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Run aground

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 aground.
groundswell
Long waves that run almost continuously due to prevailing winds. Compare with swell.

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.

Brown brown, run aground, White white, you might, Green green, nice and clean, Blue blue, run right through.
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- 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.

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 ...

This also provides a measure of safety should the boat run aground-the force of impact will push the foil back into the centreboard trunk, rather than breaking it as might happen if the board were locked in place.

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.

Bar - A shoal of sand or mud on which you can run aground.
Beam - The width of a boat.
Bearing - The horizontal direction of an object with respect to an observer or the compass; a determination of position.

This can cause vessels to run aground in areas where earlier navigation may have been safe.
Tides also can affect docking to a fixed pier.
Tidal currents can be strong enough that some vessels are not able to make headway against the current.

This is a safety feature should the vessel collide or run aground. The outer hull provides some protection for cargo and bunker tanks, thereby reducing the chances of environmental pollution from cargo and bunker spills.

When a boat is stranded on the shore, or on the bottom of the body of water, it is said to have run aground.
Alee
Toward the opposite to the source of the wind side of a boat.

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Jettison
The act of intentionally throwing cargo overboard e.g. with the objective of lightening a vessel, which has run aground, such for the common good of all interests: vessel, crew and remaining cargo (see GA).

The depth of a boat, measured from the deepest point to the waterline. The water must be at least this depth or the boat will run aground. Also describes amount of curvature in a sail.
drag
The resistance to movement.

Make sure that you have good 'oilies' on board and, of course, do not forget sleeping bags. You may not intend to stay on board but, should you run aground, you could be spending a very cold night without one.

You can sail in just a few inches of water and not run aground if you pull up your centerboard. Current, on the other hand, is important to keep in mind.