Ton mile: a measurement used in the economics of transportation to designate one ton being moved one mile. This is useful to the shipper because it includes the distance to move a commodity in the calculation.
NAUTICAL MILE: One minute of latitude; approximately 6076 feet or 1852 metres - about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280 feet.
NAVIGATION: The art and science of conducting a boat safely from one point to another.
Mile- A nautical mile is 6,080 feet.
Mizzen- Mizzenmast. The shorter, after mast on a boat.
Motor sailer- A boat that uses both sail and engine. The engine in these boats is larger that an auxiliary.
mile - A nautical mile is 1852 meters (6076.12 feet); a statute mile is 5280 feet. Five (5) knots is about 5.76 MPH. See also "Knot."
missing stays - To fail in an attempt to tack, or to go from one tack to the other.
statute mile
Distance of 5,280 feet, the standard measure of distance on land and most inland waterways.
stay
Wire, rod or other rigging that runs fore and aft of the mast.
Statute mile
A mile as measured on land, 5,280 feet or 1.6 kilometers. Distances at sea are measured in nautical miles.
Mile
(1) Distance at sea is measured in nautical miles, which are about 6067.12 feet, 1.15 statute miles or exactly 1852 meters.
A mile as measured on land, 5280 feet or 1.6 kilometers. Distances at sea are measured as nautical miles.
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STATUTE MILE - Measurement used in fresh water. A stature mile equals 5,280 feet.
STEM - The forward most part of the bow.
STERN - The after part of the boat.
measured mile
A course marked by buoys or ranges measuring one nautical mile. Measured miles are used to calibrate logs.
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Nautical Mile
One 60th of a degree of latitude, or one minute of latitude. Approximately equal to 6,076.1 feet, or 1.15 statute miles.
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nautical mile
A distance of 6,076.12 feet or 1,852 meters, which is about 15 percent longer than a statute mile. Equivalent to one minute of latitude on a navigation chart.
nun buoy
Conical navigation buoy that is usually red.
nautical mile
One minute of latitude; approximately 6076 feet - about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280 feet.
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Nautical Mile: any of carious units of distance used for sea and air navigation based on the length of a minute of arc of a great sphere. The U.S. unit (no longer in use) is 6080.20 and the British unit is equal to 6080ft ...
Nautical Mile: The unit of geographical distance used on "salt-water" charts. 1 nautical mile corresponds exactly to 1 minute of angular distance on the meridian (adjacent left and right side of a sea chart).
NAUTICAL MILE: According to Webster's: any of various units of distance used for sea and air navigation; an international unit equal to 6076.115 feet (1852 meters); about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280 feet.
Nautical Mile: Measure of length at sea (2025 yards). 1 mile = 1,760 yards.
Nun - a kind of navigational buoy Back to Top ...
A nautical mile, or knot, is the same as a geographical mile. Its length is six thousand and eighty feet. A statute mile in the United States measures five thousand two hundred and eighty feet.
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Looking towards the shore: One can see details of houses and of traffic. Persons are small dots.
Looking only over the water: One can make out crewmembers on deck. Sailboats' rigging are visible.
Knot - Nautical mile (6,076 ft) per hour ( a measure of speed)
Knot - Nautical unit of speed - one nautical mile per hour ( 115 mph )
Lanyard - A line fastened to an object, such as a bail or knife or other small object for the purpose of securing it ...
--N-- NAUTICAL MILE See knot. NIBBING PLANK A margin plank that is notched to take the ends of regular deck planks and insure good calking of the joint. NIGGERHEAD A small auxiliary drum on a winch. See Gypsy.
(2) A nautical measurement of distance, a tenth of a nautical mile, 100 fathoms, or approximately 200 yards ...
KICKER (also called a Vang): A device used to keep the boom from rising.
KNOT: 1) A measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour. 2) A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, ...
Knot (1) a speed of one nautical mile per hour. (2) a method of attaching a rope or line to itself, another line or a fitting. Land breeze A wind moving from the land to the water due to temperature changes in the evening.
Nautical unit of distance, having a standard value of 1/10th of a nautical mile (608 ft.) or 100 fathoms.
Cable-bitt - Large vertical timbers, morticed into the keel, to which anchor and mooring cables were attached.
knot -- a nautical mile (equivalent to 1.15 miles or 1.852km). Also, any of various tangles of line formed by methodically passing the free end through loops and drawing it tight.
landfall -- first sight of land ...
KNOT - A nautical mile-per-hour measure of speed. A nautical mile is approximately 6076 feed. (A stature mile is 5280 feet.) Also a means for joining two lines together or fastening a line to an object.
Knot - nautical mile (6,076 ft.) per hour ( a measure of speed).
Lee of the Land - near a shore which provides protection
from wind and waves.
Lee Shore - land downwind of a boat.
Leeward - downwind; away from the source of wind.
MARLIN tarred twine used for seizing and light lashing MASTER the captain of a vessel MESS DECK where meals are eaten MILE, NAUTICAL equals 6,079 ft; 1.
