Swells
In the winter, if a storm is established in the Northern Atlantic, a northerly swell sometimes develops all the way down to the Northern Caribbean and makes some anchorages uncomfortable, rolly, or downright dangerous.
Swell
Large smooth waves that do not break. Swells are formed by wind action over a long distance.
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swell - A large, long, non-cresting wave, usually met with after heavy winds have subsided.
ground swells - Swells that become shorter and steeper as they approach the shore due to shallow water.
ground tackle - The anchor and its rode or chain and any other gear used to make the boat fast.
Ground Swells:
(1) Long wave formations during calm or light air formed by waves running into shoaling water.
(2) A sudden swell or rise of water near the shore that often occurs in otherwise calm conditions.
SWELL-The waves that continue after the wind that created them has changed in direction or vanished.
SWING THE BOAT-To rotate the vessel to check the compass on known courses.
Swell Waves
Long waves formed by winds blowing over a distant area of ocean (fetch), that travel rapidly over the surface, having a uniform and orderly appearance characterised by regularly spaced wave crests.
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swell
Long, regular waves. Compare with groundswell.
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the swell caused by a boat passing through water
Whisker pole
a light spar which holds the jib out when sailing downwind ...
wake: the swell caused by a boat passing through water. warp: heavy rope used for towing. Move a boat by means of a warp heavier lines (rope or wire) used for mooring, anchoring and to wing.
Wake - the swell caused by a boat passing through water
Whistling Buoy - a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves.
Whisker pole - A light spar which holds the jib out when sailing downwind.
Wake - the swell caused by a boat passing through water
Warp Heavier lines (rope or wire) used for mooring, anchoring and towing. May also be used to indicate moving (warping) a boat into position by pulling on a warp.
upward displacing swells
heaving line
A light line used to be thrown ashore from which a larger rope can then be pulled.
Wind, currents and swell all effect the boat's movement, but let's ignore them for a moment and look at the simple mechanics of steering. The hull cuts through the water as it moves.
mainsail is inserted and thus bent [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] sail trim (set) The positioning and shape of the sails to the wind sampson post Strong post on a boat to which mooring lines are tied scend A boat lifting to a swell or ...
If, therefore, it is possible to obtain any one motion in the swell, any other motion due to a different phase relation between ship and wave slope can be at once determined.
Manila rope, of which both sheets and halyards should be made, has a habit of swelling when wet. It is generally rove on a dry day, and renders through blocks quite easily when in this condition.
We got onto open water, and the moderate northeaster started kicking up a chop on top of some residual swells from the previous day. The Dehler didn't mind at all.
*Learn to observe sea swells closely. Are they from an offshore storm? Are there white caps?
*Utilize a wind-angle indicator if you have one. If this information is translated to the cockpit, write it down in your log book.
Ground 1) A ship touching bottom is said to ground. 2) Ground swell is the long coastal swell.
Gunter A sliding gunter rig is when the gaff is hoisted vertically, reducing the necessity for a tall mast.
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. The dowel swells when wet and prevents water from ...
Rigging a preventer on a yacht's mainsail is often performed when the wind is behind the beam (i.e. when it's coming from more than 90° off the bow). It can also be useful at other times when there is more swell than wind, ...
On small yachts the spinnakers have a sail area of 500 to 720 square feet, on great racing yachts up to 3,600 sqft. Most of them are made of light synthetic stripes. There are even special spinnakers for calm winds which swell by the thermic of the ...
Surf: The breaking of the sea upon the shore.
Surge: A large, swelling wave. 2.To surge a rope or cable, is to slack it up suddenly where it renders round a pin, or round the windlass of a capstan.
Stern - after end of a vessel
Surf-The breaking of the sea upon the shore.
Surge-A large, swelling wave. 2.To surge a rope or cable, is to slack it up suddenly where it renders round a pin, or round the windlass of a capstan.
BOSS The curved, swelling portion of the ship's underwater hull around the propeller shaft. BOSS PLATE The plate that covers the boss. BOTTOM That portion of a vessel's shell between the keel and the lower turn of the bilge.
 See also: Boat, Wind, Line, Sailing, Right
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