PAY OUT: To ease out a line, or let it run in a controlled manner.
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.
run aground - To take a boat into water that is too shallow for it to float in, i.e: the bottom of the boat is resting on the ground.
running backstay - Also known as runners. Adjustable staystays used to control tension on the mast.
Run: To sail downwind, or nearly so. The wind is coming over the stern.
Scull: To propel a boat using a single oar over the stern in a notch in the transom, moving the oar from side to side.
Sheerstrake: The topmost plank on a hull.
Run - To allow a line to feed freely.
Running Lights - Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.
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run - To allow a line to feed freely. The under part of a vessel aft defined by the buttock lines and water lines. To sail before the wind. To come down by the run is to lower or overhaul without warning, or suddenly.
Dummy run:
The naval name for a trial or practice in which all the motions are gone through but nothing else. The expression is therefore freely used in the navy to mean a rehearsal.
Run out the mainsheet as fast as you can without burning your hand, check that the newly lazy preventer runs free, tighten in and secure the newly working preventer.
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Run aground.
groundswell
Long waves that run almost continuously due to prevailing winds. Compare with swell.
Run - To allow a line to feed freely.
Running Backstay: Also runner, or preventive backstay. A stay that supports the mast from aft, usually from the quarter rather than the stern.
1 Run the engine in fresh water, ideally after every use in salt. If this is not possible, put a length of 3in (76mm) hose-pipe to the outlet hole and empty a gallon of water through the cylinder block to backflush the system.
To run before the wind in a storm.
Scull
A method of moving a boat by using a single oar at the stern.
If you run aground while close-hauled, let go the mainsheet, put the helm hard over and try to back her off with the jib, at the same time using a boathook or oar to try to shove her into deep water.
A line run forward from the boom to a secure fitting to prevent the boom from jibing accidentally when running. If the boat jibes anyway, this can cause the sail to become backwinded.
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Cut and Run -
If a captain of a smaller ship encountered a larger enemy vessel, he might decide that discretion is the better part of valor, and so he would order the crew to cut the lashings on all the sails and run away before the wind.
Engines run most happily and the longest at about three-quarters of the redline with a proper load on them, but this is just a rule of thumb. You need to take a look at how the engine drives the hull and the fuel economy.
A -To run a charter yacht, you are required to comply with Flag State regulations irrespective of where in the world you operate. To operate a US flagged yacht, you would need to be US Coastguard qualified such as a 50 ton or "6 pack".
scud
To run before the wind in bad weather.
scuppers
Gravity fed drain in a boat to allow water to drain out and overboard.
SHROUDS: Run from the top of the mast to the port (left) and starboard (right) side of the hull to give sideways support.
SLACK: Not fastened; loose; to loosen.
Brown brown, run aground, White white, you might, Green green, nice and clean, Blue blue, run right through.
Chart Scale ...
a boat's position by noting the course sailed, boat speed, and the distance covered dead men Neglected, old loose ends of a rope dead rope Line that is not led through a block or sheave [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] dead run A run ...
While at anchor run the engine under a light load at least once a day for an hour to charge the batteries. Turn on equipment which draw a heavy electric load at this time.
Boom: "A long spar run out from different places in the ship, to extend or boom out the foot of a particular sail; as jib-boom, flying jib-boom, studding-sail booms." (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk, 1867.) ...
Tackles are secured at the top of the frame through which the hoisting rope or cable is run. Sometimes called sheers.
Flake - (1) To lay a line out in coils so that it can run without fouling. (2) Folding a sail in layers on the boom.
Flame Arrester - A safety device used to prevent or stop unwanted flames.
most scientific work involving heavy gear is done FEND OFF to prevent touching, in coming or bringing alongside the ship FIX a vessel's position determined by navigation data FAIRLEAD a chock or hole, block or sheave, through which a line may be run ...
Dead reckoning - Determining your position by distance and course run
Displacement Hull - boat meant to move through the water,
not skim over it.
Draft - least depth of water needed to allow a boat to clear the bottom.
Upon seeing an unexpected three decker crest the horizon, a smaller British frigate captain might not like the cut of his jib and decide to cut and run, the crew cutting the lashings on all sails to run off before the wind at speed.
The former made the quickest run on record, up to 1852, from Sydney to London, accomplishing the distance in 83 days; and the latter made a round voyage from Melbourne to London and back from thence to Sandbridge Pier in 5 months and 27 days, ...
reach: sailing with the wind coming over the side, or abeam a course sailed between a beat and a run, with the wind coming more or less at right angles over a boat's side.
Mainly used to run the auxiliary engines/alternator which provide the electrical power. On many large ships it used in the main engine during the maneuvers (berthing/sailing).
rolled-edge skiffA fishing boat designed to run in coastal waters constructed of a simple, one-piece fiberglass hull without a top deck and characterized by rounded top edges without true gunwales.
haul around -- change from a run to a reach
hawse hole-A hole in the hull for mooring lines to run through.
Head-ship toilet 2Also the upper corner of a triangular sail.
