Open Motorboat - Craft of open construction specifically built for operating with a motor, including boats canopied or fitted with temporary partial shelters.
Open registry: a term used in place of "flag of convenience" or "flag of necessity" to denote registry in a country which offers favorable tax, regulatory, and other incentives to ship owners from other nations.
Open Top Container
A freight container similar in all respects to a general purpose container except that it has no rigid roof but may have a flexible and movable or removable cover, ...
open - A location that is not sheltered from the wind and seas. An open location would not make a good anchorage.
OPEN HATCH Open hatch vessel in which the hatches extend the full reach of the holds (no overhang).
P & I Protection and indemnity insurance
P&A Procedures and arrangements ...
open - Upon sailing round a point or headland when an object comes into view.
opposite tacks - When of two vessels one is on the port tack and the other on starboard tack.
Open Deck: Another term applied to the central part of the main or spar-deck between the foremast and the mainmast.
open water
Out in an ocean, broad lake, or other large body of water where there is no land to provide protection from wind and waves. Compare with shelter.
operator's license ...
Open boats are not required to carry fixed sidelights, but must, in default of such, be provided with a lantern, having a green slide on one side and a red slide on the other, which must be properly shown in time to prevent collision, ...
Open space in the deck where the crew can sit or stand.
Cunningham
A block and tackle system used to control tension on the luff of the mainsail.
Open ports, hatches, and doors to ventilate.
Turn blower on for four minutes minimum. ...
open ocean sailing, as opposed to being in a lake or sound
board boat
A small boat, usually mono rig. May have a shallow cockpit well. Typically has almost no freeboard.
Open any book about the weather-any book-and you'll find the Beaufort Scale. Look in any navigation manual-there it is.
1) Open the marine head's water intake seacock. This should be keep closed (except when in use) to keep water from coming into the boat when it heals excessively.
2) Place the lever in the "wet" position and pump the head wet.
3) Use the head.
4) ...
In open water, we set the UK Spectra main and 130-percent genoa in short order, the latter on a Harken roller furler. The boat accelerated smoothly and powerfully, surging along at over 7 knots on a close reach in a remarkably short time.
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An open boat used for day sailing.
Deck
Covering of the interior of a boat. The nautical equivalent of a floor.
Hand open and vertical (see illustration) close to the face, at the same height as the eyes, it is possible to evaluate angles according to this illustration.
On an open cockpit sailboat at a mooring, a tarp may be run over the boom and tied to the rails to form a tent over the cockpit.
In certain situations on larger boats, the boom can be used as a crane.
A small open boat. A dinghy is often used as a tender for a larger craft.
Displacement
The weight of water displaced by a floating vessel, thus, a boat's weight.
Visible open flames on the vessel (rags burning in a bucket)
Draft - Depth of the keel
Draft - Least depth of water needed to allow a boat to clear the bottom ...
Cockpit - An open space aft of a decked area from which a small vessel is steered.
Cockpit sole - The floor of the cockpit.
Companionway - A hatch or entrance from the deck to the cabin.
rubber, three; open order .
American cylinders connected; close order .
20.0 ...
LOF Lloyd's Open Form
Salvage contract type. Revised regularly in order to reward the work of tug involved with the salvage of laden tankers. LOI Letter Of Indemnity ...
At anchor in an open roadstead, use cilia bags from jib-boom, or haul them out ahead of the vessel by means of an endless rope rove through a tail-block secured to the anchor chain (Fig. 80).
A lookout in the open ocean can be less intense than one in coastal or inland waters. It cannot, however, be abandoned--midocean collisions do occur.
Launch - A large, open motorboat
Lanyard - A short line used for making anything fast
Latitude - The distance north or south of the equator measured and expressed in degrees.
Dinghy:
A small open boat often used as tender and lifeboat for a larger craft; a small open boat, usually carried aboard a yacht for going ashore
Dink:
Nickname for a dinghy ...
BELL MOUTHED A term used to signify the open end of vessel or pipe when it expands or spreads out with an increasing diameter, thus resembling a bell--also called trumpet mouthed. BELOW Underneath the surf the water. Underneath a deck or decks.
bluewater sailing -- open ocean sailing, as opposed to being in a lake or sound
bone in her teeth -- sailing well underway such that spray is thrown out at the stem of the boat
boot stripe -- a different color strip of paint at the waterline ...
Fiddles are frequently left open at the corners for drainage. FILL The thread that runs across sail cloth from edge to edge. FILLET/FILLETING A fillet is a cove shape made with putty on an inside corner.
BIGHT - Open or closed loop in a line or rope.
BILGE - The lowest part of the ship's interior.
BITTER END - The inboard (free) end of a line or rope.
