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MASTHEAD (STEAMING) LIGHT: A white light on the pleasure craft's centreline, showing an arc of visibility from dead ahead to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam on either side.
masthead light - Also known as a steaming light. The masthead light is a white light that is visible for an arc extending across the forward 225° of the boat.
Masthead Light
This white light shines forward and to both sides and is required on all power-driven vessels. A masthead light must be displayed by all vessels when under engine power. The absence of this light indicates a sailboat under sail.
Masthead Sloop - the most popular rig, having a single mast with two sails. The forward sail is called a jib. The aft sail is the Mainsail, or Main. Sometimes called the Marconi Rig or the Bermuda Rig.
Masthead light - 225º white light showing
ahead to 22.5º abaft the beam on both sides
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Masthead
The top of a mast.
Mate
An assistant to the captain.
Mayday
An internationally recognized distress signal used on a radio to indicate a life-threatening situation.
Masthead
The top part of the mast to which the mainsail halyard sheaves are fitted.
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Masthead Rig: A rigging scheme in which the forestay is attached near the top of the mast. See Fractional Rig.
masthead light - A white-colored light, near/at the masthead; this light indicates a powered, underway vessel at night.
masthead man - In yacht parlance, the man who goes aloft to lace a topsail.
Masthead: The masthead is the highest reach of the mast where the flag is flown. More specifically, the term refers to the head of the lower mast used for observation or a place of confinement as punishment.
MASTHEAD-Top of the mast.
MOOR-To secure a vessel to an object such as a dock or buoy.
PINTLE-Metal braces or hooks upon which the rudder of a boat swings.
Masthead -- That part of the mast above the hounds.
Mast hoops -- The hoops to which the luffs of fore and aft sails are seized to secure the sails to the masts.
Miss stays, To -- To fail in an attempt to tack.
Masthead Rig - A design in which the forestay runs to the peak of the mast.
a masthead light, 5 miles; except that where the length of the vessel is less than 20 metres, 3 miles;
a sidelight, 2 miles;
a sternlight, 2 miles;
a towing light, 2 miles;
a white, red, green or yellow all-round light, 2 miles.
A "masthead light" means a white light placed over the fore and aft centerline of a pleasure craft showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 225 degrees and so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to 22.
The masthead light is used in a number of ways but always has the same characteristics and orientation. It points forward and is normally the highest navigation light on the vessel.
The masthead rig--the jib halyard is at the masthead.
The fractional rig--the headstay intersects the mast partway down from the masthead.
Masthead - The top of a mast.
Masthead Light - Also known as a steaming light. The masthead light is a white light that is visible for an arc extending across the forward 225° of the boat.
Also known as a masthead light. The steaming light is a white light that is visible for an arc extending across the forward 225° of the boat. When lit the steaming light indicates that a vessel under power, including sailboats with engines running.
The SA/D of this masthead rig design is 20.38. The spreaders are slightly swept. The mainsail has enough roach on the drawings to overlap the backstay by about 8 inches. Sailmakers will inevitably go even farther than that.
SHROUD A principal member of the standing rigging, consisting of hemp or wire ropes which extend from or near a masthead to the vessel's side, or to the rim of a top, to afford lateral support for the mast.
JIBHEAD RIG In a jibhead rig, the forestay does not attach to the masthead, but at a point lower on the mast where the top of the jib meets the mast.
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Backstay - A rope or stay extending from the masthead (Top of the mast) to the side of a ship (Stern), slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast.
Bail - Remove (water) from a vessel with a container.
Masthead: the top of the mast.
Port: the left side of the boat as you face forward.
Reefing: reducing mainsail area.
The grooved wheel in a block, a masthead fitting, or elsewhere, over which a rope runs sheepshank A knot used for temporarily shortening a line sheer The curve of the deck or gunwale as viewed from the side; ...
sheave: wheel inside a block over which a rope runs the grooved wheel in a block, or in a masthead fitting or elsewhere, over which a rope runs - pronounced "shiv." sheer: the line of the upper deck when viewed from the side.
The big 150-percent masthead genoa jib beloved of modern racers only pays off under handicap rules that do not penalize the extra area of the overlap. In class racing where every square foot of sail area is counted, such as the 5.
In addition to the three-colored running lights used by all boats, a powerboat must show a white masthead light visible from the front. This light must be mounted higher than the running lights.
Halyards hoisted and sustain the yard at the masthead and probable served as backstays, In furling sail the upper yard was left down
The forms of the boats with their long overhangs fore and aft was admirable adapted for landing in shoal water.
A white light, usually on the masthead, visible from all directions, used when anchored.
anchor locker
A locker used to store the anchor rode and anchor.
Shrouds: Any taut ropes running from a masthead to the side of a ship.
Sloop:A vessel with a single mast, for and aft rigged, of less than 25 tons.
Main Boom Gooseneck: This universal joint that connects the boom to the mast carries heavy strain and so booms can rip off the masthead and fly forward. This can cause fatal injury.
boat, with 50ft. between the masthead and the water, the burgee should be about 25 in. i.e. about 2 ft. The shape and proportions of pennants and burgees will be prescribed by the organization which they relate to.
Under this rule a boat is obligated to try to avoid other boats that are capsized (or not yet in control after being capsized), anchored or aground or rendering aid. Capsized is defined to be when a boat has her masthead in the water.
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Masthead: The top end of a mast
Mast spanner: A device that allows the control of a rotating mast on catamarans
Mayday: An internationally valid distress signal that is repeated three times and has highest priority of all signals ...
when under way to make the vessel more visible to other vessels. Specific requirements depend on the size of the vessel, but the most basic arrangement is a red light on the port side, a green light to starboard, and a white light at the masthead.
TRUCE - A circular block of wood at the masthead with holes in it through which the signal halyards are rove.
TRUNNEL - A round or multi-sided piece of hardwood, driven through planks and timbers to connect them.
 See also: Boat, Aft, Forward, Hull, Sail
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