Who is Mark Fry?
Mark Fry is the Founder and President of International Yachtmaster Training, which trains approximately 52% of the world's professional yacht crew.
Plimsoll mark: a series of horizontal lines, corresponding to the seasons of the year in fresh or saltwater, painted on the outside of a ship marking the level which must remain above the surface of the water for the vessel's stability.
MARK (buoy): An object the sailing instructions require a boat to pass on a specified side.
MARLINSPIKE: A tool for opening the strands of a rope while splicing.
MAST: A spar set upright from the deck to support rigging and sails.
Mark (buoy): An object the sailing instructions require a boat to pass on a specified side.
Mast: A pole usually going straight up from the deck (height can be tuned for different body weights), used to attach sail and boom.
Mark: A buoy used to mark the racecourse.
Mast: The vertical spar that holds up the sails.
Mastman: Crew member who hoists sails up the mast.
Mark A position imputed onto an electronic chart plotter.
Marline spike Pointed steel tool for opening strand of rope when splicing.
Mark Collins
Marina del Rey, California
Dear Mark,
You want a deflection of about one inch for every three feet of unsupported length of cable. However, I'd inspect your entire steering system to find the source of your sloppy steering.
Mark
(1) Marks used on a lead line or anchor rode indicating the length of the line at that point. (2) A buoy or other object used to mark a location.
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Mark
An object used as a reference point while navigating.
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A mark on a pirate's treasure chart that is supposed to indicate where the treasure is.
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A recommended ointment to have on board in emergency medical kits for burns ...
This mark is near Lambay Castle designed by Sir Edward Lutyens. View Chart - Red Arrow #C4 -- 250 KB ...
they mark an area where mariners are to be warned of dangers such as firing ranges, racing courses, seaplane bases, underwater structures or areas where no safe through channel exists and of traffic separations.
they are coloured yellow ...
^ Mark Smith. The Annapolis Book of Seamanship. 1999 Simon & Schuster
^ J. J. Coulton, 'Lifting in Early Greek Architecture,' The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 94. (1974), pp. 1-19 (12)
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government mark
A channel marker or other buoy set by the Coast Guard or other government agency to serve as an aid to navigation.
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Plimsoll Mark
A mark, welded on both sides of the vessel, which gives the limit to which a vessel may be loaded, depending on the specific gravity of the water in which the vessel is situated.
HOW DO I MARK MY VESSEL?
The official number assigned to documented vessels, preceded of the abbreviation "NO." must be marked in block-type Arabic numerals at least three inches high on some clearly visible interior structural part of the hull.
Gybing at a Mark. Under RRS 18.4 (Gybing), if two boats are overlapped at the two-length zone and a proper course to the next mark includes a gybe then IN with r-o-w may not sail farther from the mark than necessary to sail a proper course.
haul round a mark, point - When a vessel in sailing free has to come closer to the wind as her course alters round a point or buoy. By hauling in the sheets the vessel will sometimes luff sufficiently without any help from the helm.
Sailors usually mark or note the ideal block position for the sail when fully opened and when partly reefed. It is much easier to move the block when the jibsheet does not have tension on it, while the sail is either furled or on the other tack.
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A buoy or other mark used to mark a navigable path through a waterway.
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Turning mark: a buoy on the race course around which boats must turn.
Turtling: A capsize position with the boat turned upside down with the mast pointing down to the sea bottom.
lubber line - A mark on a compass used to read the heading of a boat.
luff - The edge of a sailsail toward the bowbow of a boat.
FAIR CURVES Curves which do not in any portions of their entire lengths show such changes of direction as to mark those portions as out of harmony in any respect with the curves as a whole or with the other portions of the curves.
bare sailing Sailing with sheets too far in barging Forcing one's way illegally between the starting mark and boats to leeward [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] bark A three-masted sailing vessel, ...
cardinal mark: a navigation aid-used in the Uniform State Waterway Marking System-that is color-coded to indicate the compass direction around which it should be passed.
Picture a shipboard display system (e.g. radar, ECDIS, chart plotter, etc.) with overlaid electronic chart data that includes a mark for every significant ship within radio range; each as desired with a velocity vector (indicating speed and heading).
To pass above a mark is to pass on its windward or weather side; to pass below a mark is to pass on its lee side (to leeward - pronounced loo'wud) or downwind side.
