Outboard - An engine not permanently affixed to the structure of the craft, regardless of the method or location used to mount the engine, e.g., motor wells, “kicker pits', motor pockets, etc.
Seagull Outboards Maintenance and Running Advice
General maintenance and running advice for your Seagull Outboard Motor.
OUTBOARD: Toward or beyond the boat's sides. A detachable engine mounted on a boat's stern.
OUTBOARD ENGINE (Motor): A detachable drive unit mounted on a boat's stern.
OUTHAUL: An adjuster that tensions the sail's foot.
Can I safely add a heavier outboard?
Dear Boat Doctor,
I would like to have your thoughts on what I'm planning to do. I have a 1972 fiberglass Seafarer sailboat, 24 feet long with a centerboard. It's a nice boat and well kept.
outboard bracketSupport device for mounting outboard engines that extends aft of the transom. outboard motorInternal combustion engine mounted at the transom that incorporates motor, driveshaft and propeller.
outboard - On the side of the hull that the water is on. Outboard engines are sometimes just called outboards.
outhaul - A line used to tension the foot of a sail, used to maintain proper sail shape.
outboard engine
An engine used to power a small boat. Outboard engines are mounted on a bracket aft of the stern of the boat.
outhaul ...
Outboard Motor
A motor that overhangs the stern of the boat - often integral with the rudder.
Overhand Knot ...
outboard - Opposite of inboard; an exterior engine, attached at the transom; away or outside from a boat's hull.
Outboard Motor
Outboard motors for a boat are developed as a self-contained unit with engine, subsidiary systems, and propeller, designed to be mounted at the stern (rear) of the craft.
inboard/outboard (I/O)
See stern drive.
inflatable
Capable of being inflated either with air, as in a life raft or life vest.
Outboard - This classification includes "portable" engines. Some are so large as to preclude portability in its true sense but they re considered "outboard" because they are no "permanently" affixed to the structure of the craft.
Outboard motors are also popular, though much more expensive. Engines always swing up so the dinghy can be grounded without damage. A horsepower per meter of length can move a dinghy faster than oars. Two horsepower per meter can reach hull speed.
Outboard - Powerboat having an engine outside the hull.
P
PFD - Personal Flotation Device; a life preserver.
An outboard engine-driven powerboat around 16 feet long, used for fishing in shallow water.
flattening reef
See reef.
An outboard motor boat is operated and maneuvered as if the hull were moving parallel to the water. Passengers and materials must be placed to evenly distribute the load along the length and width of the boat.
Poor: Too much weight in front ...
Start the outboard and check that it spits water. The outboard is the most important item in the dinghy. You can make do with many flaws in a dinghy, but not with a faulty engine.
Amas:
The outboard hulls of a trimaran.
Amidships:
In or toward the part of a boat or ship midway between the bow and the stern; also midway between port and starboard sides; toward the middle of the ship or boat.
O - oscar
OUTBOARD - Toward or beyond the boat's sides. A detachable engine mounted on a boat's stern.
OVERBOARD - Over the side or out of the boat.
TOP ...
Rectifier - In outboard motors, this item converts alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC)
Reeved - A line that is passed through a block or hole ...
Inboard-Outboard drive system - A larger Power Boating alternative drive system to transom mounted outboard motors.
HELM: The wheel or tiller controlling a rudder or outboard motor; the place from which you steer a small boat.
HELMSPERSON: The person who steers the boat.
SHAFT STRUT A term applied to a bracket supporting the outboard after end of the propeller shaft and the propeller in twin or multiple-screwed vessels having propeller shafts fitted off the center line.
GUDGEONS AND PINTLES Hardware used to connect an "outboard" rudder to the back of the boat. The pintle has a pin (male part), The gudgeon accepts the pintle (female part).
(Mostly used on outboards.)
Chart - map of navigable waters.
Chine walk- Dangerously uncontrolled, side to side motion
associated with high speed operation
Cockpit - outside sitting area in a boat.
Cubic Inch Displacement (CID)- Speed ...
bass boatLow-profile, outboard-powered boat, generally no more than 22 feet long and typically equipped with rod lockers, casting decks with pedestal seats and livewells.
trapeze wire: gear enabling a crew member to place all of his weight outboard of the hull, thus helping to keep the boat level. trim: to adjunct angle of the sails to accord with the wind. Or the way a boat sits in the water.
