Locker

Locker A compartment, in a shed or on board of a vessel, used as a safekeeping place to stow valuable goods, which can be secured by means of a lock.

locker A closet; A storage place or container. log A written record of a vessel's travels; a device that measures the distance run through the water; a tree trunk, usually floating in the water.

Locker - A small cabin, or cupboard, or cavity to stow articles in. Log - A record of courses or operation. Also, a device to measure speed.

Locker - A closet or chest-like storage space. Log Room - Where a vessel's records, especially engineering records, are kept. Loggerhead - The wooden bit in the stem of a whaling boat around which the harpoon line was controlled.

A locker big enough to hang clothes. Hank (1) Clips used to fasten a sail to a stay. (2) Using such slips to attach a sail to a stay.

A locker big enough to hang clothes. hank A snap - plastic or stainless steel - attached to the luff of the jib, used to attach the jib to the forestay.

A locker for the storage of ice is indispensable for one's comfort when sailing in these latitudes in summer. The locker should be lined with zinc, and should be fitted with a brass tap to draw off the waste water.

wet locker - A llocker equiped with a drain so that wet clothes can be stored in it without damaging other objects in the boat. whip - To bind the strands of a line with a small cord. whistle buoy - A navigational buoy with a whistle.

The locker, roughly 3 by 3 feet, can also hold sails and fenders in the segmented area adjacent to the chain locker.

wet locker Stowage area for wet foul-weather gear and other damp clothing. wet suit ...

sail locker place where sails are stowed Search results: Click on the word(s) below to view the definition. S.S.

Chain Locker The place below the windlass where the cables are stowed. Chain Plates ...

Anchor Locker-Storage space used for the anchor rode and anchor. Anchor Watch - A member or members of the crew that keep watch and check the drift of ship. Anchor windlass- A windlass used to assist when raising the anchor ...

ANCHOR LOCKER - Storage space for the anchor rode and anchor . ANCHOR WINDLASS - Device used to assist when raising the anchor . ASHORE - On the land ...

Davy Jones's Locker A fictional place at the bottom of the ocean. In short; A term meaning death. Davey Jones was said to sink every ship he ever over took, and thus, the watery grave that awaited all who were sunk by him was given his name.

Davy Jones' (Locker): Another term dating back to Roderick Random (1751) Davy Jones is the sailors devil and the deep sea is his locker, the grave of those who perish at sea. Dead Ahead: Directly ahead. Dead Astern: Directly aft.

Locker A chest or box, to stow anything away in. Chain-locker Where the chain cable are kept. Boatswain's locker Where tools and small stuff for working upon rigging are kept.

Chain Locker - The compartment, near and below the hawse holes at the bow, for stowing the anchor chains; a compartment in the lower part of a ship for stowing an anchor chain.

BITTER END The inboard end of a vessel's anchor chain which is made fast in the chain locker.

hazard danger buoy A buoy marking a hazardous, dangerous spot or area davits Wooden or metal devices with sheaves or blocks attached on the ends, projected over a vessels sides or stern, and used to hoist up a dinghy or small boat Davy Jone's Locker ...

seat locker: a storage locker located under a cockpit seat. seize: to bind two lines together or bind a line to another object. seizing wire: all-purpose wire used to bind ropes together or to another object.

Seat locker A storage locker located under a cockpit seat. Self-bailing cockpit A watertight cockpit with scuppers, drains, or bailers that remove water.

Seat locker A storage locker located under a cockpit seat. seized - bound together Self-bailing cockpit A watertight cockpit with scuppers, drains, or bailers that remove water.

Davy Jones' Locker - An idiom for the bottom of the sea Daybeacon - An unlighted fixed structure which is equipped with a dayboard for daytime identification.

Bos'n's locker: The locker in which the bos'n keeps his deck gear. Bow: The forward part of a vessel's sides (front). Bowsprit: A spar extending forward from the stem. Boxing the compass: Calling names of the points of the compass in order.

Another method better suited for storing the line in a rope locker is to double the end of the completed coil to form a long loop. Pass the loop, in a clockwise turn, around the head of the coil, passing the end of the loop under its own midsection.

A dinghy should have a locker to secure its equipment. Traditionally this is under a thwart with a bronze padlock that's opened at sea.

sailing into the wind. JIBE: Also gybe; to turn the boat downwind from one side of the wind to the other K KEDGE: 1) To use an anchor to move a boat by hauling on the anchor rode. 2) a spare or emergency anchor, usually stored in a cockpit locker.

FIG. 12.General Arrangement I, Crew space. 5, Chain locker. 9, Coffer d~ 2, Cabins. 6, Pump-room. io, Oil-tank, 3, Engineers cabins. 7, Water-ballast tank. ii, Boiler-rc 4, Store. 8, Fore-hold. I2, Engine-I ...

Lubricate all Hatch/locker door hinges and latches. Leave doors open. Remove all drain plugs so any possible water accumulation will drain out. Remove all electronics and store in secure area.

115 feet (1852 meters); about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280 feet. NAVEL PIPE The fitting or hole in the foredeck through which the anchor chain is fed into the chain locker.

See also: Boat, Hull, Forward, Deck, Keel