SPRING LINE: A pivot line used in docking, undocking, or to prevent the boat from moving forward or astern while made fast to a dock.
SPREADER: Small spars extending toward the sides from one or more places along the mast.
Springtime Boat Preparation
Spring brings the warm weather and the annual task of preparing your boat for another season of fun filled carefree boating.
Spring tide: The tide with the most variation in water level, occurring during new moons and full moons. This is the time of the highest high tide and the lowest low tide. The opposite of a neap tide.
spring line - Docking lines that help keep the boat from moving fore and aft while docked. The after bow spring line is attached near the bow and runs aft, where it is attached to the dock.
spring line
A docking line attached amidships to control fore and aft movement.
stand by
An order to crewmen to be ready, be prepared.
Spring lines
Docking lines that help keep a boat from moving fore and aft while docked.
Squall
A sudden intense wind storm of short duration, often accompanied by rain. Squalls often accompany an advancing cold front.
Spring A mooring rope to prevent a vessel moving fore and aft when tied up alongside a dock , e.g. after spring is attached to the stern of the vessel and led to a bollard on the dock forward of the vessel to prevent it moving astern.
spring a mast - To crack or splinter a mast.
spring her luff - To ease the weather tiller lines so that a vessel will luff to a free puff.
spring line - A standard dock line; a line used to control the fore/aft motion of a boat tied up.
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Bow Spring Line:
A bow pivot line used in docking and undocking, or a dock line leading aft from the bow to prevent the boat from moving forward while made fast to a dock or pier.
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Spring tides are especially high and come during the new and full moon; they have nothing to do with the season. Neap tides come at the quarter moon.
Spring tide
The tide when ranges between high and low water are greatest. It occurs near full and new moons.
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Spring Line - A line used to keep the boat from moving forward and aft when docked versus the breast lines which are at right angles to the boat Bow spring line starts at the bow while stern spring line starts at the stern ...
Next spring I will change the coolant. I will also change the impeller whether it needs it or not.
Remove spring lines, and man bow and stern lines, command "Stand by to cast off". Get engine started, and when running with choke off, call "Cast off bow!", "Cast off stern!", or "Cast off and shove off bow!" etc.
- Every spring, check the life vest for fit as well as wear and tear. Throw it away if you find air leakage, mildew, rot or rust.
After Bow Spring Line
A mooring line fixed to the bow of the boat and leading aft where it is attached to the dock. This prevents the boat from moving forward in its berth.
after bow spring line: A mooring line running aft from a point at or near the bow to shore to control forward and backward motion of a vessel in its berth.
Replace any spring latches with dead-bolt locks.
Install lugs in the hinge plates to prevent removal of the hinge pins.
Place dowels in the tracks of sliding windows or doors.
Consider installing an alarm system.
Backspring - A spring line from the stern of a boat to mid ships to stop forward movement
Backstaff - A navigation instrument used to measure the apparent height of a landmark whose actual height is known, such as the top of a lighthouse.
spring line: a long docking line rigged to limit a boat's fore-and-aft motion, usually run from a boat's stern to a point well forward, and from the bow well aft.
Forward Quarter Spring Line
A mooring line running forward from the stern of the boat. The forward quarter spring line prevents the boat from moving backward while moored. The after bow spring line does the opposite.
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- Bow, Stern, and Spring Lines — Most average sized boats can be moored using two groups of dock lines (4 dock lines).
A unit of length equaling 120 fathoms cam cleat A fitting that has interlocking teeth on springs (cam) instead of prong to secure a rope [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] can buoy A cylindrical black buoy with a flat top and marked with an ...
snubber -- a spring line tied from the boat to chain rode, usually near the water's surface. It helps disperse tension forces. It also prevents damage to the boat by ground tackle and can help in the retrieval of the ground tackle in heavy weather.
It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line,
Camber-The arch or slope deck , usually higher in the center so the water can drain off Also known as round of beam ...
Typical designs include a bronze or plastic hook with a spring-operated gate, or a strip of cloth webbing with a snap fastener.
Harbor - A harbor or harbour, or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored.
visits the coasts of some parts of Europe, Asia and North America at times in vast flocks; and, though in temperate climates a good many remain throughout the winter, these are nothing in proportion to those that arrive towards the end of spring, ...
At both full and new Moons, the Sun and Moon are aligned with the Earth and their gravity combines to create large daily fluctuations called spring tides.
Spreaders - Struts used to hold the shrouds away from the mast spring line.
Spring line - Docking lines that keep the boat from drifting Fore (forward) and (Aft) back while docked.
Or, use a spring line along with engine power to hold you against the dock while getting the rest of your lines on - an after bow spring, with the engine in forward gear and the rudder turned away from the dock, works beautifully, ...
It was thus the longest seam on the vessel and, not being flush as with other hull seams, the seam that was most prone to spring a leak. A sailor knocked down by a wave would find himself scuppered and lying between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Ark Royal operated with the carrier Glorious off Norway in the spring of 1940 and was part of Force H in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. She was torpedoed by U81 on 13 November 1941 off Gibraltar.
Secure one or two spring lines (unless you will be tied up only a few minutes and someone will be watching). In a real blow, use additional springs. Be sure to use a cleat hitch to secure the dock lines to dock cleats.
If you are just refueling or taking on water, a bow line, stern line and one spring line are enough. If you intend to stay longer, you will need 2 spring lines.
Well, that is about all there is to it! ...
Thus, when the owner returns to his yacht in the spring, he will find her sweet and clean and will never regret the few paltry dollars it has cost him to keep his floating summer home in seagoing condition.
Spring tide: High tide occurring after full and new moon.
Sprit: A spar that supports the peak of a four-cornered sail extending from the mast.
Spreaders: Arms extending from the mast supporting shrouds (supporting cables).
Tides with smaller range than spring tides two days after the fist and last quarters of the moon.
No-Go Zone
Area into which a boat can not go without tacking.
A mechanical cleat used to hold a line automatically. It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line, which is place between them. Also see jam cleat.
camber ...
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Parker, Sybil P., ed. 1989. "McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms." New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
NAVIGATION RULES - The regulations governing the movement of vessels in relation to each other, generally called steering and sailing rules.
NEAPED - When a vessel has got aground at the top of the spring tides and must await the next springs before ...
A backward rotation of the halyard winch spools caused by the spring tension of the wire that is wound on the spools.
Bail
Stainless steel strap made to form a loop.
Basic Boat Maintenance
Outboard Motor Care
Pre-Departure Checklist
Spring Start-up Checklist
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If kept suspended under athwart it can never be trodden on and burst, as it would be in any other place by a body of people hurriedly springing into a boat.
Wing dividers for transferring and scribing measurements. In the background are Lancashire pattern spring dividers with legs forged in one piece ...
Fifth Wheel
Circular or wheel-shaped bearing mechanism, secured on the rear of the chassis of a truck-tractor that engages the semi-trailer king pin with a spring lock device and supports the weight of the front end of the semi-trailer.
Springtides: Tides with the maximum difference between highest and lowest water level
Spritsail: An aft sail that is supported by a spar from the mast ...
Spring Line - line secured neat amidships and led ashore mostly
forward or aft, to keep a boat from surging ahead or astern.
SSB - Single Side Band Radio (often a new option on VHF radios ) ...
SPRING The deviation from a straight line or the amount of curvature of a sheer line, deck line, beam camber, etc., an elastic body or device which recovers its original shape when released after being distorted.
 See also: Boat, Sailing, Hull, Deck, Stern
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