knocked down
A boat that has rolled so that she is lying on her side or even rolled completely over. A boat with appropriate ballast should right herself after being knocked down.
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In heavy seas this could cause the boat to be knocked down. Bulkhead An interior wall in a vessel. Sometimes bulkheads are also watertight, adding to the vessel's safety. Cabin A room inside a boat.
A sailor knocked down by a wave would find himself scuppered and lying between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Beam ends -- A vessel is said to be on her beam ends when knocked down by a squall to an angle of about 45 degrees.
Belay -- To make fast a rope or fall of a tackle.
Below -- Greenhorns call it "downstairs" and seamen laugh at them.
To be adversely affected by the wind or a wave. A knock is a header. A boat that is knocked down or knocked flat or suffers a knockdown is suddenly heeled dangerously far.
knockabout
A sailboat without a bowsprit.
Broach: When a keelboat sailing on a run capsizes from a strong puff of wind or gets knocked down by a wave. Also called a Knockdown or a Wipeout.
Bulb: The lead-torpedo shape on the bottom of the keel.
The unplanned turning of a vessel to expose its side to the oncoming waves. In heavy seas this could cause the boat to be knocked down.
Broad on the Beam
The position of an object that lies off to one side of the vessel.
However, in sea parlance, a ship is said to be on her beam ends when knocked down by a squall to say 45°, so that when a ship is described as being on her "beam ends" the meaning need not be taken literally.
Hence, if there was the "devil to pay," then this was the most difficult and dangerous job since the sailor might be knocked down by a large wave and find himself between the "devil and the deep blue sea." ...
A boat with appropriate ballast should right herself after being knocked down.
Knot - (1) A speed of one nautical mile (6,076 feet or or 1,852 meters) per hour. It is incorrect to say knots per hour.
 See also: Boat, Set, Keel, Deck, Line
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