BOLLARD - Stout post on wharf or pier for securing mooring lines. ...
boat Davy Jone's Locker The bottom of the sea daymark The colored and numbered or lettered sign placed on many beacons to identify them [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] day sailor A boat used for day sailing, typically an open boat ...
"Open boat" shall mean a motorboat or motor vessel with all engine and fuel tank compartments, and other spaces to which explosive or flammable gases and vapors from these compartments may flow, ...
The lab is empty, there's an open door to the hallway, and no-one is there but you.
scuttleTo cut holes or open ports to purposely let water in to make a boat sink. scuttlebuttGossip. So named after a water cask around which sailors used to gather and drink.
It is "open" if anyone can enter by meeting certain technical and financial standards.
CONSIGNEE - The person to whom cargo is consigned as stated on the bills of lading.
fetch: the distance along open water or land over which the wind blows; to achieve a desired destination under sail, particularly with an adverse wind or tide.
SHACKLE - A "U" shaped connector with a pin or bolt across the open end.
SHEAR PIN - A safety device, used to fasten a propeller to its shaft; it breaks when the propeller hits a solid object, thus preventing further damage.
Spread the device open with the inside facing up out of the water,
Rotate the device so as to look at the neck opening,
Extend both arms through arm openings;
Lift arms over the head;
Fasten the device to fit snugly.
You have some experience sailing and you want to be out on the open water, anchoring when you decide you want to stop and enjoy the local cuisine and culture of a small island.
The helmsman's response to this warning should be to push the tiller down to leeward, so that the vessel turns back up to re-open the slot between mast and foresail to the wind.
CONTAINER- A van, flatrack, open top trailer or other similar trailer body on or into which cargo is loaded and transported without chassis aboard ocean vessels.
How the wind over open water, shallow water and into currents affects waves and sailing conditions; tide and current; learning the chart symbols, and the navigation chart to find your way and determine your position.
Fixed ports that do not open, placed in the deck or cabin to admit light.
Deadrise
The measurement of the angle between the bottom of a boat and its widest beam. A vessel with a 0º deadrise has a flat bottom, high numbers indicate deep V shaped hulls.
Cargo ships over 300 gross tons navigating in the open sea;
Ships certified by the U.S. Coast Guard to carry more than 6 passengers for hire in the open sea or tidewaters of the U.S.; ...
A dinghy is a often utility boat carried by a larger boat, the term can also refer to small racing yachts or recreational open sailing boats. Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor but they could also be rigged for sailing.
daysailer
Small, open sailboat sometimes raced or short-distanced cruised, primarily used for recreational sailing.
day sailing
To go sailing for a few hours on a small, open sailboat.
Membership of Yateley Offshore Sailing Club is open to anyone interested in Sailing and there is no waiting list or stuffy interview procedure.
A significant broadside wind will have it scooting back into open water before you can say "Yassir, pass me that hawser.
Dinghy: A small to medium sized, open boat
Dismasting: If the mast breaks and goes off. Sucks badly.
Displacement: The amount of water that is displaced by a boat and thereof - according to Archimedes - as heavy as the boat ...
Anything on or above the open deck. If something is open and in plain view, it is above board.
Overwhelm -
Old English for capsize or founder.
SEA ANCHOR-A drag device (usually a conical canvas pocket held open by a metal hoop, but a canvas bucket in Tinkerbelle's case) used to keep the boat headed into the wind and waves while it is not under way, especially during heavy weather.
The L handle is the valve itself, open when vertical, closed when horizontal. The T handle is a friction lock for the valve. Release the friction (rotate counter-clockwise) before turning the L handle, and tighten again afterwards.
Day sailer- A boat that is not fitted for cruising over night. An open boat.
Deviation- Compass error caused by local magnetic attraction.
Dinghy- A small boat fitted with oars and sometimes sails.
the area, below deck level, that is somewhat more protected than the open deck, from which the tiller or wheel is handled
Displacement
the weight of the water displaced by the boat ...
bowrider
A runabout boat with open-bow seating.
bowsprit
A spar extending forward of the bow on a sailboat.
Canoe - A small narrow boat, propelled by paddles. Canoes usually are pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be covered.
Capsizing - Overturning of a vessel.
Yacht races may be over a simple course of only a few miles, as in the harbour racing of the International One Design; long-distance, open-ocean races, like the Bermuda Race; or epic trans-global contests such as the Global Challenge, ...
DECK- Horizontal topmost floor of the vessel.
DEPTH SOUNDER- Instrument that uses sound waves to measure the distance of the bottom.
DINGHY- A small open boat. A dinghy is often used as a tender for a larger craft.
 See also: Boat, Hull, Sailing, Deck, Sail
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