Tail shaft: the extreme section at the aft end of a ship's propeller shaft.
Tank barge: a river barge designed for the carriage of liquid bulk cargoes.
tail - 1 - The end of a line.
take in - 1 - To remove a sail.
tall buoy - Also called a Dan buoy. A float with a flag at the top of a pole. Used to mark a position such as for a race or a man overboard.
Tail Fin
An aerodynamic surface mounted vertically on the superstructure, near the transom, to improve directional stability; sometimes called the air rudder.
Tallow Dip ...
Tail
1) The end of a line. 2) A line attached to the end of a wire to make it easier to use. 3) To gather the unused end of a line neatly so that it does not become tangled.
Take in
1) To remove a sail. 2) To add a reef to a sail.
Tail: The bitter end of a sheet tailing out from a winch.
Tang: A metal fitting used to affix the stays to the mast.
tail on - An order to take hold of a rope and help haul.
tail tackle - A watch tackle; that is, a double and single block. The single block has a hook; the double block a rope tail, which can be hitched to ropes or parts of rigging.
tail
To pull on the end of a line that is under load. The tailer is the person who does the pulling. See winch.
take on, take aboard ...
sweat and tail
Sweat is the act of hauling a halyard to raise a sail or spar done by pulling all slack outward and then downward. Tail is controlling, coiling, and securing the runnning end of the halyard.
swell ...
cow's tail The frayed end of a rope crabbing 1. Making leeward; 2.
TAIL SHAFT The aft section of the shaft which receives the propeller. TANKS Compartments for liquids or gases. They may be formed by the ship's structure as double bottom tanks, peak tanks, deep tanks, etc.
Shaft alley: Covered tunnels within a ship through which the tail shafts pass.
Shake a leg: An order to make haste.
Shakedown cruise: A cruise of a new ship for the purpose of testing out all machinery, etc.
Scott Russell had repeatedly drawn attention to the unwisdom of constructing sailing vessels on the " cod's head and mackerel tail " plan, and had enunciated his wave-line theory, Mare built at Blackwall an entirely new type of vessel, ...
Handy billy: A loose block and tackle with a hook or tail on each end, which can be used wherever it is needed. Usually made up of one single and one double block.
Hand bomber: A ship using coal-fired boilers shoveled in by hand.
Tail: To pull on the tail of a sheet when winching
Tell-tales: Strips of some kind of fabric that are attached to sails to indicate the wind and right trim
Tender: Small boat that is used to transport passengers to bigger vessels ...
The 35s5 came in at the tail end of the IOR era. The hull form shows IOR earmarks.
Shin up the mast and make a tail block fast to the masthead as high as possible, reeving a gantline through it so that you may sit in a boatswain's chair or in a bowline while you survey the stick.
Aft - situated at or toward the stern or tail
Aground - A boat or ship with the bottom or hull against the ground
Aloft - At or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship (overhead or above) ...
Aft, sometimes also describes the direction of a movement within an aircraft; that is, towards the tail.
Example: "Let's go aft." It may also describe the back/tail location or region within an aircraft cabin. Example: "Aft cabin."
Local Guides ...
Something that serves to guide. [French, Ursa Minor (which contains the guiding star Polaris), from Latin cynosúra, from Greek kunosoura, dog's tail, Ursa Minor : kuon, kun-, dog + oura, tail.]. cy´no-sur¹al adjective ...
At anchor in an open roadstead, use cilia bags from jib-boom, or haul them out ahead of the vessel by means of an endless rope rove through a tail-block secured to the anchor chain (Fig. 80).
Too much tongue weight causes "tail dragging" of the towing vehicle. Too little tongue weight causes the trailer to sway.
Trailers should be equipped with two strong safety chains, securely connected to the towing vehicle.
Cheese Down:
To coil down the tail of a line on deck to present a neat appearance.
Using a sextant, the degrees the star is above the horizon will roughly equally the ship's position in latitude. The north star can be found at the tail of the Little Dipper or by following the line produced by the two stars on the cup of the Big ...
 See also: Boat, Forward, Deck, Sail, High
  
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