The Passagemaker has a flat bottom and a broad transom and quite a bit of bow overhang. This keeps the 'front door' out of the water in a chop and provides a convenient place to tack the small jib. The finished boat weighs 90 pounds.
passage - A journey from one place to another.
pay out - To let out a line.
pedestal - The column that the wheel is mounted on.
Passage
A journey from one place to another.
Personal floatation device, PFD
A device used to keep a person afloat. Also called a life jacket, life preserver or life vest.
Passage- A route between points or ports.
Pelorus- A special compass card used for taking bearings.
Pitch- The rhythmic bow- to- stern movement of the boat, due to waves.
passage - A trip; a journey; one leg of a voyage. To carry a person from one place to another is to give a passage.
passage
1) A navigable channel between two bodies of water. 2) A nonstop trip in a boat, longer than a day from one point to the next. Passages are legs of a voyage.
On passage from Gibraltar, Richard Toyne found that his new battery - a 105Ah maintenance-free Delphi Freedom - had stopped holding a charge.
The passage of House Bill 107 into law requires anglers in Delaware to have a fishing license for both fresh and tidal waters, while the license also is valid for recreational crabbing and clamming.
Small passages.
Nautical Almanac
An annual book containing astronomical and tidal information.
Many first passages end in disappointment for their participants. This can be for a number of reasons. Often, the excitement of preparing for a new experience tends to create an anti-climax later on.
Door:
A passage through a bulkhead
Dorade:
A horn type of vent designed to let air into a cabin and keep water out.
Long ocean passages usually don't require an engine; it's the ports and headlands at each end that may demand some expert sailing. -- Hal Roth
He was now convinced that the most valuable sail on board was the diesel.
-- Ray Kauffman ...
Passage - A journey from one place to another.
Passed West - Died. Perhaps derived from the sun setting in the west.
Passenger Ship - A ship that is authorized to carry more than twelve passengers.
(iii) A vessel the passage of which is not to be impeded remains fully obligated to comply with the Rules of this part when the two vessels are approaching one another so as to involve risk of collision.
AIDS TO NAVIGATION: Artificial objects external to the boat, that supplement natural landmarks, assisting safe passage by indicating safe and unsafe waters.
SHAFT ALLEY A watertight passage, housing the propeller shafting from the engine room to the bulkhead at which the stern tube commences.
The Witch of the Wave on her best voyage made the passage from Whampoa to Dungeness in 90 days, the best days run being 338 knots in 24 hours, a very remarkable perfornmance.
vessel A broad term for water-borne vehicles used without reference to size, particularly in laws and regulations relating to water traffic voyage Both outward and homeward passages wake A foamy swell caused by a boat passing through ...
GANGWAY - a narrow portable platform used as a passage, by persons entering or leaving a vessel moored alongside a pier or quay.
GAS TANKER - Specially designed for the transport of condensed (liquefied) gases.
They specify that boats less than 20 metres shall not impede the passage of a large craft in a narrow channel .. regardless of who has the defined right of way
Collision regulations define who has the right of way when motor boat meets motor boat ..
Two of my friends and I were power-sailing North just off of Anna Maria Island, trying to get into Passage Key Inlet before the sun went down.
A vessel which, by any of these Rules, is required not to impede the passage or safe passage of another vessel shall, when required by the circumstances of the case, ...
It is easy to comprehend how a straw hat thrown into a pond on its northerly edge will, under the influence of a brisk breeze from the north, make a fast passage to the southerly bank.
It is actually better to do this before pressure is felt since the unequalized pressure tends to collapse the passages that are used to equalize.
Lights are also used to control passage through bridges and locks. So far, I only have information for the European lock system, submitted by Ray Battersby. More will be added as time and knowledge permit.
After you get enough experience day-sailing larger keelboats, you can move to Bareboat Cruising, Passage Making and Coastal Navigation certifications.
walkaroundA type of offshore fishing boat with a small to mid-size cabin and a perimeter deck that allows easy passage around the entire boat. waterlineThe intersection of the hull and the surface of the water.
The story of the name, in which was explained that it was an old practice to throw overboard horses, which were being transported to America or the West Indies when the ship's passages were unduly prolonged, ...
A partition in a container, providing a plenum chamber and/or air passage for either return or supply air. It may be an integral part of the appliance or a separate construction.
Navigable-An area with sufficient depth of water to permit vessel passage.
Navigation-The art of getting vessel from one port to the next port.
Net Tonnage-Vessels measurement of cargo carrying capacity.
Draft variation by list
Draft variation by water level change
Allowance of fresh water draft variation by passage from fresh to sea water or vice versa
Heat variation in navigating shallow waters ...
to Becalm : To render quiet or calm by intercepting the current of air in its passage to an object (e.g. the jib is becalmed by the foresail before the wind).
CATWALK - A raised bridge running fore and aft from the midship, and also called "walkway". It affords safe passage over the pipelines and other deck obstructions.
CBF- Cubic feet
CBM- Cubic metres ...
A bay or cove along a river, sea or lake coast line. A stream or bay leading inland. A narrow passage between to bodies of land.
Intercoastal Waterway ...
Aboard ship, a booby hatch is a sliding cover or hatch that must be pushed away to allow access or passage.
First Rate - ...
Wake - The track in the water of a moving boat; commonly used for the disturbance of the water (waves) resulting from the passage of the boat’s hull.
Ice-breaker: ship whose hull is specially strengthened to enable her to crush ice using her own weight in order to make a passage sufficient for other ships to navigate.
Cruisers are quite capable of taking on long-range passages of many thousands of miles. Such boats have a cruising speed upwards of 6 knots. This basic design is typical of the standard types produced by the major yacht-builders.
in a passage relating to the state of Edward VI.'s navy is the following: "Item, the two gallies and the brigandyn must be yearly repaired.
This may be because the first submarines could be carried by a ship and were not capable of making independent offshore passages.
Once in the Windward passage between Cuba and Haiti I heard a small craft about to sink, calling with a portable VHF and which was totally unable to give a position to the closest USCG station, likely Guantanamo. RGE Range ...
companionway: the main entrance to the cabin, usually including the steps down into the cabin a passageway through which a ladder or stairs lead from the deck down to the cabin.
 See also: Boat, Point, Sail, Forward, Light
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