A small open boat equipped with either oars or an outboard motor, occasionally rigged with sails; 2. A small boat used for transportation to shore from a larger vessel.
Tiller - A bar or handle for turning a boats rudder or an outboard motor.
Toe-rail - A low rail, often slotted, along the side of the boat. Slots allow drainage and the attachment of blocks.
Take down all sails, canvas, auxiliary outboard and any thing else that might cause windage problems. Don't forget to lock your boat when you leave.
Amas- The outboard hulls of a trimaran.
Amidships - In the middle of the ship
Anchor - A hook which digs in to the bottom to keep the ship from drifting 2) The act of using an anchor ...
Certain basic boating terms apply specifically to boats equipped with one or more engines-whether inboard (mounted within the hull), outboard (mounted on the transom and detachable), or the combination inboard-outboard (1/0) type.
TILLER - A bar or handle for turning a boat's rudder or an outboard motor.
TOPSIDES - The sides of a vessel between the waterline and the deck; sometimes referring to onto or above the deck.
TRANSOM - The stern cross-section of a square-sterned boat.
Old salt -- a very experienced and/or old sailor Outboard -Toward or beyond the boat's sides. A detachable engine mounted on a boat's stern.
Outhaul - the line that adjust tension along the foot of the sail along the boom ...
I decided not to use the small outboard motor because in my one other kedging experience I had fouled the prop of the outboard and even when it was operational found that I could track better with the oars.
Small outboard motor operation
Rules of the road
Safety - dockside and on the water
Basic VHF radio operation
Practice reaching, running and sailing close-hauled
More practice reaching, running and sailing close hauled
Tacking and jibing ...
TILLER - A bar or handle for turning a boat's rudder or an outboard motor.
TOGGLE - A pin fastened to the end of a rope, which can be thrust through the eye of another rope, and so secure them together.
Not required on outboard motorboats less than 26 feet (7.9 meters) in length and not carrying passengers to hire if the construction of such motorboat will not permit the entrapment of explosive or flammable gases or vapors and if fuel tanks are not ...
Boat rentals pertains to "daily" charters for smaller boats such as hobie cats or day sailors or a small power boat with outboard. Bare boat charter companies and brokers sell *term charters* which are a week or two in duration.
Rig bowlines and sternlines, pass bowline through the fairlead and aft outboard of the stays. Rig fenders on anticipated side. The command is: "Rig fenders for starboard-side-to", or "port-side-to".
Foreguy: A line that runs from a block on the foredeck to the outboard end of the spinnaker pole that is used to restrict the pole's natural upward motion.
Foresail: Any sail used between the mast and the forestay.
Freeboard The distance from the waterline to the deck outboard edge.
Freshen Wind freshens when increasing.
Full and Bye Close hauled but with sails well filled.
Vessels less than 25 ft (7 m) in length generally carry a petrol outboard-motor of between 5 and 40 horsepower (3.5 and 30 kW). Larger vessels have in-board diesel engines of between 20 and 100 horsepower (15 and 75 kW) depending on size.
The stainless steel multi-holed plates used to attach the shrouds to the chainplates. The outboard plates are hooked for the spinnaker guy.
Spinnaker
A large symmetrical balloon-shaped sail set when sailing downwind.
Outboard: Mounted externally to the boat, near the boat's side - for example an engine
Outhaul: Rope or wire that is used to haul out a sail
Overhaul: To sort out mess with the rigging
Overboard: Outside the boat ...
1. A Daysailer is a small boat designed for comfortable sailing but without sleeping accommodation. It has a roomy cockpit and can have an outboard auxiliary engine.
Out haul: An adjuster that tensions the sail's foot.
Outrigger: A structure which extends outboard to suspend lines or nets over the water or small secondary hull.
Overhangs: Hull areas that extend out over the water at the bow or stern.
The blades vary much in breadth, as indeed do the oars in total length, and in proportion of inboard to outboard.
Clearly, the signal applicance needed for a twelve-meter boat in New York Harbor would not be needed on a three-meter outboard dinghy operated on a small inland lake or in a yacht club's moorings.
Broken fuel line on an outboard engine.
#13. Jammed halyard between the block's sheave and cheeks.
#14.
Origin Waypoint - The starting point of the present navigation leg.
Outboard - Toward or beyond the boat's sides. A detachable engine mounted on a boat's stern.
Overboard - Over the side or out of the boat.
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