The red ones mark the right side of channels in to a harbor, the green ones mark the left side. Use the mnemonic: Red Right Returning to note that the Red ones are on your Right when you are Returning to the harbor.
Either or both of the upright curved lines, (or), used to mark off explanatory or qualifying remarks in writing or printing or enclose a sum, product, or other expression considered or treated as a collective entity in a mathematical operation. 2. a.
The craft in question was hauled out on the shore above high-water mark. She had been abandoned by her rightful owner, who had moved inland and left her to the tender mercies of the sun in summer and the snow in winter.
Mark or engrave all equipment with an identifier such as your driver's license number including state abbreviation.
Photograph or videotape the interior and exterior of your vessel, showing all installed equipment and additional gear and equipment.
a vessel engaged in laying, servicing or picking up a navigation mark, submarine cable or pipeline;
a vessel engaged in dredging, surveying or underwater operations; ...
This reduction of the wind speed you feel on the boat and thereby the force of the wind on the sails can lull you into forgetting the difference which becomes evident when you round a mark and start on a beat.
In English Bay there is a lighthouse at Point Atkinson, buoys to mark the beaches, fixed markers for the low tide shoals at Spanish Banks and solar powered flashing beacons at the mouth of False Creek with red right returning and green to port.
BUOY - A floating object employed as an aid to mariners to mark the navigable limits of channels, their fairways, sunken dangers, isolated rocks, telegraph cables, and the like; floating devices fixed in place at sea, ...
A floating iron can moored by a chain on the edge of a shoal to mark a safe channel; buoys are of a great variety of shapes, all of which have a definite meaning to the sailor; some carry bells rung by the motion of the sea, ...
Plot
To find a ship's actual or intended course or mark a fix on a chart.
Plow anchor
Also called a CQR or coastal quick release anchor. An anchor that is designed to bury itself into the ground by use of its plow shape.
Lubber's Line: The index mark, usually inside the compass, by which the course is read and the vessel is steered.
Luff: The forward part or leading edge of a sail.
KM(*) Character letters and distinguishing mark assigned to the ship or the floating facility which was constructed in accordance with the Rules and under the supervision of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping ...
British vessels may not be loaded deeper than a certain mark, known for many years as the Plimsoll mark, which has to be placed on the sides of all merchant vessels.
Check your tools regularly to ensure they are well oiled and keep them in the same place. Mark them as boat tools so they do not get mixed up with other tools and left at home.
buoy
An anchored floating object that serves as a navigation aid. Also used to mark a mooring spot.
bunks
Trailer bunks ar long carpeted sections of a boat trailer that support the boat's weight.
Letters of Marque - Permits issued by a government during wartime, which permitted private ship owners to attack enemy commerce and seize enemy ships. Those who held a letter of mark were called Privateers, legal pirates.
If a person is not wearing a life jacket, immediately toss one or your throwable cushion, both for floatation and to mark the spot where the crew member fell in.
LOG - A record of courses or operation. Also, a device to measure speed.
LUBBER'S LINE - A mark or permanent line on a compass indicating the direction forward; parallel to the keel when properly installed.
PLIMSOL LINE - the mark on the hull of a ship that shows where the waterline is when the ship is at full capacity.
PORT - The left side of a boat looking forward. A harbour.
LONGITUDE The distance in degrees east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England. LUBBER'S LINE A mark or permanent line on a compass indicating the direction forward parallel to the keel when properly installed.
Boot top: Mark to indicate the waterline
Bottlescrew: A fitting to control the tension on the forestay
Bow: Front edge of a boat
Bow fitting: Fitting to which the jib is attached
Bower anchor: Main anchor of a boat ...
of one group of radionavigation systems by which a hyperbolic line of position is determined through measuring the difference in the times of reception of synchronized pulse signals from two fixed transmitters.
Lubber's Line - A mark or ...
bunksLong carpeted sections of a boat trailer that support the boat's weight. buoyAn anchored floating object that serves as a navigation aid. Also used to mark a mooring spot. burgeeSmall flag that bears a yacht club's symbol.
Buoy: A floating anchored object used to mark the navigable limits of channels, sunken dangers, isolated rocks, etc.
By the Lee: Sailing downwind with the wind blowing over the leeward side of the boat.
By the Wind: Sailing close-hauled.
 See also: Boat, Point, Line, Sailing, Anchor
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