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Lighter: general name for a broad, flat-bottomed boat used in transporting cargo between a vessel and the shore. The distinction between a lighter and a barge is more in the manner of use than in equipment.
The lights required by this section shall have an intensity so as to be visible at the following ranges:
In a vessel of 12 meters (39.4 ft.) or more in length but less than 50 meters (164 ft.) in length: ...
ALL ROUND LIGHT: A navigation light on a pleasure craft showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 360 degrees.
ALOFT: Above the deck of the boat.
AMIDSHIPS: In or toward the centre of the boat.
Lack of or improper boat lights - Insufficient and/or improper lights shown by a boat that indicate course, position, and occupation, such as fishing or towing.
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Lights, Sirens, Smoke & Sounds
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Lights: Lighthouses or beacons; fixed aids to navigation that are equipped with light sources having certain prescribed characteristics.
lightship - A light placed on a ship. The ship remained in a fixed position. Most lightships have been replaced by lit buoys or other structures.
linestoppers - A device used to keep a line from slipping, such as a jamcleat.
Lighthouse
A navigational light placed on a structure on land.
Lightweight anchor
An anchor that has pivoting flukes that dig into the ground as tension is placed on the anchor. It does not have a stock.
Lighter Aboard Ship
Abbreviation: Lash
A vessel which carries barges.
Lighterage
The carriage of goods within a port area by a barge, e.g. from a vessel to a quay.
LIGHTNING
The chances of your boat being struck by lightning are exceedingly small.
The best protection from lightning is to head in to port before the storm.
Light Winds:
Winds with speeds less than 12 knots as defined by Environment Canada.
Moderate Winds:
Wind speeds in the range of 12 to 19 knots as defined by Environment Canada.
light eye - A bright white look in the sky above the horizon, sometimes suggesting that a breeze may be expected from such a quarter.
Lightering or lightening: conveying cargo with another vessel known as a lighter from ship to shore, or vice versa.
LIGHT DISPLACEMENT TONNAGE The weight of a ship's hull, machinery, equipment and spares. This is often the basis on which ships are paid for when purchased for scrapping.
deadlight
Fixed ports that do not open, placed in the deck or cabin to admit light.
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Deadlight:
(1) Eyes. "Use yer deadlights, matey!"
(2) Fixed ports that do not open which are placed in the deck or cabin to admit light.
Stern Lights
Boats can also show stern lights to help identify them. These are only visible when you are behind the boat. Some stern light combinations include: Yellow over Yellow A pushy inland fellow ...
Proper Lights for Coastal Navigation
As a licensed sailer, it is your responsibility to ensure your boat lights meet any and all requirements; these requirements are different for different types and sizes of sailboats.
running lights
Required navigation lights that a vessel uses at night to indicate position and status.
running rigging
Lines used in the setting and trimming of sails.
Running Lights - Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.
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Schooner - Sailing ships with at least 2 masts (foremast and mainmast) with the mainmast being the taller. A 3-masted vessel is called a "tern." ...
Running lights- Lights required on all moving boats after sundown.
Running rigging- All lines, halyards and sheets used in controlling sails and spars.
LIGHTS.
Between sunset and sunrise the following lights shall be carried by a steamship when under way: - At the foremast head a bright white light, visible on a clear night at a distance of five miles, ...
Lights required by the Navigation Rules to be shown at night and in periods of poor visibility to identify a vessel and her course and to warn off other vessels. Each light has a unique purpose. The most important ones are: ...
Lights that are separated in distance so that when they are lined up with one behind the other they provide a bearing. Usually used to enter a harbor or navigate a channel.
Leading Marks ...
Light air
Beaufort force 1. Sustained wind speed between 1 and 3 knots. Ripples with the appearance of scales are formed, but without foam crests.
Light breeze ...
Lightship
A stationary vessel carrying a light used for navigation.
List ...
lighter
A barge used to load and unload ships not lying at piers, or to move cargo around a harbor; to unload. (back)
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A light structure extending across a steamer; reserved for the captain and other navigating officers.
Bulkhead
A wall or partition in the interior of a vessel ...
A light boat carried at the stern of a larger sailing ship. This (probably) Danish Yawl (jol), proved better at high sea when a larger ship could hardly carry any sail. .
Jury Mast ...
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Light Breeze
Or that in which a man-of-war with all sail set, and clean full would go in smooth water from.
4 to 6 knots
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The lights mentioned herein shall, if exhibited in pursuance of Rule 26(d), be placed where they can best be seen. They shall be at least 0.9 metre apart but at a lower level than lights prescribed in Rule 26(b)(i) and (c)(i).
