Lay Up a Vessel
Temporary cessation of trading of a vessel by the shipowner.
L/C
See Letter of Credit.
Lay Up:
To store a yacht away on land for the winter
Laying on Oars:
Holding oars at right angles to fore and aft line of boat with blades horizontal and parallel to surface of water.
To lay up is to prepare a boat for storage at the end of the boating season. To lay out gear is to prepare equipment for use. A layout is an arrangement of a boat's cabins and equipment.
It is prudent, too, to fit out early and lay up late, for life, alas ! is brief, and it behooves us, my boating brethren, to enjoy as many brave sailing days as possible ere we make our final voyage across the Styx, with grim Charon, the ferryman, ...
The hull is solid fiberglass below the waterline and balsa cored from the waterline up-a sensible way to lay up a hull.
 See also: Point, Chain, High, Light, Keel
  
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