Topping lifts are also used to hold a boom up when its sail is lowered. This line would run from the free end of the boom forward to the top of the mast.
Boats left on lifts and davits are also susceptible to damage. Even raised to their highest point, boats on lifts and davits can be damaged by storm surge, rain and wind.
When water is pumped out, the buoyancy of the camel lifts the ship. Very valuable aid to salvage operations.
Can or Can Buoy - A cylindrical navigation buoy painted green and having an odd number used in the United States as a navigational aid.
(12" dia., 15" pitch, left hand rotation, 1" shaft) PLANING HULL A hull that lifts and skims the surface of the water causing the stern wake to break clean from the transom.
Unlike a daggerboard, which lifts vertically, a centerboard pivots around a pin, usually located in the forward top corner, and swings up and aft.
Chain plate The fitting used to attach stays to the hull.
SHEAR LEGS A rig for handling heavy weights, consisting of an A-frame of timber or steel with the top overhanging the base, having the lower ends fixed or pivoted and the top ends held either by fixed stays or by topping lifts which permit change ...
When water is pumped out, the buoyancy of camel lifts ship. Usually employed in pairs. At one time were usual means of lifting a vessel over a bar or sandbank. 2. wooden float use between dock and ship.
The running rigging by which all spars and sails are hoisted, or lowered and spread or taken in, may be divided into those which lift and lowerthe lifts, jeers, ...
Lifts around a pin, unlike a daggerboard, which is released vertically.
Centerline: Center of the fore-and-aft line
Center of forces: The spot on a vessel on which all forces act centrally ...
Cast off the tyers from the mainsail; hook on the peak halyards; see that the gaff goes up between the topping-lifts as you hoist up on the throat and peak halyards; hoist up on the throat until the luff-rope is straight; ...
The keel of this Southerly lifts at the touch of a button and goes from 8 feet, 6 inches of draft to 2 feet, 8 inches of draft. The keel-down fin shape is moderately high aspect ratio with the chord elongated at the root (hull) to add strength.
BOOM CRUTCH (OR CRADLE OR CROTCH)-A prop that lifts the boom off the deck and holds it secure when it is not in use.
BOW-Forward part of a boat.
BROACH-A vessel broaches when it swings broadside to the wind and waves when running free.
It lifts the boat by several degrees. This seriously diminishes the operator's visibility in front of the boat and makes it more difficult to effectively use the motor's propulsion force.
Sewerman: Crew member that maintains and lifts the sails from below deck.
Slatting: Lying becalmed with the sails flapping uselessly.
Foil
A winglike surface below the hull that, when moved through water, lifts the hull out of the water, allowing greater speeds.
Fore, forward
Toward the bow of the boat.
A through of warm air aloft. The stage in an occlusion process where the warm air lifts completely off the surface. The significant weather stays with the trowal as it pulls away from the parent low pressure centre.
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A skilike device under a hull. When the boat is going fast enough, the hull lifts out of the water and rides on its hydrofoils at high speeds. Used mainly on powerboats.
hydroplane ...
DDC: destination delivery charge, based on container size, that is applied in many tariffs to cargo. It covers crane lifts off the vessel, drayage of the container within the terminal and gate fees at the terminal operation.
A dock into which a vessel is floated, which when raised lifts the boat out of the water. Can also be a watertight basin with one end open to the sea that can be closed and sealed with a gate, thus allowing the basin to be pumped out.
toss up the boom - To raise the boom by the lifts.
touching the wind - Luffing into the wind till the sails shake. See also "Luff and Touch Her." ...
Centerboard - A board lowered through a slot in the centerline of he hull to reduce sideways skidding or leeway. Unlike a daggerboard, which lifts vertically, a centerboard pivots around a pin, usually located in the forward top corner, ...
Lines connecting the main deck with the yard arms to act against the lifts.
Deadeye
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 See also: Aft, Boat, Mast, Forward, Deck
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