porthole - A port. A window in the side of a boat, usually round or with rounded corners. Sometimes portholes can be opened, sometimes they are fixed shut. Also see hatches.
pram - A type of dinghy with a flat bow.
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.
Deadlight Either a cover clamped over a porthole to protect it in heavy weather or a fixed light set into the deck or cabin roof to provide light below.
Dodger A screen, usually fabric, erected to protect the cockpit from spray and wind.
traveling CROW'S NEST a lookout or observation station high up on a mast CTD Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth profiler DEAD AHEAD directly in front of the vessel DECK nautical equivalent of floor DOG heavy latch by which doors, hatches, portholes, ...
A cover clamped over a porthole to protect it in heavy weather; 2. A fixed light set into the deck or cabin roof to provide light below; 3.
(2) - A porthole. A window in the side of a boat, usually round or with rounded corners. (3) A harbor.
Port Tack - Sailing with the wind coming from the port side, with the boom on the starboard side.
INSIDE CABIN: A cabin with no window, or porthole.
LOWER BERTH: Bed of a cabin located on the floor.
MANIFEST: A list, or invoice of a ship's passengers & crew.
MIDSHIPS: In, or towards the middle of the ship.
If she has hatches or skylights, lift them off; if portholes, unscrew them and give the wind a chance to blow all close impurities away.
Soon, however, the need of cove1 suggested portholes cut for the guns, just as in the ancient galleys they had been cut for the oars.
deadlight - A non-opening port or skylight; a small porthole in a cabin top or deck; a cover clamped over a porthole to protect it in heavy weather; a fixed light set into the deck or cabin roof to provide light below.
PILOT HOUSE: The enclosed area on the deck or bridge from which the vessel is controlled when underway.
PORT: The left-hand side of a vessel.
PORTHOLE: A small, usually circular opening in the side or cabin of the vessel.
The "windows" of a ship are called PORTHOLES, and entrance into compartments or tanks is gained through DOORS, HATCHWAYS, SCUTTLES, or MANHOLES. The "chimneys" are called STACKS or FUNNELS.
Blockage of exhaust outlets can cause carbon monoxide to accumulate in the cabin and cockpit area -even when hatches, windows, portholes, and doors are closed.
The boat we tested flaunted gleaming navy blue topsides set off by a red boottop and a stripe of white bottom showing above the water. Varnished teak brightwork framed her white, oval-portholed cabinhouse.
1) The left-hand side of a boat whenthe crew is facing the bow. When a sailboat is on the port track, the wind is coming over the port side. Compare with starboard. 2) A commercial harbor. 3) See porthole.
port captain
A harbormaster.
Dog:
(1) Heavy latch by which doors, hatches, portholes, etc., are secured; verb : to latch
(2) A mild friendly insult.
Portholes - Small Round Openings in the side of the boat to let both air and light in.
Port tack - Sailing with the wind coming from the port side, with the boom on the starboard side.
port: left side the left side of the boat, looking forward; also, a contraction for porthole. port tack: sailing with the wind coming from the port side, with the boom on the starboard side.
Porthole- an opening in a ship's side, esp. a round one for admitting light and air, fitted with thick glass and, often, a hinged metal cover, a window ...
Tightly secure a hatch or porthole.
Dog Watch-Half watches of two hours each, from 4 to 6 and from 6 to 8 P.M. to prevent a person from standing the same watch every day.
Wind instruments (vane and speed) and depth sounder. Depth sounder essential, wind instruments very helpful.
Bug screens on portholes, hatches and dorades. Let the air in, and keep the buggers out.
 See also: Deck, Bow, Forward, Point, Line
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