Slip: a vessel's berth between two piers.
Slop tank: a tank in a tanker into which slops are pumped. These represent a residue of the ship's cargo of oil together with the water used to clean ...
slip
A boat berth between two piers or floats. Also, the slight loss of efficient power delivery as a propeller spins in the water.
sloop
A single-masted sailboat in which the mast is set forward of midships.
Slip
A space between two docks or piers where a boat can be moored.
Sloop
A style of sailboat characterized by a single mast with one mainsail and one foresail.
Slip- A mooring at dock.
Sloop- a boat with a single mast set forward.
Sound- To measure the depth of water by means of a lead line or echo sounder.
slip - A boat berth, located between piers or floats; the percentage difference between the theoretical and the actual difference that a propeller advances when turning in water under load.
Slip - A berth for a boat, usually between two piers.
Stand-on vessel - The boat that has the right of way in a crossing or overtaking situation; the privileged vessel.
slip
1) A vessel's berth between two piers or floats, for example in a marina. 2) Propeller slip, see propeller.
slip the anchor rode ...
SLIP - A vessel's berth between two piers.
SLIPWAY - Ramp sloping into water for supporting a ship.
SOFT CURRENCY - Currency which is not fully convertible to all currencies but only to some other soft currencies.
A'. Slip or Blake's stopper. F. Fairleads for wire hawsers.
E. Bitts. H. Hawse-pipes. C. Cable or Capstan-holders. S. Stopper-bolts.
C'. Centre line capstan. R. Rollers.
Look at the slip, how the wind is blowing and visualize in your mind what you'll do. If necessary go around to see how wind and current push your boat.
Leaving a Slip When backing out of a slip one must always compensate for prop-walk and the momentum of the sailboat. Unlike driving a car, a sailboat does not instantly change direction when the gears are shifted from reverse to forward.
leeway
To slip sideways downwind while moving forward.
lifeline
Safety lines on deck that are grabbed to prevent falling overboard.
side slip To slide sideways through the water side stay 1. Standing rigging, usually of wire, running from the mast to the sides of the boat forward and aft of the shrouds to support the mast; 2.
slip: a narrow berth for a boat, either at a pier or dock. sloop: a sailboat with a single mast that is stepped not more than one third of the way aft from the bow. A sloop usually carries only one headsail.
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Label
A slip of e.g. paper or metal attached to an object to indicate the nature, ownership, destination, contents and/or other particulars of the object.
Laden Vessel
See Loaden Vessel.
- Large Boat in a Slip — When any boat is moored for long periods of time in a slip, use the classical dock lines techniques already mentioned, but often dock lines are utilized on both the port and starboard sides of the boat.
Falls in Boat - Any slip, trip or fall on board or within the vessel resulting in injury or death.
Falls Overboard - Falls from the vessel with resulting injury or death.
Get to boat in plenty of time to get your boat out of the slip and anchored. Many members have stated to me that they just could not get down in time and now it was blowing to hard for them to leave their slip.
Technically the 400 will slip under the 65-foot fixed bridges on the Intracoastal Waterway, but you'll need nerves of steel and some flexible antennas.
More specifically, notice, in the diagrams which follow, that the boat approaches the dock much more to one side of the slip (the outside side of the turn) than if there were no wind.
During the 16th century some riggers began to attach stays by splicing or seizing only a small loop into the end of the stay then passing the rope's tail around the mast and back through the small loop, like a slip-knot.
snugly stowed away forward, and that his chain -- if his cable is of chain -- is properly shackled to the ring of the anchor, and that the inner end of the cable is fast to the heel of the mast by a lashing that can be cut if it is necessary to slip ...
Pick up your child by the shoulders of the PFD; the child's chin and ears won't slip through a proper fit.
- Head support for younger children. A well designed PFD will support the child's head when the child is in the water.
Raised bulwarks, extended stainless steel safety rails, moulded non-slip surfaces and teak decking ensure secure navigation around the boat, ...
Also, a boat slip. bilgeLowest section inside a boat's hull where water collects. bimini topA canvas cover over the helm or cockpit area. bittVertical post extending above the deck to secure docking lines.
A knot tied to make a loop that will neither slip or jam, and that can be undone after it has been subjected to tension.
Carrying forks
Front and rear mast forks used to carry mast for trailering ...
Surge To allow a rope to slip on a power windlass while it is revolving; to allow a rope under tension to slip while on a cleat or bollard.
Across, generally across the slip; as the thwarts or seats on which rowers sit
Ballast ...
One prolonged blast is a warning signal (for example, used when coming around a blind bend or exiting a slip).
Five (or more) short, rapid blasts are to signal danger or that you do not understand the other boater’s intentions ...
Vessels entering or leaving a slip, for instance, do not follow the steady course needed for Rule applications. Likewise, vessels proceeding stern-first are considered to be in special circumstances.
Bowline:
A knot use to form an eye or loop at the end of a rope. A knot with many uses, it is simple and strong, its loop will not slip, and it is easily untied after being exposed to a strain. also see Running Bowline.
Square Knot (also known as Reef Knot): The most common way to bind together two ends of rope to enclose an object. It can also be used to tie together two lines of equal size, but is known to slip if used on ropes of unequal diameter.
*To safely add wraps as soon as there is pressure, take the line in one hand and pass it around the winch two or three times allowing the line to ease through your hands as it goes. Don't ease enough to let the line slip on the drum.
Save Tip ...
The square knot is perhaps the most useful and common knot. Do not use the square knot to tie together lines of different sizes, as it will slip. The knot has one serious fault. It jams and is difficult to untie after being heavily stressed.
Slip: A ramp for launching a boat
Sloop: A boat with only one mast and sail
Sole: The floor in a cabin
Spar: A pole on a boat that is normally used to spread a sail or to support lines and wires ...
Slip Rope is to trice the bight of the cable i.F1to"tRe head, and is alliso employed in casting 8ff a vessel in a tid'e-way, .&c. Tiller Rope is the rope by which the tiller is wopk~d. (Explainecl! in Part 'III).
All too often a helpful person simply "wraps" the line around the cleat in a way that may slip off later. Learn to do it the right way yourself and you'll always know your boat will be there when you return.
Factors such as wind speed, current, keel size and weight greatly affect the ability of a sailboat to manoeuvre and point into the wind. Sailboats also tend to slip sideways to leeward and the Munin, by observing its wake, ...
A knot with many uses, it is simple and strong, its loop will not slip, and it is easily untied after being exposed to a strain. also see Running Bowline.
Bowse - To pull downward on a rope or fall in order to provide more tautness.
BUILDING SLIP An inclined launching berth where the ship is built. BULKHEAD A term applied to any one of the partition walls which subdivide the interior of a ship into compartments or rooms.
 See also: Boat, Stand, Point, After, Anchor
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