knees
Supporting braces used for strength when two parts are joined.
knockabout ...
knees - Structural members that connect/re-inforce a joint of two parts, such as the sternpost to the keel.
Knees:
Supporting braces made into a right angle, used for strength when two parts are joined.
Knock:
A wind shift that forces a boat to sail below its mean wind course.
Masula boat, also known as masoola or masulah boat, is a kind of non-rigid boat built without knees used on the coast of Madras (the present day city of Chennai), India, along with catamarans.
If your knees are locked, it's like hitting a big rock when you're learning to ride your two wheeler. You might tip over, you might save it. If you get woogedy again, DO NOT yank the rope to save yourself.
If alone, adopt a "fetal position" by crossing arms tightly against the chest and by drawing the knees up close to the chest (heat escape lessening position); ...
As soon as the method of constructing a solid floor, with trenails and dowels, had been discovered, the method of converting it into a water-tight box was pursued, sides were attached plank fashion, with strong knees to stiffen them, ...
If you are alone, bring your knees to your chest to conserve heat in your vital organs.
Stay in the survival position with the head out of the water and knees bent up.
Tread water.
Swim toward shore.
35. Signs of Heat Stroke are : ...
From the steering position, visibility is excellent when standing, and the arched seat is far enough aft of the wheel so there is room for things like knees.
ferry Juan Patricio doesn't even have a deck open to the weather, so the tourist-class passengers are left squinting out of windows with an aerodynamic slant seemingly designed to maximize the reflection of interior seats, carpeting, and the knees ...
Excess motion consumes energy and increases loss of body heat.
Draw your knees to your chest and your arms to your sides, protecting the major areas of heat loss.
King spoke-Marked top spoke on a wheel when the rudder is centered.
Knees-Supporting braces used for strength when two parts are joined.
Knockabout: - a type of schooner without a bowsprit.
Knot A speed of one nautical mile per hour.
On our boat designs, knees are used to reinforce the junction between the bottom and the transom, between the sides and transom.
TRUNNEL - A round or multi-sided piece of hardwood, driven through planks and timbers to connect them. Treenails were employed most frequently in attaching planking to frames, attaching knees to ceiling or beams, and in the scarfing of timbers..
Holy stone: The soft sandstone block sailors use to scrub the deck, so-called, because seamen were on their knees to use it.
Horse latitudes: The latitudes on the outer margins of the trades where the prevailing winds are light and variable.
 See also: Boat, After, Sailing, Deck, Forward
  
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