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SOLE: Cabin or saloon floor. Timber extensions on the bottom of the rudder. Also the molded fiberglass deck of a cockpit.
SOUNDING: A measurement of the depth of water.
SPINNAKER: A very large lightweight sail used when running or on a broad reach.

 


sole
The deck floor.
sonar
A method to locate objects and determine distance by transmitting sound waves through water and measuring the time it takes the echo to bounce back. Used in depth finders and fishfinders.

Sole - The floor of the cockpit or cabin.
Sounding - A measurement of the depth of water.
Spar - A pole or a beam.

Sole The floor of a cabin or cockpit.
Sound To measure the depth of water by lead line or electronic means.

sole - The cabin floor; the cockpit floor.
sooji - A composition of caustic soda and quicklime for cleaning off old paint, varnish, oil, grease and a good deal of skin.
Sound - Not decayed or rotten; free of shakes, splits, crushings ...

cabin sole --the bottom surface of the enclosed space under the deck of a boat
Can - a type of navigation buoy
canvas -- old slang term for sail. Originally sails were made of canvas.

Cabin Sole:
The floor or bottom surface of the enclosed space under the deck of a boat ...

cockpit sole - Sole floor - of the cockpit.
cockpit - The location from which the boat is steered, usually in the middle or the rear of the boat.

Sole (floor) of the cockpit.
Code
Any method of passing messages, such as visual or electronic morse code, code flag pennants and semaphore.

Sole - A boat's floor
Sound Bearings - Close eyes to determine direction of sound to obtain a rough bearing to a sound. Marker in desperate situation zig in and out of hearing range of breakers ...

Cockpit sole - The floor of the cockpit.
Companionway - A hatch or entrance from the deck to the cabin.
Current - The horizontal movement of water.

cabin A room on a boat used as living quarters cabin sole The bottom surface of the enclosed space under the deck of a boat cabin trunk A structure built up above the deck and providing headroom below cable 1.

Cabin sole: The floor of a cabin
California: A state of the US and a region in Mexico; the Gulf of California is among the most heavily used sailing destinations in the World ...

Sole: the floor of the cockpit or cabin. sou'wester: a wind coming from the southwest spar: pole, mast, or boom, etc.

SOLE Cabin or cockpit floor. SPAR Same as mast; usually applied to aluminum masts. SPEED-LENGTH RATIO A formula used to compare potential speeds of displacement or semi-displacement hulls; not used for full planing hulls.

BILGE: The part of the boat below the cabin sole, or floorboards, in which water can collect prior to pump out.
BILGE PUMP: An electric or manual pumping device to rid the bilge of any unwanted water. Having both is recommended.

The 'cockpit sole' appears to be about 20 inches below the side deck. The side deck looks to be about eight inches wide aft and broadens out to about 12 inches amidships, then tapers down to a constant six inches forward of the mast.

Cabin sole -the bottom surface of the enclosed space under the deck of a boat
Cable - The rope or chain made fast to the anchor. 2 .Nautical unit of distance, having a standard value of 1/10th of a nautical mile (608 ft.) or 100 fathoms.

The actual floor surface is called the sole, while the term floor refers to a structural member tying the ships frames or ribs together over the keel.

Non-navigable waters under sole-state jurisdiction are not included. The demarcation lines are set out in Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 80.

SOLE: The floor or deck of any enclosed portion of the vessel.
SPAR: Horizontal or vertical poles attached to the vessel for either support of the sails or accessories, etc. (see mast).
STARBOARD: The right-hand side of the vessel ...

The "floor" of a cabin is properly known as the sole but is more likely to be called the floor. (A floor is properly, a structural member which ties a frame to the keelson and keel.) The underside of a deck is the deck head.

Sail (only) - Any boat whose sole source of propulsion is the natural element (i.e., wind) or a boat designed or intended to be propelled primarily by sail, regardless of size or type.

" In 1887 the sole surviving owner of the cup, George L. S. Schuyler, attached to the trophy a deed of gift which sets forth the conditions under which all races for the cup must take place.

Do not forget that you will want to get ashore at the other end, so take a suitable dinghy with you unless you are absolutely certain of a marina berth or launch service. Most crew, even novice ones, leave rubber burn marks on the cabin sole in their ...

In particular, the mnemonics for navigation lights and the "rules of the road" are simplifications and summaries, and the prudent mariner should not rely on them as a sole source of information.

To do twice. To double a peninsula is to sail around it. To double up a line is to rig a backup line. In a double-bottomed boat, there is a watertight compartment between the bottom and the cockpit sole.
double-ender, double-ended ...

When a vessel is in danger, the master has the right to sacrifice property and/or to incur reasonable expenditure. Measures taken for the sole benefit of any particular interest are not considered general average.

Sole: - the inside deck of the ship.
Square Knot used for tying two ropes together.
Squall-A sudden violent blast of wind.

SOLE PLATE A plate fitted to the top of a foundation to which the base of a machine is bolted. Also a small plate fitted at the end of a stanchion.

Sole - a boat's floor.
Spar - a type of buoy.
Splash-well - The pan area just in front of the transom on
outboard boats that helps keep back-wash
from entering the cockpit area.
Spring Line - line secured neat amidships and led ashore mostly ...

Sole The floor of the cockpit or cabin.
Spar Poles: most often of wood, aluminum or carbon fiber, used as supports, such as the mast, boom, or spinnaker pole.

See also: Boat, Forward, Hull, Cockpit, Aft