JETTY: A structure, usually masonry, projecting out from the shore; a jetty may protect a harbour entrance.
JIB: A fore sail used for sailing into the wind.
JIBE: Also gybe; to turn the boat downwind from one side of the wind to the other
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Jetty
A mole or breakwater, running out into the sea to protect harbour or coast. It is sometimes used as a landing-pier.
Jib
Projecting arm of a crane.
Attachment connected to the top of a crane boom. JIT
See Just In Time.
jetty - A man made structure projecting from the shore. May protect a harbor entrance or aid in preventing beach erosion.
jib netting - A rope net to catch the jib when it is lowered.
jetty - A natural or man-made structure that projects from the shore; typically used to prevent shoreline erosion.
Jetty - A structure projecting out from the shore to influence the current or tide or protect a harbor.
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Keel - The main structural member of a vessel extendingalong the center of the bottom; the lateral area beneath the hull.
JETTY - A man made structure projecting from the shore or a harbour.
KNOT - A measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour. 1 knot=1.852 km/h.
KNOT - A method of attaching a rope or line to itself, another line or a fitting.
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Jetty - A solid structure projecting out from the shore. Sometimes used to protect a harbor
Kedging Anchor - Dropping an anchor behind a grounded boat using a dingy or even swimming it out using a flotation cushion to support the anchor ...
breakwater, jetty, mole
A man-made wall in the water that provides protection for a harbor.
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DOCKING: The procedure for coming alongside a wharf or jetty.
DODGER: Protective cover over the cockpit area of the Vessel.
DOLPHIN: A group of piles driven close together and bound with wire cables into a single structure.
Alongside - Close beside a ship, wharf or jetty.
"Ahoy" - seaman's call to attract attention
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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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A large cautious turm made to approach a gangway or to come alongside a vessel or jetty in a boat
adrift
Floating free with the currents and tide, not under control, floating without any means of propulsion or mooring.
Is the wind going to blow you onto or off your pontoon, or will you be pushed up your chuff, hard into the jetty? Some marinas, such as Port Hamble and Wallasea in the UK, can have a goodly tide running through them, so allow for that too.
1 and the Coast Guard Station;
Roosevelt Inlet from 100 yards off jetty entrance to the Canal;
White Creek south of Marker No. 9A; and
Any marked swimming areas, unless authorized by a special permit issued by the Department.
Pontoon - A flat-bottomed vessel used as a ferry, barge, car float or a float moored alongside a jetty or a ship to facilitate boarding.
Poop deck - A high deck on the aft superstructure of a ship.
Pooped - 1.
 See also: Sailing, Boat, Rope, Line, High
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