GIVE-WAY VESSEL: A term used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.
GOOSENECK: The universal joint between the boom and the mast.
Give-way Vessel: The vessel that does not have the right of way in a crossing or overtaking situation; the vessel that is burdened.
Global Positioning System: A worldwide radionavigation system of high accuracy using orbiting satellites.
give way
Yield to other traffic.
GPS
Acronym for global positioning system, a satellite-based navigation system that uses trasmitted signals and mathematical triangulation to pinpoint location.
give way together
Command used by Coxswain in larger rowing boats
give way vessel ...
Give Way: Command to start rowing.
Go About: See come about.
Gunwale: A structural timber extending from bow to stern along the inside of the top plank; loosely speaking, the top edge of the hull of a boat. Pronounced "Gun'l".
Give-Way VesselA term, from the Navigational Rules, used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.
give way
1) Change position. When a boat alters course to allow another vessel to pass she gives way.
Give clear orders to your crew in a positive and upbeat manner.
Don't overreact to mistakes. They happen. Instead, look at the quickest and smartest way to correct them.
When behind, changing tacks erratically will not win the race.
Give-way vessels have one obligation--to stay out of the way of stand-on vessels. Stand-on vessels, however, have more complicated responsibilities, but their basic obligation is to hold their course and speed, or to "stand-on.
Give Way Vessel
The vessel that must yield to another vessel according to the navigation rules. Also known as the burdened vessel.
Global Positioning System ...
Give (someone) a Wide Berth -
To anchor a ship far enough away from another ship so that they did not hit each other when they swung with the wind or tide.
Cut of His Jib - ...
Give the two middle strands, G and H, a lick of tar if, the rope is of hemp, and grease if of manila, and knot them together with an overhand knot, taking care that the knot is so formed as to follow the lay of the rope.
Give Way Vessel - Vessel that must change course or stop. Never cut across the bow of stand-on vessel ...
Give number of persons aboard and conditions of any injured.
Estimate present seaworthiness of your ship.
Briefly describe your ship (meters, type, color, hull).
Give vessel name and call sign
State position of vessel
Describe nature of emergency
Distress Cloth ...
To give you a benchmark, here is a little test. When you are out sailing sometime, and you pass a crab trap buoy, count the seconds until you cannot see the buoy anymore. What did you get? One minute?
What you give up with a center-cockpit boat of this length is a lazarette. In this design there are two small lockers outboard of the aft cabin, so that will help, but they are not big. The fo'c'sle is also very small.
Action by give-way vessel
Every vessel which is directed to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, so far as possible, take early and substantial action to keep well clear.
Rule 17 ...
The crew member should be moved to a shaded cool area and be rapidly cooled by any means possible. Seek medical attention if the crew member has high blood pressure or heart disease or if symptoms are progressing. DO NOT GIVE ALCOHOL
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Con To give orders to the helmsman in narrow waters.
Counter The overhanging portion of a stern.
Course 1) The direction a vessel steers to, 2) the square sail set from a lower yard.
shake up - "Give her a shake up." This is an order to put down the helm and cause the vessel to luff until her sails are "all shaking.
Most foundations give out grants to other NPOs, or fellowships and direct grants to participants. However, the name foundations may be used by any not-for-profit corporation - even volunteer organizations or grass roots groups.
The obligation to give room should generally be considered an obligation of a r-o-w boat to give room to a giveway boat, and thus is a limitation on the rights of the r-o-w boat.
BURDENED VESSEL: That vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rules, must give way to the privileged vessel. The term has been superseded by the term "give-way vessel".
BURGEE: Small, triangular flag flow at the masthead.
Catharpings - In square-rigged vessels, short lines at the lower end of the futtock shrouds used to bring in the shrouds tighter to give room to brace the yards at a sharper angle when sailing close hauled.
They give additional stiffness to the plank, are continuous, and frames are notched out to fit over them.
Block and tackle A combination of one or more blocks and the associated tackle necessary to give a mechanical advantage. Useful for lifting heavy loads.
Heavy material, usually lead or iron, placed in the bottom of a boat to give stability; 2.
GIVE-WAY BOAT - One that does not have the right-of-way and should avoid the stand-on boat.
GROUND TACKLE - An anchor and anchoring gear.
GUNWALE - The part of a vessel where hull and deck meet. (Pronounced "gun'l") ...
jig -- fishing technique of lowering a weighted lure until just above the bottom, then alternately jerking the rod upwards and lowering it to give action to the lure
kapu -- also tapu (Tahitian); to be taboo.
Cleat off the rode and set it as hard as you can with all the power your engine can give you.
The boat with the right of way is called the stand-on vessel and the one that must yield or alter its course is the give-way vessel.
Tackle -Any combination of ropes and blocks that give a mechanical advange
Taffrail log -- a propeller drawn through the water that operates an meter on the boat registering the speed and distance sailed also called a Patent Log ...
