mean low water - A figure representing the average low tide of a region.
measured mile - A course marked by buoys or ranges measuring one nautical mile. Measured miles are used to calibrate logs.
Mean low water- The depth of the water at average low tide.
Midships- The widest point on a boat.
Mile- A nautical mile is 6,080 feet.
mean low water: the average level of low tide for any area. make fast: to secure a line to an object; to doubly secure a cleated or otherwise tied-line by means of an added hitch. marline: a two-stranded nautical twine.
Mean Low Water (MLW) - A figure representing the average low tide of a region.
Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) - There are two low tides in each tidal cycle (so usually two low tides in each day).
mean high water, MHW, mean low water, MLW
The average height of high or low tide. The mean high-water mark is the line of weed, erosion, or changing color on the shore or a piling at mean high water. See tide.
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This hint is worth remembering in many parts of the world, especially in some parts of the Bay of Fundy, where there is a range of no less than 50 feet! Soundings on the chart denote the depth at mean low water.
The distress call used on marine radios mean high water The average level of high tide for any area mean low water The average level of low tide for any area mend 1. To unfurl an improperly furled sail; 2.
 See also: Buoy, Secure, After, Point, Boat
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