Prop Walk
The sideways effect of the propeller on the stern.
Protest Signal ...
Prop Wash - The intersection of water, behind the boat, initially displaced by hull movement through the water ...
Feathering Prop:
A propeller that can have the pitch of its blade changed to reduce drag when not in use.
Feed the fish:
What a pirate did when someone was thrown into the sea, dead or alive.
screw - The prop; the propeller.
score - A groove to receive a rope or strop, ...
Anti-ventilation plate - The horizontal plate just above the prop
(Sometimes called the anti-cavitation plate )
Amidships - near the middle of a boat.
Aqua-Dynamics- no such word (courtesy of Brian Espy)
Astern - behind the boat; to the rear.
Make sure that you pull up any extra anchor line so that there is no chance that it will be caught in the prop. This is the reason that you put out the first fifty feet of scope.
(See DEEP VEE, BOTTOM SHAPE) V-DRIVE A gear box that reverses the direction of the drive train to allow the use of a standard prop shaft and prop with a rear mounted motor. See drawing below.
The prop shaft exits the hull through a nacelle just forward of a small skeg that fairs into the spade rudder. Draft is 8 feet, 2 inches. The bow looks to be on the fine side for a cruiser and I would suspect this boat would perform well on the wind.
However, one must be careful in retrieving the line to not foul the prop (wrap the line around a spinning propeller).
BOOM CRUTCH (OR CRADLE OR CROTCH)-A prop that lifts the boom off the deck and holds it secure when it is not in use.
BOW-Forward part of a boat.
BROACH-A vessel broaches when it swings broadside to the wind and waves when running free.
ROPE CUTTER: 1. A tool used to cut rope. 2. A device attached to the prop shaft which cuts through ropes, plastic bags, nets, and other materials that may get tangled in the prop.
RUDDER: A vertical plate or board for steering a boat.
Lower the swim ladder, and help them aboard. Keep your boat downwind of the PIW! Once he/she has grabbed the life ring, TURN OFF THE ENGINE! If you accidentally engage the prop, you could get someone's leg in the prop! ...
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I decided not to use the small outboard motor because in my one other kedging experience I had fouled the prop of the outboard and even when it was operational found that I could track better with the oars.
When leaving a mooring, the most important thing is to avoid accidentally running over the pennant or pickup buoy and fouling the prop or rudder.
Check prop for dings and bends.
Check steering and control cables or power steering system and fluid.
Check power trim and tilt system and fluid.
Add a quality fuel stabilizer to the fuel tank.
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 See also: Hull, Boat, Deck, Draft, Forward
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