Stern
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Stern: the upright post or bar of the bow of a vessel.
Sternway: the reverse movement of a vessel.
Stevedore: individual or firm that employs longshoremen and who contracts to load or unload the ship.
Sternlight
This white light is seen from behind the vessel.
Masthead Light
This white light shines forward and to both sides and is required on all power-driven vessels.
Sternlight - 135º white light showing 67.5º from
right aft on each side
All-round light - 360º white light showing all around the horizon ...
Sterndrive - An inboard/outboard engine system, with the engine inside the hull connected to an external lower unit containing a propeller. Steering is achieved by turning the lower unit.
Struck by Boat - A person is struck by a boat.
Stern: If any vessel approaches this sector, maintain with caution, your course and speed.
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Stern: The back part of the boat, also called the 'after'. The transom is the flat end of the stern. The stern quarters are the back corners of the boat.
Stern - the rear end of a boat
Tender - the small boats that take you back and forth to the dock when the ship is anchored in the water just outside the port.
Tender - a ship employed to attend other ships (as to supply provisions) ...
stern
Aft portion of a boat.
stern drive
Propulsion system composed of an inboard engine connected to a steerable drive unit extending through a cut-out in the transom.
Stern Lights
Boats can also show stern lights to help identify them. These are only visible when you are behind the boat. Some stern light combinations include: Yellow over Yellow A pushy inland fellow ...
stern pulpit - Pushpit. A sturdy railing around the deck at the stern.
stiff - A boat that resists heeling.
stock - A crossbeam at the upper part of an anchor.
Stern - The after part of the boat.
Stow - To put an item in its proper place.
Swamp - To fill with water, but not settle to the bottom.
Stern- The after end of a boat.
Storm jib- A small, strong jib.
Storm sails- Small, strong sails for use in heavy weather.
Stern - the very rear of the ship or boat.
Yard - spars from which sails are hung on square-rigged ships.
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Stern line
A line running from the stern of the boat to a dock when moored.
Stiff
A boat that resists heeling.
Stern LineA docking line leading away from the stern.
StowTo pack or store away; especially, to pack in an orderly, compact manner.
SwampTo fill with water, but not settle to the bottom.
Stern: The rear of the boat.
Tack: a) The process of turning the bow of the yacht through the wind and changing the sides of the sails. b) The lower corner of a sail that is attached to the yacht.
Stern: The rear of the boat.
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Stern
The aftermost part of a vessel.
Stevedore
A party running a business of which the functions are loading, stowing and discharging vessels.
Stern: the bow or rear of the ship; an upright post or bar of the bow of a vessel.
Sternway: the reverse movement of a vessel.
Stowage: a marine term referring to loading freight into the ships' holds.
Stern Sheets The platform extending aft from the aftermost thwart.
Stern post The after continuation of the keel to which the planking at the after end is affixed, or in the case of boats with a transom, the transom.
stern post - The strong timber to which the rudder is hung.
stern sheets - The seat in the aft end of a boat. Sometimes the three-cornered bottom board aft in a boat is termed the stern sheet.
Sterncastle
{Toldilla}
Partial rear deck raised above the half deck.
Canoe Stern:
A pointed stern, such as those on a canoe.
Cant:
(1) A term signifying an inclination of an object from a perpendicular; to turn anything so that it does not stand perpendicularly or square to an object.
- Bow, Stern, and Spring Lines — Most average sized boats can be moored using two groups of dock lines (4 dock lines).
Stern lines coiled and ready to deploy freely.
The anchor person has to make sure the anchor chain is going to deploy freely, without snags. Not a good time to have one of those!
All fenders tied to the side and 1 or 2 at the stern.
Stern:The rear part of a ship.
Swinging from the Yardarm: A sailor under punishment would be lashed high on the mast. Due to the height, as the vessel rolled, the swing could easily be 50 to 75 feet depending upon the degree of roll.
STERN-The after part of a boat.
STIFF-A boat is said to be stiff when it is not easily heeled.
STORM SAILS-Small sails of heavy canvas for use in heavy weather.
STERN - The after part of the boat.
STERN LINE - A docking line leading from the stern.
STOW - To put an item in its proper place.
STERN LINE - A docking line leading from the stern.
STOP WATER - A soft wooden dowel that is inserted into a hole drilled athwart ship, inside the rabbit, (which is there to accept the front edge of planking), where the keel and stem are joined.
stern
The back (after) end of a boat, including the after underbody, the counter, the afterdeck, and the transom. If cut off flat across in a transom it is a transom stern, if pointed it is a canoe stern and the boat is a double-ender.
sternpost
stockless anchor
An anchor that is not secured to the rail at the bow of a ship, as stock anchors are, but is pulled up into the hawsepipes until the flukes meet the hull. (back) ...