28 and 29 give examples of these curves obtained from experiments with H.M.S. " Revenge." 2 Having obtained such curves, Froude proceeded to investigate the relation between the degradation of the amplitude and the resistances which cause it.
Boom A spar used to give shape to the bottom of any sail. If you don't watch out, it'll hit you in the head, and you'll hear a loud boom. Tack The forwardmost, lowest part of a triangular sail.
The huge range of such craft, from dozens of builders worldwide, makes it hard to give a single illustrative description. However, most favour a teardrop-planform hull, with a wide, flat bottom and deep single-fin keel to give good stability.
strakesSmall linear protrusions that run longitudinally on both sides of the keel to give a planing hull lift and lateral stability. stringersInternal beams and braces that give a fiberglass hull structural support.
A boat on a port tack must give way to one on a starboard tack.
When both boats are on the same tack (wind on the same side), the vessel to windward must give way to a leeward vessel (the one farthest from the wind).
The rule is that the ship on the left must give way. The stand on vessel sees the green light on the starboard (right) side of the ship on the left. The give way vessel sees the red light on the port side of the stand on vessel.
When operating a power-driven vessel, you must give way to:
Any vessel not under command, such as an anchored or disabled vessel ...
Give-Way: To yield the right of way to another boat.
(GPS) Global Positioning System: Method of using satellite signals to fix a position.
Gooseneck: The fitting that connects the boom to the mast.
Coming in under sail can be rather difficult and tends to give harbour-masters apoplexy, so do not do it unless you have to. Again, sail in under either main or jib - not both.
To give a false appearance of: feign sleep. b. To represent falsely; pretend to: feign authorship of a novel. 2. To imitate so as to deceive: feign another's voice. 3. To fabricate: feigned an excuse. 4. Archaic. To invent or imagine.
Not at this time. We will give you a dock orientation on driving the boat or SeaDoo safely.
+How old do you have to be to drive a boat or SeaDoo?
You must be age of minority and in British Columbia that is 19 years old.
100 gallon fuel tank. Enough to give us a range of at least 500 nmiles under power.
2 50-gallon water tanks. Enough to last the two of us 3-4 weeks without rain catching, or backup in case one tank gets contaminated or emptied.
Winch: A device used to give a mechanical advantage when hauling on the lines.
Winch Pedestal: An upright winch drive mechanism with two handles to increase purchasing power.
Windward: Against the wind.
Give Way Together: Order by the Cox in rowing boats
Gloves: Sailing gloves protect hands of competitive sailors and allow the fast handling of wires and lines
GMDDS: Global Maritime Distress and Safety System ...
APPENDIX B Materials possessing chemical hazards and which could give rise to a dangerous situation on board ship.
APPENDIX C Bulk materials which are neither liable to liquefy(Appendix A)nor to posses chemical hazards(Appendix B).
This is your goal when trimming the jib"and will give your boat its greatest speed.
(Here the mainsail is stowed on the boom beneath its cover to make it easier to see the shape of the jib.)
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Each form has a unique shape that give it certain handling and performance characteristics. Your boat has the hull form that it has to best match the type of boating it was designed for.
INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS- Liquids liable to spontaneous combustion which give off inflammable vapors at or below 80 degrees F. For example, ether, ethyl, benzine, gasoline, paints, enamels, carbon disulfide, etc.
Ballast- Heavy material placed in the bottom of a boat to give stability.
Balloon jib-Sail used on a reach; larger and fuller than a genoa.
Bare poles- Having no sail raised..
Whistling psalms to the taffrail - To give good advice to someone that will ignore it. "I tried to tell him, but I was whistling psalms to the taffrail." ...
A boat that has the right-of-way over the give-way vessel. It must maintain its course and speed.
Starboard Side
The right side of the boat.
Flat plates jutting out from ships' side to give the chains more leverage. Usually just referred to as the 'chains'.
Chine ...
Lee Bow: A lee bow maneuver is when two yachts on opposite tacks are on a collision course and the yacht on port tack, which must give way to the yacht on starboard tack, tacks just below the bow of the other yacht, ...
Berth
1) A place where a boat or ship can be secured. 2) A safe, cautious distance, as in to give something a "wide berth."
Bilge
The lowest part of the interior of the boat where water collects.
Scudding before a gale (Fig. 68), distribute oil from the bow by means of oil-bags or through waste-pipes ; it will thus spread aft and give protection both from quartering and following seas.
A gaff rigged boat will give the boat a consideralbly larger sail area for the mast size, though such a boat probably will not go to weather as well as a conventional sloop, it will easily make up for it on a broad reach or a run.
A hailing phrase to indicate that the hailed must "stop" and give attention.
Bilge ...
 See also: Boat, Hull, Sailing, Sail, Way
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