PENNANT (sometimes PENDANT): The line by which a boat is made fast to a mooring buoy.
PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE (PFD) - PDF: Official terminology for life jacket. When properly used, the PDF will support a person in the water.
pennant - 1 - A small flag, such as can be used for signaling. Flags can be used together to spell words or individually as codes, such as the quarantine flag. 2 - A small line attached to a mooring chain, sometimes called a pendant.
Pennant - a triangular flag
Pinch - to sail as close as possible towards the wind
Point - to turn closer towards the wind (point up) ...
PENNANT: Any nautical flags that taper to a point and used for identification.
pennant - A signal flag; a small flag, usually triangular; a short length of cable between a vessel and a mooring chain.
personal flotation device (PFD) - See definition of "Life Preserver." ...
Irish Pennants:
Loose ends of line left hanging over a ship's side.
Iron Genny:
Auxiliary engine ...
Pennant - A small signal flag
Permission - Always ask permission to come aboard someone else’s boat
Petcock - Often used to describe the sea water drain valves an inboard motor ...
Irish pennants -- Loose ropes flying in the breeze or dangling over the side.
Jackstay -- A rod of iron, a wooden cleating, or a wire rope for sails or yards to travel on; also a wire rope on the main boom to which the foot of the sail is laced.
The quebec pennant is flown when first entering a country, indicating that the people on the ship are healthy and that the vessel wants permission to visit the country.
Quarter ...
10 numeral pennants
3 Substitutes
code pennant
Signals are made of one, two, three and four flag hoists arranged in alphabetical order.
Pronounced "pennant". A short length of wire, chain, or line used for a specialized purpose. A mooring pendant secures the boat ot the mooring, a tack pendant raises the sail above waves.
pennant
A flag. Compare with pendant.
Secure the Pennant
Finally, pass the pennant through a bow chock to prevent chafe, and secure the pennant's loop over the cleat.
A single red pennant signals a small craft warning-wind speeds Up to 38 mph winds
Two indicate a gale- windspeeds from 39-54mph
A storm warning 55-73 mph winds
Two indicate a hurricane warning 74+ mph. winds ...
pennant: a triangular flag. phosphorescence: luminescence. piano hinge: a narrow rectangular hinge with a small-diameter pin and numerous holes for screws; used for joining two edges that require support all along their lengths.
Irish Pennant- Any loose or unsecured line, or any fray line, flag or pendant.
Inspection Port - A watertight covering, that may be removed so the interior of the hull can be inspected or water removed ...
Burgee Pennant (pointed) shaped flag with design indicating the Yacht Club or personal interest of the vessel's owner.
By the head Greater draft forward than aft.
Sometimes called "Pennant".
Pennant - A small tapering flag, which can be used for identification or communication.
Personal Flotation Device (PFD) - Official terminology for life jacket.
Absentee pennant - Special pennant flown to indicate absence of commanding officer, admiral, his chief of staff, or officer whose flag is flying (division, squadron, or flotilla commander).
Pennant: a triangular flag.
PFD: Personal Flotation Devices. Better known as life jackets.
Pilothouse: A small cabin on the deck of the ship that protects the steering wheel and the crewman steering.
Pennant - (Triangular flag) - A small flag; a pennon. The narrow or long pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission.
Pennant - a triangular flag
phosphorescence -- luminescence
Pinch - to sail as close as possible towards the wind
Pinching: See Feathering.
pitch -- plunging of a vessel fore and aft ...
You can't see the wind, but you can see what the wind does to flags, pennants, trees, smoke, your hair, etc. You can also feel the wind on your face. Check out the birds when they're perching - they always face into the wind.
The main moral here is that anchors WILL drag and mooring pennants WILL fail - so don't skimp on backing down boat to set anchor - use a 2nd anchor if the weather is not good - use plenty of scope and a heavy anchor.
There are 46 flags and 14 pennants which can be used to display a special predefined meaning, a letter or a number. A complete list of flags can be found at
US Navy Signal Flags . Some of the more common flags used are as follows: ...
BURGEE (of unknown origin), a small three-cornered or swallow-tailed flag or pennant used by yachts or merchant vessels; also a kind of small coal burnt in engine furnaces.
<< Burgdorf
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Any method of passing messages, such as visual or electronic morse code, code flag pennants and semaphore.
coil
To lay a line down in circular turns.
The officers' gangway or sea ladder is shipped on this side and this side of the quarterdeck is reserved for the captain. The flag or pennant of the ship's captain or senior officer in command is generally hoist on the starboard yard.
dip To salute or signal by means of hoisting and then lowering a flag or pennant [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] displacement tonnage The actual weight, in tons of 2240 pounds, ...
PENNANT - Emblematic flag.
PIER - A loading platform extending out from the shore.
PITCHPOLE - Capsize end over end.
PORT - The left side of a vessel, looking forward. A place in which a boat can find shelter. Also, an opening in the side of a vessel.
 See also: Boat, Point, Sailing, Bow, Wind
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