Stern Line - A docking line leading from the stern.
Stow - To put an item in its proper place.
Strake: On wooden boats, a line of planking running from the bow to the stern along the hull.
Stern Lines - Docking line that often runs from the stern fitting farthest from the dock to further astern on the dock. This allows the boat movement with the tide
Stow - To put away ...
The stern area has always been the location near the steering apparatus (rudder, tiller, ship's wheel, etc), and by extension became the domain of the ship's captain and other officers.
For sternlights and masthead lights and at 22.5 degrees abaft the beam for sidelights, the minimum required intensities shall be maintained over the arc of the horizon up to 5 degrees within the limits of the sectors prescribed in Rule 21.
The stern cross-section of a square sterned boat.
Trim
Fore and aft balance of a boat. To set and adjust sails.
(c) "Sternlight" means a white light placed as nearly as practicable at the stern showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 135 degrees and so fixed as to show the light 67.5 degrees from right aft on each side of the vessel.
To the stern of the boat, aft of the beam.
On the Wind
Sailing close hauled. Sailing toward the wind as much as possible with the wind coming from the bow.
Near the stern, or behind the vessel
Athwart or thwart
Across, generally across the slip; as the thwarts or seats on which rowers sit ...
In the Eastern seas the Chinese sanpan is ubiquitous. Originally a small raft of three timbers with fore end upturned, it grew into a boat in very early times, and has given its name to a very large class of vessels.
A pointed stern, such as those on a canoe.
canvas
Tightely woven cloth used for sails, covers, dodgers and biminis. Typically made from cotton, hemp or linen. Modern sails are made out of synthetic materials generally known as sailcloth.
Toward the stern of a boat, or behind it.
Abeam
At right angles to the centreline of a boat.
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What makes a boat float
Position Statements ...
Angle between sternpost and vertical: 40º
Cosine of 40 (from nautical tables): 0.7660
As the cosine equals the adjacent divided by the hypotenuse: 0.7660 x 1.96 = the draught of Sigfrid ...
Canoe stern - A pointed stern, such as those on a canoe
Canvas -- slang for sail. Originally sails were made of canvas.
ASD AZIMUTH STERN DRIVE : A particular group of propellers that are able to rotate 360 degrees. Being located at the stern of the vessel, these propellers serve as a steering mechanism, so no separate rudder is required.
The forward most part of the bow.
Stern
The rear of the boat.
Stern Line
A docking line leading from the stern.
Stow
To put an item in its proper place.
Swamp
To fill with water, but not settle to the bottom.
The poop is the stern section of a ship. To be pooped is to be swamped by a high, following sea.
Buoyed Up -
Using a buoy to raise the bight of an anchor cable to prevent it from chafing on a rough bottom.
STARBOARD: The right-hand side of the vessel
STERN: 1) The portion of the hull farthest aft or towards the rear. 2) The demeanor of charter yacht captains that insures they won't be seeing any repeat business next year.
Looking from the stern in a direction toward the bow, the right-hand side of the ship is called STARBOARD, the left-hand side, PORT.
As you move your stern across the wind, the change of tack downwind will bring the boom swinging across the cockpit. This is when you must pay attention and duck as it crosses.
Rig bowlines and sternlines, pass bowline through the fairlead and aft outboard of the stays. Rig fenders on anticipated side. The command is: "Rig fenders for starboard-side-to", or "port-side-to".
Tie up the bow and stern lines first.
Adjust the height of the fenders so that they protect the hull but will not ride up on the dock with boat movement caused by waves or wakes.
stern: The stern is the rear end of the vessel, beginning on both sides where the planks arch inwards and ending where they close at the prow. The bow, on the other hand, is the forward end of the ship.
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Aft: Toward the stern of the boat.
Alee: Away from the direction of the wind. Opposite of windward.
Aloft: Above the deck of the boat.
ABAFT: Toward the rear (stern) of the boat. Behind.
ABEAM: A direction that is at exactly 90 degrees, or right angles from the side of the boat
ABOARD: On or within the boat.
ABOVE DECK: On the deck (not over it - see ALOFT) ...
Aft, After Toward the stern (rear) of the boat. Aground When a boat is in water too shallow for it to float in, i.e: the boat's bottom is resting on the ground.
Glossary of Sailing Terms Words in red are commonly used Animated knot tying click here Backstay: A wire support for the mast, usually running from the stern to the head of the mast.
 See also: Boat, Hull, Sailing, Deck, Forward
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