Harbor dues: various local charges against all seagoing vessels entering a harbor, to cover maintenance of channel depths, buoys, lights, etc. All harbors do not necessarily have this charge.
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Harbor -A safe anchorage, protected from most storms; may be natural or man-made, with breakwaters and jetties; a place for docking and loading.
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harbor master
The person at a harbor in charge of anchorages, berths and harbor traffic.
hard chine
A sharp-angle at the intersection of the hull's side and bottom.
harbormaster - The individual who is in charge of a harbor.
hard-a-lee - A command to steer the boat downwind.
hard-chined - A hull shape with flat panels that join at sharp angles.
Harbor
An anchorage protected from storms either naturally or by manmade barriers.
Harbormaster
The individual who is in charge of a harbor.
harbor - A safe anchorage; an anchorage protected from most storms; a location for loading/unloading a vessel.
harbormaster - The person in charge of all anchorage matters.
Fossil Harbor
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harbormaster, port captain
The official who enforces port regulations and supervises mooring, docking, etc.
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Harbor - A safe, protected anchorage for docking and loading.
Hatch - An opening in the deck, providing access to the space below.
Head - This word is used in many ways in boating, the most important to those on board being "toilet." ...
Anchorage - A harbor suitable and usually designated as a place to anchor
Anti-Ventilation Plate - The horizontal plate just above the prop, sometimes called the anti-cavitation plate
Astern - Behind the boat; to the rear ...
When you enter the harbor, if it is large, use your binoculars to locate whatever spot the harbor Master has assigned to your boat, or, if not, which part of the dock you feel comfortable with. Take as much time as you need.
to enter a port or harbor
PVC foam
PVC is the acronynm for Ployvinyl chloride foam. A tough, resilient foam that is not affected by water ...
In areas without obstructions the wind and seas can build to great strength, but in areas such as sheltered coves and harbors the wind and seas can be quite calm. Flotsam Debris floating on the water surface.
The more common method uses strips fitted, glued, and fastened on edge with optional fiberglass on the outside only (See WHITEHALL, HARBOR MASTER, AMIGO designs).
sea buoys: the first buoys a mariner encounters when approaching a channel or harbor entrance from the sea. sector: a colored segment in the sweep of a navigation light. A red sector, for example, warns of dangerous waters.
or using her scuttlebutt Gossip sea anchor A drag, usually made of canvas, that is used to keep a boat's bow pointed into the wind during heavy weather sea buoys The last buoy a mariner encounters when leaving a channel or harbor and ...
Meals on board ship were served to the crew on a square wooden plate in harbor or at sea in good weather. Food in the Royal Navy was invariably better or at least in greater quantity than that available to the average landsman.
A harbor.
Precision - A measure of how close the outcome of a series of observations or measurements cluster about some estimated value of a desired quantity, such as the average value of a series of observations of a quantity.
It is in my judgment rash to sail a small boat under these conditions unless it is imperative, such as when a harbor is being entered, or when the boat's course must necessarily be steered with wind and sea abeam.
The red ones mark the right side of channels in to a harbor, the green ones mark the left side. Use the mnemonic: Red Right Returning to note that the Red ones are on your Right when you are Returning to the harbor.
The reference to the "navigational demarcation lines dividing the high seas from harbors, rivers, and other inland waters" is a misnomer.
A Can Buoy marks the RIGHT side of the channel leaving a harbor. It will be GREEN and have odd numbers on it.
2. Green Daymarkers are often used in shallow areas for the same purpose.
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I don't think anybody has any trouble picking a chart of the appropriate scale out of a pile, since it's pretty obvious whether it covers just a harbor or the whole ocean. But a lot of us have trouble with naming the damned things.
JETTY - A structure, usually masonry, projecting out from the shore; a jetty may protect a harbor entrance.
JIB - A triangular stay-sail stretching from the bowsprit to the mast-head in small vessels.
Using a depth sounder or echo sounder can help you approach a lighthouse, marking the way to a harbor. You can use chart depths to intersect a bearing line and give yourself a fix.
Bar A shoal in the approach to a harbor.
Battens Thin pieces of wood or fiberglass set into the leech of the sail to control shape.
Beacon Aid to navigation, lighted or unlighted, radio or racon, set on the shore or rocks.
Port - 1) an inhabited harbor with facilities for visiting ships. 2) the left-hand side of the ship when facing forward. (See also Larboard.)
Privateer - one bearing Letters of Marque, also refers to the ship he sails.
PORT - The left side of a boat looking forward. A harbor.
PRIVELEGED VESSEL - A vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rule, has right-of-way (this term has been superseded by the term "stand-on").
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A marina is a port within a sheltered harbor where boats and yachts are kept in the water and where services geared to the needs of recreational boating are found.
Some owners have experimented with a two-piece rigid dinghy that's towed in harbor and disassembled into two nesting pieces while off-shore. When the joining method was sturdy, these reported good results.
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NATIONAL CARGO BUREAU- A private organization having representatives throughout the main harbors in the U.S. It is empowered to inspect cargoes of a hazardous nature and issue certificates which are automatically approved by the Coast Guard.
The left side of a boat looking forward. A harbor.
Power Winch
A powered device on deck, on a spar or otherwise mounted which is used to haul a line.
Breakwater
A structure built to improve a harbor by sheltering it from waves.
Bulwarks
The sides of a boat above the upper deck.
Bar: A sand, mud or debris shoal, as across the mouth of a river or harbor.
Barograph: A weather instrument that continuously records atmospheric {barometric} pressure.
A barge used to load and unload ships not lying at piers, or to move cargo around a harbor; to unload. (back)
limberboard
A ceiling plank next to the keelson that could be removed to access the bilge and limberways. (back) ...
bays, sounds, harbors, rivers, inlets, etc.) where any entrance exceeds 2 nautical miles between opposite shorelines to the first point where the largest distance between shorelines narrows to 2 miles.
The left side of the boat when facing forward. Also, a harbor.
Position Line
(or Line of Position) A position line is a line along which the boat is positioned.
Not that it left off natural landmarks like rivers or roads, lakes or harbors; it's just that as a Church of Ireland parson, ...
JACOBS LADDER - A rope ladder, lowered from the deck, as when pilots or passengers come aboard.
JETTY - A structure, usually masonry, projecting out from the shore; a jetty may protect a harbor entrance.
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The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea are in force on the high seas and in many countries, but some other countries such as the USA, have additional regulations which are in force in inland waters, harbors etc.
Buoys - bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
Burdened Vessel - Any boat that must give way to another having the right of way.
Port: Left to the vessel; a harbor
Privileged vessel: The vessel with the right-of-way according to nautical rules
Pulpit: Metal railing or frame around the bow of a boat, mostly for safety reasons ...
Also, a marina harbor or commercial dock. power catamaranA multihulled powerboat with two identical side-by-side hulls. power cruiserA powerboat with overnight accommodations, typically up to 40 feet long.
PLANING HULL - A type of hull shaped to glide easily across the water at high speed.
PORT - The left side of a boat looking forward. A harbor.
PROPELLER - A rotating device, with two or more blades, that acts as a screw in propelling a vessel.
individual stations for personnel for fire or boat drill, etc. QUAY An artificial wall or bank, usually of stone, made toward the sea or at the side of a harbor or river for convenience in loading and unloading vessels.
Pulpit A metal framework on deck at the bow or stern. Provides a safety railing and serves as an attachment for the lifelines.
Pushpit Colloquial, a pulpit located on the stern.
put in -- to enter a port or harbor Back to Top ...
 See also: Boat, Hull, Sail, Sailing, Wind
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