And remember: Always expect other boaters - especially in the heavily chartered areas - to do something not worthy of the best seamanship. So it is a good idea to take extra precautions to insure your crew safety as much as you can.
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seamanship - The ability of a person to motor or sail a vessel, including all aspects of its operation.
seamanship - The arts and skills of handling a vessel, including: anchoring, docking, maintenance, marlinespike work, repairs, rigging, sail handling and steering.
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All the arts and skills of boat handling, including maintenance and repairs, rigging, safety at sea, sail handling, steering...
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The art and science of handling a boat competently and safely in all conditions. A task performed capably is done in a seamanlike manner.
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Marlinespike Seamanship: Being Practical Instructions in the Art of Making the Splices, Knots and Bends in Ordinary Use
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Marlinespike seamanship is the art and practice of handling and working all kinds of rope. When "rope" is brought and used aboard a boat, it becomes known as "line".
- Practice good seamanship.
- Keep a sharp lookout.
- Maintain a safe speed and distance.
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The lookout requirement of Rule 5 relies heavily on common sense and good seamanship.
Marlinespike Seamanship.
Following is the various knots that are used commonly by sailors either for cruising, racing or just day sailing.
Some of these knots need lots of practicing to be able to tie them automatically.
An excellent literary resource is the latest edition of "Chapman Piloting Seamanship & Small Boat Handling". At Denver Rope we strive to offer the best custom boat lines made to your specifications.
Rousmaniere, John, The Annapolis Book of Seamanship Simon & Schuster, New York, New York.
Richard K. Hubbard, Boater's Bowditch: The Small Craft American Practical Navigator.
International Marine, Camden, Maine.
See Burney's Falconer's Dictionary (London, 1830), Torr's Ancient Ships (Cambridge, 1894); Nares, Seamanship (Portsmouth, 1882).
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1841/1851 - From "The Seaman's Friend: Containing a Treatise on Practical Seamanship, with Plates; A Dictionary of Sea Terms; Customs and Usages of the Merchant Service; Laws Relating to the Practical Duties of Master and Mariners.
by R. H.
(a) Any action taken to avoid collision shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, be positive, made in ample time and with due regard to the observance of good seamanship.
Outward Bound has used 30-foot double-enders designed by Cyrus Hamlin for years for the program that teaches seamanship and self-reliance. Rodger's design is not quite as salty as the Hamlin design but it should perform much better.
(2) A competition of skill and seamanship between yachts.
Rack - The operation of temporarily holding two lines together by seizing.
Radar - Radio Detection and Ranging.
Since IN is passing no farther from the mark than good seamanship would require, O does not leave IN enough room to properly "pass" the mark (which "passing" required her to gybe) and so breaks Rule 18.2(a) by failing to give IN enough "room.
MARLINESPIKE SEAMANSHIP - General knowledge of knots, bends, hitches, splices and care of rope.
NAUTICAL MILE - Unit of distance equal to 6076.1 feet.
OUTHAUL - Line or device used to tension the foot of a sail.
 See also: Boat, Sailing, Course, High, Light
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