Tender

Yacht Tenders Designed for people on the move, getting to and from your yacht, your yacht tender is a very important piece if gear. For example the new Sea Eagle 8.

TENDER: A generally accepted term meaning a yacht’s dinghy. THROTTLE: A device to control a boats speed. THWART: A seat or brace running laterally across a boat. THWARTSHIPS: At right angles to the centreline of the boat.

Tender (1) A small boat used to ferry people and supplies between a larger boat and the shore. See dinghy. (2) Used to describe a boat that heels easily. Tenon ...

tender 1) Describes a boat that heels easily. 2) A small boat that carries crew and supplies to and from a larger boat. terminal fitting, rigging terminal ...

Tender - a small boat used to transport crew and equipment from shore to a larger boat Tiller - controls the rudder and is used for steering ...

tender A powerboat or dinghy used to transport supplies and passengers to and from a larger vessel. tiller ...

Tender: Each syndicate has a chase boat that serves a variety of functions. The tender tows the racing boat out to the course, and then follows the boat around the course.

Tender A small boat accompanying a yacht or other pleasure vessel, used to transport persons, gear, and supplies; sometimes called a dinghy. Throttle ...

TENDER - Refers to a dinghy or a lack of stability. THWART - A seat or brace running laterally across a boat. THWARTSHIPS - At right angles to the centerline of the boat.

TENDER - The offer of goods for transportation. TERRITORIAL WATERS - That portion of the sea up to a limited instance which is immediately adjacent to the shores of any country and over which the sovereignty and exclusive jurisdiction of that country ...

tender A dinghy; a small boat to transport people and supplies to a larger vessel. tensile strength The load at which a line (rope or chain) would break; it is measured in pounds "of pull". thimble A metal fitting used in rigging.

Tiller tender Piece of ¼" shock cord mounted under the aft deck at the back of the cockpit to hold the tiller at or near center. Toggle plate ...

drilling tender a ship serving drilling installations which are depending on a ship or barge for storage, accomodation, etc Search results: Click on the word(s) below to view the definition.

Sure, there was some initial tenderness and a lot of helm, but the fault was mine-we were definitely overcanvassed. Once we slapped a reef in the main and rolled in some headsail, things settled down.

tang A fitting, often of sheet metal, used to attach standing rigging to a spar, or to the hull telltales Short pieces of yarn, ribbon, thread, or tape attached to the sail and used to show the air flow over the sail tender, dinghy, or dink 1.

Tender - Heeling over too easily or inclined to when under sail. a small boat used to transport crew and equipment from shore to a larger boat. Tiller -A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering.

DAVIT - Device for lifting a tender onto a boat. Ship's small crane, especially for lowering boats. DEAD AHEAD - Directly ahead. DEAD ASTERN - Directly aft. DEAD RECKONING - Navigating ...

Tender: Small boat that is used to transport passengers to bigger vessels Texas: Not only desert, but among our favorite destinations for sailing with its access to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean ...

To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness: yearned over the poor child's fate. [Middle English yernen, from Old English geornan, giernan.] . yearn¹er noun . yearn¹ing-ly adverb Synonyms: yearn, long, pine, hanker, hunger, thirst.

Soak the rest all night in plenty of cold fresh water and in the morning you will find them plump and tender.

Launch To slide a vessel into the water. A small motor tender. Lay To go, i.e. lay aft or lay aloft, lay to ( i.e. heave to) lay up, lay a course. The twisting of strands in a rope. Lazy An extra such as a lazy painter, i.e. an extra painter.

A longboat is often used as a tender for a larger craft and used to transfer personnel between ships or ship to shore. Longboats also act as life boats in time of emergency.

A boat that heels easily is said to be tender (ultra light racers, small dagger and center board boats, dinghies), one that heels less easily is stiff (full keel boats, heavy cruisers).

Boiler emergency station.-- A station for a chief water tender from which he may proceed with minimum delay to any fireroom, boiler operating station, or boiler room from which trouble has been reported.

DINGHY - A small open boat. A dinghy is often used as a tender for a larger craft. DISPLACEMENT - The weight of water displaced by a floating vessel, thus, a boat's weight.

A small boat used to travel from a boat to shore, carrying people or supplies. Also known as a dink or tender. dismast The loss of a mast on a boat. Generally this also means the loss of some or all of the ability of the boat to sail.

For ships, a kedge may be dropped while a ship is underway, or carried out in a suitable direction by a tender or ship's boat to enable the ship to be winched off if aground or swung into a particular heading, ...

DINGHY-A small rowboat that sometimes is rigged with a sail.  Also called tender or dink. DOUSE-To take in or lower a sail. DRIFT-The leeway of a boat.

Dinghy: A small open boat often used as tender and lifeboat for a larger craft. Displacement: the volume of water measured buy its weight, that a boat displaces as it floats.

Once away from the mother ship, a handheld VHF is often the best form of communication for a tender.

Advance Arrangement An agreement between the shipper and the carrier, concerning contacts between those parties prior to tendering the consignment.

Fault of Other Person - Same as faults listed for operator, but attributed to persons such as guests, skiers, bridge tenders, etc.

A dinghy is often used as a tender for a larger craft. DISPLACEMENT - The weight of water displaced by a floating vessel, thus, a boat's weight.

Ample stability at large angles and good range is provided in such cases by high freeboard; but, apart from any considerations of safety, water ballast is used to lower the centre of gravity to a sufficient extent to avoid excessive tenderness.

Dinghy - A small open boat often used as tender and lifeboat for a larger craft; a small open boat, usually carried aboard a yacht for going ashore Dink - Nickname for a dinghy ...

See also: Boat, Sailing, Point, Deck, Hull