GPS: global positioning system.
Great lakes ports: ports in the lakes of canada and/or usa popular for grain shipments. In canada: port arthur and fort william on lake superior; hamilton, kingston, toronto and prescott on lake ontario.
GPS
Acronym for global positioning system, a satellite-based navigation system that uses trasmitted signals and mathematical triangulation to pinpoint location.
gunkhole
To explore creeks, coves marshes or other shallow areas near shore.
GPS
Global Positioning System. A system of satellites that allows one's position to be calculated with great accuracy by the use of an electronic receiver.
GPS: Global Position System. Satellite navigation, which gives yachts exact latitude and longitude position. The update race is one second.
Guy: A rope used to adjust the position of a spinnaker pole.
Gybe: See Jibe.
GPS - Global
Positioning System
A form of position finding using radio transmissions from satellites with sophisticated on-board automatic equipment.
Grab Rails ...
GPS Global Positioning System
Ground 1) A ship touching bottom is said to ground. 2) Ground swell is the long coastal swell.
GPS (Global Positioning System) - A world-wide satellite radio navigation system, used to determine a ship's fix. Accurate positioning requires that at least three satellites be line-of-sight visible to the craft.
GPS:
Global Positioning System.
Grabrail:
A pillar or handhold on a boat : Hand:hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.
GPS systems use a constellation of Earth-orbiting satellites to determine and plot a location. This type of technology was once only used by the military but has been opened up to the private sector.
GPS for short. A system of satellites that allows one's position to be calculated with great accuracy by the use of an electronic receiver.
Globe
A map of the earth drawn on a sphere so that both its distances and angles are accurate.
GPS - Global Positioning System.
GROSS REGISTERED TONS - A common measurement of the internal volume of a ship with certain spaces excluded.
GPS - Global Positioning System. A system of satellites that allows one's position to be calculated with great accuracy by the use of an electronic GPS receiver.
1) A reading on our GPS showed our position to be
48o 45.10' North, 123o 01.32' West
2) Our depth gauge showed the water depth to be 200 ft.
3) By determining we were in between Skipjack Island and Buoy BR "DB".
GPS: Global positioning system; uses satellites in fixed orbits to electronically establish your position.
GRAB RAILS: Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.
GPS -- global positioning system; uses satellites in fixed orbits
going to weather -- to sail against the prevailing wind and seas
gooseneck -- fitting that secures the boom to the mast ...
Global Positioning System (GPS) - A navigation system using satellite signals to fix a position with great accuracy.
Glory Hole - Any small enclosed space in which unwanted items are stowed when clearing up decks.
Unfortunately since the availability of GPS positioning many hydrographic information have be found to be out of position by several miles at times (ie : Providence channel in the Bahamas), therefore many charts must be redrawn.
selective availabilityIntentional degradation of GPS signal used for position fixing by the U.S. Department of Defense for purposes of national security. With selective availability turned on, positions can be fixed to about 300 meters.
Global Positioning System - (GPS) A satellite based radionavigation system providing continuous worldwide coverage. It provides navigation, position, and timing information to air, marine, and land users.
In the case of the shipborne AIS, this information can include vessel identification, GPS/DGPS position, course, speed, navigation status, dimensions, or cargo.
You are aboard a 46/47 foot sloop, well found in all respects- GPS, autopilot, you name it, this is a vessel that could take on the Atlantic. It is a beautiful night, the wind is right, and you are making good time. You come off a wave and BOOM! ...
An anchor alarm is a feature of a GPS or other electronic navigation device or a depthsounder that sounds an audible alarm when the anchor drags and the boat shifts position.
If you have an accurate speedometer or use your GPS to indicate speed, slow down to about a half knot while reaching the mooring.
We cut through the water on a close reach, touching 6 knots on the GPS. Considering the true wind speed was less than 10, I was impressed. The steering was light and incredibly well balanced. You could leave the helm for minutes at a time.
You do not need a license to use marine VHF radios, any type of EPIRB, any type of radar, GPS or LORAN receivers, depth finders, CB radio, or amateur radio (an amateur license is required).
GPS -- global positioning system; uses satellites in fixed orbits
Great Circle -- a course plotted on the surface of the globe that is the shortest distance between two points
ground tackle -- anchor and anchor gear ...
Coastal navigation using both GPS and compass
Charter boat operation
Preparing for live aboard life
Outboard motor tuning and maintenance
Advanced docking
Racing school
Catalina tune up clinic
Children's summer sailing camp program
Multihull sailing ...
(GPS) Global Positioning System: Method of using satellite signals to fix a position.
Gooseneck: The fitting that connects the boom to the mast.
Ground Swells: Long wave formations during calm or light air formed by waves running into shoals.
A specific location as defined by GPS, the Global Positioning System.
wear
Sailing in a circle to change direction downwind to aviod a gybe. May also mean turning away from the wind, as in veer.
US Power Squadron Booklets (Knots, Sailing, GPS, Radar, etc.)
US Coast Guard Auxiliary's Skipper's Safe Boating Course ...
GPS- global positioning system; is a satellite-based radionavigation used to determine position
Gooseneck-The fitting which secures the boom to the mast.
Grapnel-- a kind of four pronged anchor used to try to hook thing from the bottom ...
Navigation equipment can be simple. Charts, including a reasonable area around your intended route, tide table, dividers and parallel rule, sighting compass and, of course, the trusty GPS. A good pair of binoculars can help.
GPS: Global Positioning System
Greece: Country in Southern Europe that is among the most popular sailing destinations in the Mediterranean because of its many small islands ...
With a chronometer, sextant and nautical almanac; the Sun, Moon, planets or 57 navigational stars could be used at any time of day or night that the horizon was visible. Quartz clocks and GPS (Global Positioning System) satellites are now utilized ...
 See also: Boat, Point, Wind, Course, Navigation
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