Piloting
The act of guiding a vessel through a waterway.
Pinch
Steering a sailboat too close to the eye of the wind, causing the sails to flap.
Piloting
Navigation by use of visible references, the depth of the water, etc.
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piloting - Navigating a vessel by using visual reference points.
pintles - The metal hooks by which rudders are attached to the gudgeon sockets.
Pipe - To summon men to duty by a whistle from the boatswain's call.
Piloting, Seamanship, and Small Boat Handling, and instructional boating book first written in 1922 by Charles F. Chapman.
character boat
See traditional boat.
Chapman's Piloting by: Elbert S. Maloney
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Danger Angle: A piloting angle, in which on both chart and the water a measured angle between the directions to two points, such as buoys, landmarks or rocks, indicates to the mariner an unsafe limit for his/her vessel.
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SEAMANSHIP: All the arts and skills of boat handling, ranging from maintenance and repairs to piloting, sail handling, marlinespike work, and rigging.
SEAWORTHY: A boat or a boat's gear able to meet the usual sea conditions.
In general, true-motion (sea- or ground-stabilized) radars are preferred for navigation and piloting in confined waters as the position of the oberver's own ship moves in accordance with its own path.
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Ch 13 Navigation and piloting. Locks and drawbridges on the ICW. (Florida and South Carolina bridges on ch 9.) Commercial ship-to-ship. Good channel to monitor (along with 16) when entering or exiting a busy commercial port.
 See also: Pilot, Boat, Wind, Anchor, Point
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