Pad eye

pad eye - A small fitting with a hole used to guide a line.
paddle - 1 - A stick with a blade in the end of it used to propel a small boat through the water. 2 - The act of using a paddle to propel a boat.

Pad eye: A metal eye permanently secured to a deck or bulkhead (for mooring any blocks and tackle).
Painter: A short piece of rope secured in the bow of a small boat used for making her fast.

Pad eye: A metal eye (ring) through which lines can be passed in order to stop chaffing.
Painter: The bow line of a dinghy.

Pad Eye - A loop shaped fitting attached to the deck, spar, boom, etc., used to secure a line or block to some part of the vessel.

PAD EYE A fitting having one or more eyes integral with a plate or base to provide ample means of securing and to distribute the strain over a wide area. The eyes may be either "worked" or "shackle." Also known as lug pads, hoisting pads, etc.

It uses three widely spaced pad eyes with blocks arranged in a triangle: two on the deck and one on the housetop. Control lines lead from these pad eyes to a titanium rig that the jib sheet passes through.

Preventer (gybe preventer, jibe preventer): A sail control line originating at some point on the boom leading to a fixed point on the boat's deck or rail (usually a cleat or pad eye) used to prevent or moderate the effects of an accidental jibe.

Pad eye A small fitting with a hole used to guide a line. Painter A line attached to the bow of a dinghy and used to tie it up or tow it. Parallels Lines of latitude Pay out To let out a line.