To rebend a sail to the boom mile See nautical mile mizzen The sail set on the aftermast of a yawl or ketch [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] mizzen sail A sail set from the mizzenmast monkey block A small single block that swivels ...
Equivalent to (UK) 1/10 nautical mile, approx. 600 feet; (USA) 120 fathoms, 720 feet (219 m); other countries use different values.
KNOT: A measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour.
LEE: The side sheltered from the wind.
LEEWARD: The direction away from the wind. Opposite of windward.
- A unit of distance, 1/10th of a nautical mile (608 ft.) or 100 fathoms.
Caravel: Small trading vessel also used for exploration. Three-masted, usually square rigged on the two forward masts, and having a lateen rigged mizzen mast.
We enjoyed a rollicking 50-mile sail out to the atoll as the winds and seas built throughout the day. Fortuna handles well in heavy going and we averaged six knots under mizzen and staysail. By late afternoon we had the pass at Half Moon Cay in sight.
Class A is for schooners and yawls only, above 23 metres (75.4 ft.) of rating, with a time allowance of four seconds per metre per mile. All the yachts in this class must be classed A1.
Rule 34 of the Inland (but not International) Rules prescribes whistle signals for power-driven vessels "meeting or crossing at a distance within half a mile of each other.
1 from its docks at well-groomed Harbour Court, about a mile away. On the day we sailed, there was no fanfare or marketing hoopla, just sailors spread across the open cockpit, scampering on deck or hanging over the rails.
knot, which makes loops; the bend, which ties lines together; and the hitch, which secures a line to an anchor, bitt, or other object. These terms are used inconsistently, however, and knot generally refers to all three. 2) Speed of 1 nautical mile ...
Thus, a minute of latitude (measured on the vertical scale of the chart) is used as the definition of one nautical mile. It should be noted that a flat chart will distort distances found on a round globe.
Knot: One nautical mile per hour.
Lay: To sail a course that will clear an object or racecourse marker buoy such as the windward and leeward marks. When a yacht is doing so, it is said to be laying the mark. Also see "Layline." ...
KNOT-Measure of distance; one nautical mile, 6,080 feet. Measure of speed: one nautical mile per hour.
LAPSTRAKE-Overlapping plank of a boat.
LAZARETTE-A stowage compartment in the stern.
Knot One nautical mile per hour.
Lacing The long line that secures the sail to a spar through eyelets.
Lapstrake Planking when one edge overlaps the other lower plank.
A sound signaling device or a sound signaling appliance audible at distances of one-half a marine mile (0.93 km) ...
being longitude) used to locate a position at sea; marked in degrees north or south of the equator, from 0 degrees at the equator to 90 degress north or south at the poles; one degree of latitude = 60 minutes of latitude; as one minute equals a mile, ...
kick-up: describes a rudder or centerboard that rotates back and up when an obstacle is encountered - useful when a boat is to be beached. knot: a nautical mile (equivalent to 1.15 miles or 1.852km) a unit of speed, one knot = 6, ...
KNOT Unit of speed in navigation which is the rate of nautical mile (6,080 feet or 1,852 meters) per hour.
KVA This is the voltage-ampere requirement of a device designed to convert electric energy to a non-electrical form ...
Nautical Mile: One minute of latitude, 1852 meters
Navigation: The teaching of commanding a boat safely from one point to another ...
Knot - Unit of speed; one nautical mile per hour.
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Latitude - Geographic distance north or south of the equator.
MAST: Any vertical spar provided to support sails or equipment such as radar antennae, etc.
NAUTICAL MILE: 1.151 statute mile.
A nautical term for speed: one nautical mile per hour. Also a term indicating a method of tying a line.
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A unit of speed in the nautical system equal to one nautical mile per hour (= 1.852km/hr; = 0.51444 m/s).
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Knot
Unit of measurement for the speed (of a vessel) equal to a nautical mile (= 1852 metres) per hour.
Knot, Kt: measure of speed of a ship, equal to one nautical mile.
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Every vessel 12 meters (39.4 feet) but less than 20 meters (65.5 feet) in length must carry a whistle and a bell. The bell must be audible 1/2 nautical mile. The mouth of the bell must be at least 200mm (7.87 inches) in diameter.
They sail on a very simple scale of time allowance, namely, four seconds per metre per mile.
(1) A speed of one nautical mile (6,076 feet or or 1,852 meters) per hour. It is incorrect to say knots per hour.
* A knot IS NOT method of attaching a rope or line to itself, another line or a fitting.
9 metre apart but at a lower level than lights prescribed in Rule 26(b)(i) and (c)(i). The lights shall be visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least 1 mile but at a lesser distance than the lights prescribed by these Rules for fishing ...
KEEL - The lowest longitudinal timber of a vessel, on which framework of the whole is built up; combination of iron plates serving same purpose in iron vessel.
KNOT - Unit of speed in navigation, which is the rate of nautical mile (1, ...
 See also: Boat, Nautical, Nautical mile, Forward, Line
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