Shoreline
Where the land meets the water.
Shove off
To push a boat, as from a dock or from another boat.
Any shoreline where "Slow-No-Wake" signs have been erected by the Department;
Floats;
Docks;
Launching ramps;
Marked swimming areas;
Swimmers; or
Anchored, moored, or drifting vessels.
A bend in the shoreline. The part of a rope used for making knots.
bilge
The lowest part of the interior of the boat where water collects.
That area of the shoreline characterised by regularly spaced wave crests
Swell Waves ...
LEE SHORE: Shoreline downwind of a boat (to be avoided).
LEECH: The trailing edge of a sail.
LEEWARD: The direction away from the wind. Opposite of windward
LEEWAY: The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
bight: a loop in a rope-or-a bend in the shoreline. bilge: curved part of the hull beneath the waterline, inside or out a rounding of the hull along the length of the boat where the bottom meets the side the lowest part of a boat, ...
- 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.
It remains intact but there are no longer any connecting rails along the shoreline - once the province of the Belt Line Railroad, operated along The Embarcadero by the state of California in support of maritime traffic.
For example, limnologists have defined lakes as waterbodies which are simply a larger version of a pond, or which have wave action on the shoreline, or where wind induced turbulance plays a major role in mixing the water column.
But rowing square to the current we make it into the rocky shoreline where the tide is minimal and the scenery is maximized.
*While GPS systems will give you a location where satellites think you are, radar will pinpoint your accuracy completely, including if you are close to other vessels and any misjudged shorelines.
Major damage to lower floors of all structures located less than 15 ft above sea level and within 500 yards of the shoreline. Massive evacuation of residential areas on low ground within 5-10 miles (8-16 km) of the shoreline may be required.
More than 60% of drownings occur after the victim accidentally falls off a dock, shoreline or vessel into the water.
bight - An indentation in the shoreline; The middle area of a slack rope. The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.
A narrow opening in a shoreline that provides access to a harbor.
inshore, near shore
Coastal.
Man-made structure parallel to the shoreline; for loading, unloading, or making fast.
Whipping
Method of binding the end of a rope with small twine.
WharfA man-made structure bonding the edge of a dock and built along or at an angle to the shoreline, used for loading, unloading, or tying up vessels.
WinchA device used to increase hauling power when raising or trimming sails.
A small sheltered recessed area in the shoreline.
Cowls
Scoop like devices used to direct air into a boat.
Eddy Currents or Tidal Eddies - Counter current to main body of water flow along shoreline this happens on the inside portion of turning water ...
one port or place to another pay out To let out a line peak The highest point on a gaff-rigged sail peak halyard Rope which hoists a gaff-rigged sail pennant A triangular flag pier A structure that projects out from the shoreline, ...
In most cases the demarcation line follows the shoreline. Where it doesn't, the line is laid out as a series of straight lines connecting prominent points, such as lighthouses or the ends of jetties.
When hulls on old wooden ships needed to be cleaned, patched, caulked, etc., careening was the deliberate heeling to one side in order to accomplish these tasks. Usually this was done on a careenage -- a steep, sandy shoreline when the tide had gone ...
Kayakers should not travel far away from the shoreline and definitely avoid kayaking out into exposed open water. There, the danger increases a lot in a swell where the kayaks are hidden in troughs.
 See also: Shore, Boat, Sailing, Point, Course
  
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