stopper knot - A knot used in the end of a line to prevent the end from running through a block or other narrow space. Stopper knots prevent a line that slips from unthreading itself and getting lost.
Stopper
A mechanical device or knot used to keep a rope from running.
Stores
Supplies on a boat.
stopper - A rope or lashing used to prevent a rope or chain surging or slipping, as cable stopper, rigging stoppers. The latter is usually a short piece of rope put on as a kind of racking to prevent the rigging or its tackles rendering.
flopper-stopper, paravane
A device hung alonside in the water from a powerboat's outrigger, to limit rolling.
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stopper knot: any knot used to prevent a line from running out through a block or fair-lead. storm: a range of winds from 48 to 63 knots; the generic term for severe foul weather. stow: to put away or to store onboard.
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.
Figure Eight Knot - [image] - A stopper knot in the form of a figure eight, placed in the end of a line to prevent the line from passing through a grommet, block, or other fitting.
CHAIN STOPPER A device used to secure the chain cable when riding at anchor, thereby relieving the strain on the windlass, and also for securing the anchor in the housing position in the hawsepipe.
Figure Eight knot - A stopper knot for the end of the rope
fix -- the determined boat's position
Flake to- To lay a rope or chain upand down on the deck so the whole length is exposed.
The main hatchway lies amidships, accessed from a small central cockpit, with halyard winches and stoppers close to hand.
KICKER (also called a Vang): A device used to keep the boom from rising.
KNOT: 1) A measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour. 2) A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, ...
A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, to form a loop or a noose, to tie a small rope to an object, or to tie the ends of two small ropes together.
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KnotA measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour. A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, to form a loop or a noose, to tie a small rope to an object, ...
A set of parrel beads is formed from small balls, size depending on the application, threaded on a piece of small line and secured with a stopper knot at each end[2].
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There are several sorts of knots, which differ materially in form, size, and name, according to the uses for which they are designed; as, bowline-knot, buoy-rope- knot, diamond-knot, reef-knot, stopper-knot, &c. (See PI. I, figs.
stopper A short rope, device, or knot used to hold something in place temporarily or to check a rope from running storm anchor Heavier anchor carried for emergencies; ...
 See also: Boat, Deck, Forward, Hull, Wind
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