Hazardous Waters - Rapid tidal flows (the vertical movement of water) and/or currents (the horizontal flow of water) resulting in hazardous conditions in which to operate a boat.
hazard - An object that might not allow safe operation. A group of rocks just under the water or a submerged wreck could be a navigational hazard.
head seas - Waves coming from the front of the vessel.
Hazard Buoy
it is a buoy which marks random hazards such as rocks and shoals
it is white in colour
it has an orange diamond on two opposite sides and two orange horizontal bands, one above and one below the diamond symbols ...
Hazardous Waters - Unusual water hazards such as rips, breakers, bars, shoals, rapids and obstructions.
Hull Construction - That material which constitutes the majority of the shell of the vessel.
hazard to navigation
A shallow area, rock, drifting boat, or other potentially dangerous object.
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Especially hazardous conditions warranting termination of voyage shall include, but not be limited to: ...
Snorkeling Hazards
The Pacific Coast of Oaxaca does not have large coral reefs, but there is a lot of coral there.
SHOAL - An offshore hazard to navigation at a depth of 16 fathoms (30 meters or 96 feet) or less, composed of unconsolidated material.
SLACK - Not fastened; loose. Also, to loosen.
BUOY: An anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazard or a shoal and for mooring.
BURDENED VESSEL: That vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rules, must give way to the privileged vessel.
danger bearing A line drawn on a chart from a visible, charted object to a navigational hazard danger buoy A buoy marking a hazardous, dangerous spot or area davits Wooden or metal devices with sheaves or blocks attached on the ends, ...
DANGEROUS CARGO - see HAZARDOUS CARGO
DAVITS - Two radial cranes on a ship which hold the lifeboats, which are used to lower and lift lifeboats.
Shoal - Shallow water that is a hazard to navigation.
Shrouds - Standing rigging running from a mast to the sides of a ships.
Sick bay - The compartment reserved for medical purposes.
Safe room: All water surface within a certain distance from potential hazards such as the shore
Schooner: A sailing boat or ship with at least two masts. Generally used for ships of larger size.
danger bearing: a line drawn on a chart from a visible, charted object to a navigational hazard. The navigator uses the magnetic bearing of this line to warn him when his course is leading him too close to the danger.
SEA ROOM - A safe distance from the shore or other hazards.
SEAWORTHY - A boat or a boat's gear able to meet the usual sea conditions.
SECURE - To make fast.
HAZMAT Hazardous Material
H2A H2A Radio transmission designator
Telegraphy by the on-off keying of a tone modulated carrier, Morse code: single-sideband, full carrier. (ALRS) H2B H2B Radio transmission designator ...
Rivers present special hazards to vessels. They usually have varying water flows that alternately lead to high speed water flows or protruding rock hazards.
Bad weather and high seas can be very hazardous even for the experienced sailor. You will learn over a period of time through experience and reading books on how to handle unexpected bad weather.
This the first book on the distinguished past, hazardous present, and uncertain future of an organization whose roots extend back nearly 200 years.
Rule 10 adds an extra dose of traffic management for a number of specially designated areas having high-density traffic, converging traffic, or some exceptional hazard.
CO2 Cartridges are consider hazardous material. They may not be taken on-board airplanes without prior approval of the air carrier--See Regulation Title 49 part 175.
D&H: abbreviation for "dangerous and hazardous" cargo.
Dangerous cargo: all substances of an inflammable nature which are liable to spontaneous combustion either in themselves or when stowed adjacent to other substances and, ...
But for a tyro to purchase a boat haphazard is a mistake on general principles. It is like a sailor buying a horse.
Sparks under the hood of your car are not a hazard, since a constant draft prevents an accumulation of flammable vapors. In the confined spaces of your boat's bilge, however, one spark plus one small gasoline leak can mean disaster.
This takes a great amount of skill as you have to maneuver your boat according to rocky areas, the ebb and flow of the tide, and other navigational hazards.
The overhangs are minimal with enough overhang forward to make handling the anchor less hazardous. I really like the shape of the fore-and-aft rocker of this hull. It's very clean looking, giving the boat a long and flat run aft.
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).
All water surface within a certain distance from potential hazards such as the shore
safety harness
A device worn around a person's body that can be attached to jack lines to help prevent a person from becoming separated from the boat.
A floating device used as a navigational aid by marking channels, hazards and prohibited areas.
Burdened Vessel
The vessel responsible for moving out of another vessels path according to the navigation rules. Also known as the give way vessel.
Try to arrive at your anchorage relatively early, with enough light to locate potential reefs and other hazards.
Document issued by a consignor in accordance with applicable conventions or regulations, describing hazardous goods or materials for transport purposes, ...
Securite
A message transmitted by radio to warn of impending storms, navigational hazards and other potential problems that are not an immediate threat to life or property. Less serious than mayday and pan pan messages.
Shoal - a sandbar or other earth formation that rises from a shallow sea bottom and just barely breaks the surface, or lurks just below. Hazardous to navigation if a shoal is not mapped and lookouts fail to see it in time.
BLACK CARGO- Cargo banned by general cargo workers for some reason. This ban could be because the cargo is dangerous or hazardous to health.
BLACK GANG - A slang expression referring to the personnel in the engine department aboard ship.
Port of refuge: port, not a ship's itinerary, which she calls at because of some unforeseen hazard at sea and where she may undergo repairs, refuel, or rescue cargo to enable her to continue her voyage.
bouy - Floating marker in the water, used as an aid to navigating hazardous areas. View this link to an image of the typical channel marker bouys.
Rig additional Spring Lines, to restrict forward or aftward motion of the boat, especially when there is a particular collison hazard in some direction.
at night the presence of background light such as from shore lights or from back scatter of her own lights;
the state of wind, sea and current, and the proximity of navigational hazards;
the draught in relation to the available depth of water.
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.
"Control Station" is really a more appropriate term for small craft.
BULKHEAD - A vertical partition separating compartments.
BUOY - An anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazard or a shoal and for mooring.
 See also: Boat, Navigation, Wind, Point, Line
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