Sink
1) To go to the bottom of the water. 2) To cause an object to go to the bottom of the water.
Skeg
Any flat protrusion on the outside of the hull that is used to support another object, such as the propeller shaft or rudder.
Founder - To sink below the surface of the water.
Freeboard - The vertical distance between the waterline and the top of the deck.
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founder
To sink.
four-cycle engine
A gasoline- or diesel-powered internal combustion engine that takes four cycles or strokes of the piston to complete its power phase. Also called four-stroke engine.
To deliberately sink a vessel by driving or opening holes in her bottom.
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founder - To sink; the going down of a ship.
fractional rig - A rig where the sloop's jib does not reach the top of its mast, but instead to a point 3/4~ 7/8ths, etc., of the way up the mast.
A leak in the sink or in the refrigeration system.
You should inspect the hull immediately since, a slow leak in the hull caused by a stress fracture is the most common cause of this problem.
Lay the Land - To cause the land to sink below horizon by sailing away from it.
Lay Up - To store a yacht away on land for the winter ...
To cut or bore holes in a boat to make her sink; 2. To sink a ship in order to prevent others from boarding or using her scuttlebutt Gossip sea anchor A drag, usually made of canvas, ...
To cut a hole in, or sink something.
Scuttlebutt - A barrel with a hole in used to hold water that sailors would drink from. Also: gossip.
Sea anchor - A stabilizer deployed in the water for heaving to in heavy weather.
When an anchor is lowered to the bottom, the drag on the cable causes one or more of the prongs, called flukes, to sink into or engage the ground which provides holding power. ANCHOR, BOWER The large anchors carried in the bow of a vessel.
scuttleTo cut holes or open ports to purposely let water in to make a boat sink. scuttlebuttGossip. So named after a water cask around which sailors used to gather and drink.
This design will sink an inch in the water for approximately every 1,300 pounds of weight you add, and if you assume at full loaded condition the boat will sink three inches, you end up with a loaded displacement of 22, ...
Cast the anchor overboard and allow the line to sink until the anchor touches bottom. Drop anchor at the bow of the boat to counterbalance most of the weight, which is in the stern.
Through hulls are used to expel waste water, such as from a sink, to let sea water in, such as for engine cooling, and to allow placement of sensors such as depth gauges.
Usually an ordinary fir planked boat will not sink if filled with water, the gunwale just showing above the surface ; if, however, she has ballast on board or other weight, she would sink.
Anchoring a small boat by the stern has caused many to capsize and sink. The transom is usually squared off and has less freeboard than the bow. In a current, the force of the water can pull the stern under.
A " log ship" or small board, ballasted to sink a few feet and remain normal to the direction of the pull, was attached to the end of a log line which was allowed to run freely out over the end of a spar during the trials.
Scuttle Deliberately sink a ship. A cask lashed in a convenient part of the ship to hold water for daily use.
Sheer The rise of a ship's deck towards the bow or stern from amidships.
head - Bathroom, or sink, shower, and toilet
helmsman - the person who is at the wheel steering the ship
hull - The body of a boat ...
In short; A term meaning death. Davey Jones was said to sink every ship he ever over took, and thus, the watery grave that awaited all who were sunk by him was given his name. To die at sea is to go to "Davey Jones's Locker". .
LOAD LINE - The line on a vessel indicating the maximum depth to which that vessel can sink when loaded with cargo. Also known as marks.
LOADED LEG - Subdivision of a ship's voyage during which the ship is carrying cargo.
LOF- Lloyds open form ...
The reason is that the chop on the water shakes the dinghy too roughly and the outboard could simply tear the wood transom of the dinghy and sink.
Scuttle - to deliberately sink a ship, especially to avoid capture by an enemy or if it is too damaged to repair.
You'll just glide for awhile before your skis sink beneath you. DO NOT SKI INTO THE DOCK, it could be a nasty accident that would ruin your day.
Life Raft: An inflatable craft into which the crew of a yacht transfers if the yacht intends to sink.
Beak:
Name given to the metal point or ram fixed on the bows of old war galleys and used to pierce the hulls, and thus sink or disable enemy ships.
seam that should they find themselves all washed up and beached (ashore without means) they might lament that there was the devil to pay and no hot pitch (heading for disaster) or that they were nearly on their beam ends (laid over and about to sink).
Once in the Windward passage between Cuba and Haiti I heard a small craft about to sink, calling with a portable VHF and which was totally unable to give a position to the closest USCG station, likely Guantanamo. RGE Range ...
 See also: Boat, Hull, Sail, Sailing, Aft
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