But light vessels which can be taken out of the water and lifted on to carriages are required for transport with an army in the field.
The light can have the 225-degree horizontal arc characteristic of a masthead light or anything down to 180 degrees.
Deadlight - Either a cover clamped over a porthole to protect it in heavy weather or a fixed light set into the deck or cabin roof to provide light below.
Range Lights: A set of two small lighthouses, aligned so that if a vessel lines them up, they will be guided safely into a harbour, through narrow channels.
Range Lights - Two lights one above the other that line up with center of channel steer toward lower light to re-gain alignment
Rectifier - In outboard motors, this item converts alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) ...
The red light is on the port side; port wine is most commonly red in color.
At a formal dinner, it is traditional that one passes the bottle of port to the left. (This is also offered as an alternative origin for the phrase) ...
MASTHEAD LIGHT- A white light positioned over the fore and aft centerline of the vessel.
MIB -Marine Index Bureau.
MFN -Most Favored Nation.
Chesapeake Light Craft builds a wide variety of boats that are also available as all-inclusive kits. The design work is well done and when I went to the company's Web site the photos of owner-finished boats are very impressive.
KEDGE A lightweight anchor for kedging or moving the vessel by pulling up to it.
King spoke The spoke of the steering wheel which is upright when the rudder is amidships.
Knot One nautical mile per hour.
If done by a light and practised hand this one-part fastening should bode well for the integrity of a clinker hull; I wonder if anyone uses it today? Regrettably my own attempts have proved a complete mess.
wind is directly behind, or astern, of the boat and the mainsail and boom are all the way out at right angles to the mast deadeye A round, flat wooden block with three holes but no sheaves, through which shroud lanyards are received deadlight ...
Deadlight: Fixed light in a cabin's roof.
Deck: Solid covering over a hull, does not always cover all of it
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Range lights - Two lights associated to form a range (a line formed by the extension of a line connecting two charted points) which often, but not necessarily, indicates the channel centerline.
If the red marker has several pilings supporting it, it will be called a Dolphin.
7. Red Lighted buoys with lights will usually be found in deeper water. The light will be red.
Rudder - A vertical plate or board for steering a boat.
Run - To allow a line to feed freely.
Running Lights - Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.
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The rudder is turned to starboard (right) or port (left) to steer the boat.
Run
To allow a line to feed freely.
Running Lights
Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.
Depending on the sunlight on the sail, it may be difficult to see the telltales on both sides of the sail at the same time. You may have to change your angle of vision to catch their shadows.
At night they may have a green light.
Canal - A manmade waterway used to connect bodies of water that do not connect naturally. Canals use locks to raise and lower boats when connecting bodies of water that have different water levels.
BALSA A light wood; a South American raft made of light wood. BARGE A craft of full body and heavy construction designed for the carriage of cargo but having no machinery for self-propulsion.
Aid to navigation Any fixed object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radio beacons, and lighthouses. Anchor locker A locker used to store the anchor rode and anchor.
Backstaff a navigation instrument used to measure the apparent height of a landmark whose actual height is known, such as the top of a lighthouse. From this information, the ship's distance from that landmark can be calculated.
to perform scientific activities or ride out rough seas HELM wheel, tiller; the controls for a vessel's steering apparatus HOLD beneath-decks storage area HYDRO WIRE steel wire, normally used to support lightweight over-the-side sampling apparatus ...
Some boats require lead (a more expensive material) because the space available will not allow sufficient lighter material to achieve the required ballast weight.
A signal mark on land; a light or radio signal.
BEAM - The extreme width of a vessel. A horizontal athwartship support for the deck.
BEAR OFF - Steer away from the wind, shore or any object. ...
sector: a colored segment in the sweep of a navigation light. A red sector, for example, warns of dangerous waters. scull: propel a boat by means of one oar over the stern.
LASH - Lighter aboard ship: A barge carrier designed to act as a shuttle between ports, taking on and discharging barges.
LASH SHIPS - LASH stand for Lighter Aboard Ship.
Scuttle- A round window in the side or deck of a boat that may be opened to admit light and air, and closed tightly when required.
Seat Locker - A storage locker located under a cockpit seat.
Make sure to put a light piece of line through both walls of the fire hose and tie it to a cleat. This will keep the fire hose from slipping down your anchor rode. Please try not to use tape for chafe instead of fire hose.
 See also: Boat, Hull, Sail, Sailing, Aft
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