Head to Wind - the bow turned into the wind, sails luffing ...
The principal entries are: courses steered; distance run; compass variations, sea and weather conditions; ship's position, principal headlands passed; names of lookouts, and any unusual position, principal headlands passed; names of lookouts, ...
RANGE - To range chain, is to get a certain quantity before the windlass so that, when the anchor is let go, it will run out to the bottom without a check.
REEFING - To reduce the area of a sail by rolling and tying up a portion of it.
haul around -- change from a run to a reach
head -- currently the bathroom aboard a boat
head (of a sail) -- upper corner of a sail
Head Down (Fall Off): To turn the boat away from the wind.
Dead Reckoning - The process of determining the position of a vessel at any instant by applying to the last well-determined position (point of departure or subsequent fix) the run that has since been made, ...
Run: A not-fixed line that is allowed to move
Running: Sailing on a direct downwind course
Running rigging: The sum of all lines and wires that control sails and that can be manually adjusted whilst sailing ...
- Houseboat Anchoring (Shore Lines) — Many captains will moor their houseboat to the shoreline using a set of 3/4' x 150 foot double braid nylon shore lines where the bow is run aground with the stern sticking out into the lake.
Lock the motor tilt lever (see figure 2.1, no. 9) in the "RUN" position, and the lift lever (see figure 2.1, no. 16) in the "LOCK" position;
Ensure that the drive selector (figure 2.1, no. 2) (also called a gear selector) is in Neutral; ...
Vang tension is vital off the wind to set up correctly and to prevent the boat from getting the death rolls particularly on the run. Flat off in strong winds and a lack of vang tension can often end up with a swim when the boat death rolls.
Enough electrical storage to light and cool the boat, plus run our basic electrical equipment without excessive recharging requirements. Easy way to tell the condition of the batteries (input, output, voltage, status)
Autopilot.
Paragraph (d) tells you what lights to display when you run aground. You are not considered to be "aground" for purposes of the navigation rules if you have intentionally moved your vessel against the bottom or bank of a river or other body of water ...
For the purpose of computing the periods of time set out in § 2305 of this title, the period shall run from the date of the commission of the prior or previous offense to the date of the commission of the charged offense.
Run engine for 15 minutes in water or with a flushing attachment to fill fuel lines and carburetors with treated fuel.
After adding stabilizer to portable tanks, run engine as above.
You may have started your sailing outing on a run, so you had no idea of the apparent-wind strength on a beat. Or the wind may have increased during the run.
A trimaran has three hulls which run parallel to one another with the middle hull often being shorter than the two outer hulls. There are very few trimarans available for charter.
Kedging
1) A method of pulling a boat out of shallow water when it has run aground. A dinghy is used to set an anchor, then the boat is pulled toward the anchor. Those steps are repeated until the boat is in deep enough water to float.
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a reach or a run) and another boat is within a two hull length circle around you (her hull lengths) and is either L or AS and steering a course to pass to leeward of you then you may not sail below a proper course.
Another category of cabin is "Run of Ship" Run of ship means that you may be issued any category within the ship. This guarantees a stateroom, but it does not guarantee any particular category.
Some boats have hiking straps that run along side of the center board trunk. By slipping your feet under the hiking strap you will be able to lean further out for maximizing your balancing power and will prevent you from falling out.
One way to prevent this problem is to run downwind with the sails on opposite sides of the boat to capture the wind on both sides. This is called sailing wing on wing and is shown in this photo.
Run-down; dilapidated. 3. Neglectful of duty or obligation; remiss. noun 1. Abandoned property, especially a ship abandoned at sea. 2. A homeless or jobless person; a vagrant. 3. Law. Land left dry by a permanent recession of the water line.
Not many know that it was invented in 1935 when Paul Sperry watched his Cocker Spaniel run, sure-footed, across Sperry's icy back yard.
Log: [1] A device for measuring distance run through the water; [2] a written record, usually in a book, of a vessel's course, speed, weather encountered, radio transmissions and receptions, as well as other details of navigation and maintenance.
Messenger Line run through a single block, used to carry an object, such as another line, aloft.
Midships Order to the helmsman to put the rudder fore and aft.
Miss stays To stay up in the wind when tacking.
Lines of Longitude commence at the North Pole and run to the South pole. They are all of equal length and are furthest apart at the Equator.
Broach: When a keelboat sailing on a run capsizes from a strong puff of wind or gets knocked down by a wave. Also called a Knockdown or a Wipeout.
Bulb: The lead-torpedo shape on the bottom of the keel.
When it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use it becomes line.
RUDDER - A vertical plate or board for steering a boat.
RUN - To allow a line to feed freely.
The rudder is turned to starboard (right) or port (left) to steer the boat.
Run
To allow a line to feed freely.
Running Lights
Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.
RODE - The anchor line and/or chain.
RUDDER - A vertical plate or board for steering a boat.
RUN - To allow a line to feed freely.
RUNNING LIGHTS - Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.
 See also: Boat, Sail, Deck, Sailing, Forward
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