PORT TACK: Wind across the port side.
POWER BOAT: A boat propelled by mechanical means.
PRIVELEGED VESSEL: A vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rule, has right-of-way (this term has been superseded by the term "stand-on vessel").
Port Tack: Wind across the port side.
Reaching: Sailing with the sail eased.
Reefing: Reducing the amount of sail area.
Port tack
A sailboat sailing on a tack with the wind coming over the port side and the boom on the starboard side of the boat. If two boats under sail are approaching, the one on port tack must give way to the boat on starboard tack.
Port Tack: Sailing with the wind coming over the port side of the boat.
Put the Helm Up: Move the tiller to windward.
Reach: To sail with the wind coming over the midships of the boat, often a boat's best and fastest point of sail.
Port tack - sailing with the wind coming from the port side, with the boom on the starboard side
Privileged vessel - the ship with the right of way
Reach - sailing with a beam wind ...
Port tack- When the wind comes over the port side of a boat, and the sails are on the starboard side.
Prevailing winds- Average wind direction for season and area.
Privileged vessel- Boat that has the right of way.
Port Tack: Sailing with the wind blowing onto the port side and the mainsail on the starboard side.
Port tack To sail with the wind on the port side.
Porthole Watertight window in the ships side or superstructure for ventilation and light.
RACON Beacon giving characteristic signal when triggered by ship's radar set.
port tack - A vessel sailing with the wind that is parallel and left to a
position finding - The process of determining the ship's position, in the water or on a chart.
pram - A dinghy with a squared shaped bow.
PORT TACK-Boat sailing with the wind coming over the portside.
QUARTER-The after part of a boat's side; that part of a craft which is within forty-five degrees from the stern, known as the port quarter or starboard quarter.
Vessel on port tack, allow leeway to the right.
In this connection it might be well to urge the young mariner against keeping his boat all a-shiver and bucking against a head sea, and all the while sagging off bodily to leeward.
A boat on a port tack must give way to one on a starboard tack.
When both boats are on the same tack (wind on the same side), the vessel to windward must give way to a leeward vessel (the one farthest from the wind).
Port Tack
When the wind comes from the left to the right, it blows over the port side of the boat.
Privileged Vessel ...
Starboard tack and port tack relate to which boat will have r-o-w under Rule 10 (On Opposite Tacks). Used in: Rules 10, 11, 18.1, 18.3, 19.1 and Clear Astern and Clear Ahead; Overlap.
- Basic ...
A course with the wind coming from the right or left side of the boat, such as starboard tack or port tack tack or tacking (verb) 1. Turning the boat so that the bow passes through the wind. 2.
The 12-volt fridge is front opening, convenient on port tack but tricky on starboard. There is plenty of counter space and forward facing double stainless sinks lean toward the centerline for good drainage. There are lockers above and below.
We were heeled over on the port tack, when suddenly black smoke came rushing up through the cabin house! I yelled for a crewmember to run below, find the fire extinguisher and put out whatever fire he found! ...
Tack: The direction of the wind on sails (port tack or starboard tack)
- the forward lower corner of a sail.
Top sail: A sail mounted above another, usually above the main.
Transom: The wide area at the very back of a boat spanning between its sides.
" In this case the "windward side," as defined in paragraph (b) would be the port side and the vessel would be said to be on the "port tack.
There are three sailboats pictured, two on a starboard tack and one on a port tack. The port tack sailboat ( #2 ) is the give-way vessel.
*If a large shift hits a boat on port tack, to respond and keep the sails full, the skipper has to fall off to the new heading. But, a lift is a helpful wind shift helping a boat head more directly toward the desired destination upwind.
You're travelling downwind on a port tack. You call out "Prepare to jibe," and turn your helm away from the wind. Depending on the size of your boat, you may have a crewmember release a preventer and sheet in the boom so you're running close-hauled.
The lower forward corner of a triangular sail. The direcftion that a boat is sailing with respect to the wind as in port tack or starboard tack. To change qa boat's direction, bringing the bow through the eye of the wind.
tack hook ...
Lift: Change in wind direction towards the stern of the boat. A header for a boat on port tack is a lift for a boat on starboard tack.
Luff: Forward edge of sail.
In sailboat racing, a tactic whereby a boat on starboard tack closely crosses the bow of another boat on port tack, then tacks and covers the second boat in a way that leaves her no escape.
slant ...
A sailboat sailing on a tack with the wind coming over the starboard side and the boom on the port side of the boat. If two boats under sail are approaching, the one on port tack must give way to the boat on starboard tack.
stateroom ...
For boats of equal priority (e.g. two sailboats) the one to the right has the right-of-way (a). For a head-on approach, a sailboat on the starboard tack has priority over a sailboat on the port tack. (b).
When she has the wind to starboard and the boom to port, she is on starboard tack. When she has the wind to port and the boom to starboard, she is on port tack.
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 See also: Boat, Wind, Point, Sailing, Line
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