradually converging the American yachts were still usually somewhat lighter in displacement than the challengers.
Fender - protection for a boat.
Flapper - Short for flapper valve or Shutter valve,installed in the
exhaust system of sterndrive engines to prevent
backwash of water into the engine if the engine were
to shut down unexpectedly.
Fender-cushions used over the side to protect a vessel from chafing when alongside another vessel or dock
Fetch-
The distance that wind and seas (waves) can travel toward land without being blocked.
To reduce the power generated by the sail and the angle of heel by adjusting the sail so that it flutters fend To push off or prevent contact fender Cylindrical or round objects hung over the side of a boat to protects its hull from chafing, ...
FENDER - A protector hung over the side between the boat and a pier or another vessel.
FLARE - The outward curve of a vessel's side near the bow.
FLUKE - Flattened end of an anchor arm which bites into the ground.
The crime may be punished in the competent tribunal of any country in which the offender may be found, or carried, although the crime may have been committed on board a foreign vessel on the high seas.
A person who has been convicted of prior or previous offenses under this chapter need not be charged as a subsequent offender in the complaint, ...
Fender: A cushion-like thing that is placed along the hull to protect it from collision with other boats, pier walls or cliffs to prevent damage normally when mooring ...
Long before you get close to the dock, have your fenders tied in place on the lifelines, the bow dock line secured forward on the anchor cleat, and the stern line attached at an aft cleat.
Before entering the marina: a) Have the crew tie up the fenders (TIP: tie up 1 or 2 fenders at the transom); b) have a crew bring the dinghy to the bow and tie it on either side with a short painter; c) all the docking lines should be out and ...
If returning to Tuck's Point to pick up passengers, rig fenders, bowline, and stern line. If heading straight out, rig Jib or Genoa, furled, ready to set. Attach tack shackle to fore'ad chain plate, and clip Hanks onto forestay.
In 1995, he was helmsman of the defender Young America, which lost to New Zealand in the America's Cup match; in 1992, he was skipper of Italy's Il Moro di Venezia, which lost to America3 in the America's Cup match.
The cockpit features a roomy, flip-up locker, ideal for stowing fenders, lines, boat hooks and other gear. Down below, lockers and cabinets are plentiful. Even the dinette settees feature hinged stowage compartments.
Kiss the wooden lady - minor punishment where an offender is made to face a mast, his arms wrapped around it, and his wrists are tied on the other side. Shipmates might be encouraged to kick him in the arse as they go by.
The traditional fender is a length of heavy rope seized (tied by small rope) to the outside of the bulwarks (top of the sides), and slightly loose to provide a handhold for launching, or men overboard. Many modern dinghies mold in a ridge of plastic.
You will know which side of your boat will come alongside the pontoon, so drape your fenders out and make sure that they are at the right height. Have at least one fender out the other side, just in case.
Fathom - Six feet.
Fender - A cushion, placed between boats, or between a boat and a pier, to prevent damage.
Clove Hitch: Used to tie a line to a piling or a fender to a railing, it is easy to adjust the length of the line.
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#8 Punctured fender.
#9. Throttle would slip back to neutral.
#10. Jammed water intake sea-cock for the head.
#11. Exhaust system fell off engine. This resulted in the use of towing insurance.
#12. Broken fuel line on an outboard engine.
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Even an all-round rope fender does not solve the problem; all it takes is a large wash from a passing boat and the dinghy can easily knock the underneath of a rubbing strake with its gunwale, or get itself trapped under a counter stern.
But its real business is decorative rope and canvaswork--the traditional arts of the sailor--and here it has no equal. For a rope mat, a rope ladder, a sea chest, a ditty bag, a canvas bucket, a mast boot, and the best-looking rope fenders or ...
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