SCUPPERS: Drain holes on deck, in the toe rail, or in bulwarks or (with drain pipes) in the deck itself.
SEA ANCHOR: Any device used to reduce a boat's drift before the wind.
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Gravity fed drain in a boat to allow water to drain out and overboard.
scuttle
To cut holes or open ports to purposely let water in to make a boat sink.
scuppers - Drain holes and piping; may be located in the deck, toe rail or bulwarks.
scuttle - A round window in the side or deck of a boat that may be opened to admit light and air, and closed tightly when required.
Scuppers
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Slits in the cap rail at deck level so that water can be sloughed off the main deck as it accumulates.
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A cylinder used to carry rotating machine parts, such as pulleys and gears, to transmit power or motion. (back) ...
Scuppers - Drain holes above the waterline (found in the cockpit area)
Sea Anchor - A long line from the bow to a heavy fabric cone that is slightly submerged. Holds the bow into the wind and reduces drift up to 90%.
scuppers: overboard drain holes on deck. scuttle: a round window in the side or deck of a boat that may be opened to admit light and air, and closed tightly when required.
6" Bulwarks with scuppers. Good solid footing while walking around the deck, and good drainage in downpours or shipping green water.
8 strong through-bolted deck cleats. Strong attachments for docklines and anchor snubber. [Callipygia only had 6.] ...
The weather decks of ships are rounded up or arched in an athwartship direction for the purpose of draining any water that may fall on them to the sides of the ship where it can be led overboard through scuppers; ...
SCUPPERS Drains from decks to carry off accumulations of rain water or sea water. The scuppers are placed in the gutters or waterways on open decks and in corners of enclosed decks, and connect to pipes leading overboard.
Scuppers - Originally a series of pipes fitted through the ships side from inside the thicker deck waterway to the topside planking to drain water overboard, larger quantities drained through freeing ports, ...
Self-bailing cockpit - A watertight cockpit with scuppers, drains, or bailers that remove water. Self-tacking - Normally applied to a sail that requires no adjustment other than sheeting when boat is tacked ...
Scuppers: - holes through the ship sides which drain water at deck level over the side.
Scrimshaw - A sailors carving or etching on bones, teeth, tusks or shells ...
The devil seam was topmost in the hull, next to the scuppers (waterways or gutters) at the edge of the deck. It was thus the longest seam on the vessel and, not being flush as with other hull seams, the seam that was most prone to spring a leak.
the water touches the hull when a boat is loaded normally [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] waterlogged Swamped with water, but still afloat waterways Gutters along the edge of a boat's deck to aid in draining off water through the scuppers ...
Inspect and clear scuppers, garboard drain, other drains and bilge pump discharge.
Apply a coat of good quality marine wax.
Clean and polish all metal.
Clean and inspect canvas, covers and bimini top.
Scupper that - a term of derision meaning "that's BS." Scuppers are properly small openings at the edges of the deck which allow water to wash back over the side.
Then he started the pumps and also allowed a five-gallon can of fish oil to trickle into the water through the scuppers. The effect was almost miraculous.
There is internal ballast and the boat is designed to be self-bailing in the event of a knockdown, with the cockpit sole above the DWL and scuppers cut into the topsides.
 See also: Scupper, Anchor, Running, Hull, Top
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