Helm

Helm: a tiller or a wheel generally installed on the bridge or wheelhouse of a ship to turn the rudder during maneuvering and navigation. It is in fact the steering wheel of the ship.

HELM: The wheel or tiller controlling a rudder or outboard motor; the place from which you steer a small boat.
HELMSPERSON: The person who steers the boat.

helm
Area of a boat where operational controls are located.
high-performance boat
A type of boat capable of running at high speeds, often equipped with high-horsepower and exotic propulsion systems, sometimes used for racing.

helm's alee
A warning from the helmsman that the boat is about to tack.
helmsman ...

Helm - the tiller or wheel, and surrounding area
Helmsman - the member of the crew responsible for steering
Heel - the leeward lean of the boat caused by the winds action on the sails ...

Helm
The wheel or tiller of a boat.
Helmsman
The person who is steering the boat.

Helm: The steering station of a yacht; the tiller or wheel by which the rudder is controlled.
Helmsman: The crewmember who steers the yacht; usually also the skipper; also called the "driver." ...

Helm - The wheel or tiller controlling the rudder.
Hiking Stick - An extension of the tiller that enables the helms man to sit at a distance from it.

Helm- The rudder and the tiller or wheel, used to steer a boat.
Hoist- To haul up, to raise the sail.
Hold- The storage area below deck.

HELM: The wheel or tiller controlling the rudder.
HITCH: A knot used to secure a rope to another object or to another rope, or to form a loop or a noose in a rope.

Helm The tiller or wheel.
Hitch To make a rope fast to a spar or stay, but not to another rope.
Holding Ground The type of bottom for anchor, i.e. good or bad holding ground.

Helm - the wheel or tiller that controls the ship's rudder.
Hold - the cargo compartments of a ship.
Keel - the centerline bottom of the ship, running from bow to stern.

helm port - The rudder trunk in the counter.
helm, to port the - To put the helm or tiller to the port side, and thereby bring the vessel's head round to starboard.

Helm:
The apparatus by which a vessel is steered, including the rudder, steering wheel and tiller.
Helmsman:
The one who steers the boat.

Lee helm: The tendency of a sailboat to turn the bow to leeward, compared to weather helm, unless corrective rudder action is taken.
Leeward: Toward the lee.
Leeway: Sideways drift of a boat, primarily caused by the wind or current.

weather helm - The tendency of a boat to head up toward the eye of the wind. The opposite of lee helm.
west wind, westerly wind. - Wind coming from west.
west - One of the 4 cardinal compass points. West is at 270° on a compass card.

Put the Helm Up: Move the tiller to windward.
Reach: To sail with the wind coming over the midships of the boat, often a boat's best and fastest point of sail.

Helm: A wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered.
HMS A prefix used before a vessel's name to denote that it is owned by the crown, or is His/Her Majesty's Ship.* ...

Helm
The tiller or handle controlling the rudder. To "port the helm" is to put it to the left and send the vessel to starboard, while to "starboard the helm" is to put it to the right and send the vessel to the left.
Hold ...

HELM-The tiller by which the rudder is controlled.
HULL-The main body of a boat.
IN IRONS-A boat in the wind's eye which, having lost all headway, will not go off on either tack.

Helm - Where the steering wheel is located. The helmsman is the person (male or female) who is steering the boat. You should always have a designated helmsman on board.
High tide - High water, the highest normal level reached.

HELM - The wheel or tiller controlling the rudder. HELMSPERSON - The person who steers the boat.
HITCH - A knot used to secure a rope to another object or to another rope, or to form a loop or a noose in a rope.

Helm - The wheel or tiller controlling the rudder.
Helmsman - Sailor who steers the boat.
Hiking Stick - An extension of the tiller that enables the helms man to sit at a distance from it.

helm
hog
To bend downward at the bow and stern for lack of longitudinal strength or rigidity. See also sag. (back) ...

Helm - A boat's steering area; also the steering gearHelm - Tiller or wheel mechanism by which the boat is steered
High Water - The tide's highest point before it starts to fall ...

The helm is a well-proportioned pedestal-with a single-lever engine control, engine gauges on an angled surface near the top where they are visible, a VHF to port, a 5-inch Ritchie compass, a large fold-down table, winch handle holder, ...

At the helm - on the frigate Grand Turk
Wheel of the brigantine La Belle Poule
Wheel of the submarine Nautilus in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ...

Weather helm -- A vessel is said to carry weather helm when she has a tendency to fly up in the wind.
Weathering -- If one vessel eats to windward of another, she is said to weather on her. Weathering an object is passing it on the windward side.

Lee Helm - Sailing with the tiller over to leeward by force of the wind
Lee Lurch - Heavy roll to leeward with a beam wind.
Lee Shore - A shore that wind blows onto; it is best to stay well off a lee shore in a storm ...

LEE HELM A condition in which the tiller must be held toward the downwind side of a sailing vessel in order to maintain course. An undesirable condition for safety and hydrodynamic reasons.

To safely pass to the windward side of an object without changing tack weather helm The natural tendency of a sailboat to turn toward the wind, ...

Weather Helm: The natural tendency of a sailboat to turn toward the wind, which the helmsman feels as the tiller tries to turn to leeward.
whip -- rope rove ...

Lee helm: The leeward course an unsteered boat takes
Leeward: The direction facing away from the wind. Pronounced like "loo-ard"
Leeway: Sideways drift of a boat through wind or water current ...

The pressure on the helm.
fender
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.

Bridge - upper helm station in some motorboats.
Buoy - floating aid to navigation.
Can - cylinder shaped buoy used for mooring
Capsize - turn upside down or (what increases as your boat gets nicer.)
Cast Iron Genoa- a sail boat's engine ...

The word may be found to be used as if it were synonymous with "helm." But the helm (A.S. Hillf, a handle) is the handle by which the rudder is worked.

sedan cruiserA type of large boat equipped with a salon and a raised helm or bridge. selective availabilityIntentional degradation of GPS signal used for position fixing by the U.S. Department of Defense for purposes of national security.

center console boatFishing boat with the helm station located amidships for maximum walk-through space around the perimeter of the boat.

hard alee: the command given to inform the crew that the helm is being turned quickly to leeward, turning the boat windward.

BINNACLE A short pillar near the helm on which is mounted the ship's compass. BITTER END The last part of a rope or chain. The inboard end of the anchor rode. BLOCK A wood or metal pulley with sheaves or wheels through which the ropes are rove.

Helm-steering apparatus
Helmsman - the member of the crew responsible for steering
Hike - leaning out over the side of the boat to balance it ...

LEE-HELM - A vessel is said to carry lee-helm when she has a tendency to pay off before the wind and the tiller has to be kept down in order to counteract this.
LEEWARD - The direction away from the wind. Opposite of windward.

Her heavy weather helm is cured in the short term by shortening sail aft and in the long term by re stepping masts aft, creating more sail space forward and by trimming the keel.

to perform scientific activities or ride out rough seas HELM wheel, tiller; the controls for a vessel's steering apparatus HOLD beneath-decks storage area HYDRO WIRE steel wire, ...

a small open boat, usually carried aboard a yacht for going ashore ketch: a boat with a two-masted rig in which the larger, or mainmast, is forward, and the smaller mizzenmast is stepped aft-but forward of the rudder and usually, of the helm.

If you turn the engine to port, say, (engine handle to starboard, engine in reverse gear) the rudder will tend to flop to starboard (helm a-port), and oppose the engine.

Because the propulsion is at the stern of the boat the stern will always move first in response to a change at the helm.

If you don't know how to manage the helm, you'll never feel comfortable going farther away from shore. That's why the US Sailing Association has determined seven levels of standardized training which must be taught by certified instructors.

If P/AH completes her tack and assumes a close-hauled course so close to S that S has no room to avoid hitting P/AH unless she throws her helm hard over then P/AH breaks Rule 15 (because she did not leave S enough room to keep clear by acting ...

Usually a single bed (berth) which is located within easy access to the helm in either the main saloon or a companionway (corridor).

A slate tablet was kept near the helm on which the watch keeper would record the speeds, distances, headings and tacks during the watch.

At the helm, figure-hugging seats are positioned for maximum visibility while wheel and throttle controls are placed within easy reach.

With the skipper at the helm, the crew at the bow gradually lets out and then releases the pennant as the boat drifts backward.

Left. The term "Port" was used for helm commands to eliminate confusion with the similar-sounding "starboard". Eventually, the term "larboard" was completely eliminated.
LASH Vessel
Lazarette ...

Your rudder position indicator (if the boat has one) shows more than 10°/15°of weather helm
If you do not have a rudder position indicator, you can feel it because you are fighting the steering wheel hard to keep the boat from going into the wind ...

the command given to inform the crew that the helm is being turned quickly to leeward, turning the boat windward
Head
top of the sail ...

You call out "Prepare to jibe," and turn your helm away from the wind. Depending on the size of your boat, you may have a crewmember release a preventer and sheet in the boom so you're running close-hauled.

Attached to the stern (aft or front part of the hull) is the rudder, which is controlled by the helm-tiller or a steering wheel. The rudder is turned to starboard (right) or port (left) to steer the boat.

DECK HOUSE- Small superstructure on the top deck of a vessel which contains the helm and other navigational instruments.

HEAD: The nautical term for bathroom/WC. So called because on early sailing ships it was located at the head or bow of the vessel.
HELM: The steering wheel or tiller of the boat.
HULL: The body of the vessel.