tholes - Pins fitted into the holes in rowlocks for oars to work in. Now replaced by a pintled horn.
porthole - A port. A window in the side of a boat, usually round or with rounded corners. Sometimes portholes can be opened, sometimes they are fixed shut. Also see hatches.
pram - A type of dinghy with a flat bow.
Porthole Watertight window in the ships side or superstructure for ventilation and light.
RACON Beacon giving characteristic signal when triggered by ship's radar set.
PILOT HOUSE: The enclosed area on the deck or bridge from which the vessel is controlled when underway.
PORT: The left-hand side of a vessel.
PORTHOLE: A small, usually circular opening in the side or cabin of the vessel.
Porthole- an opening in a ship's side, esp. a round one for admitting light and air, fitted with thick glass and, often, a hinged metal cover, a window ...
See THOLE. OFFSETS Measurements supplied by a designer for the builder in order to lay down the lines of the hull. Glen-L patterns eliminate the need for a table of offsets.
Deadlight Either a cover clamped over a porthole to protect it in heavy weather or a fixed light set into the deck or cabin roof to provide light below.
Dodger A screen, usually fabric, erected to protect the cockpit from spray and wind.
A cover clamped over a porthole to protect it in heavy weather; 2. A fixed light set into the deck or cabin roof to provide light below; 3.
(2) - A porthole. A window in the side of a boat, usually round or with rounded corners. (3) A harbor.
Port Tack - Sailing with the wind coming from the port side, with the boom on the starboard side.
TEST HEAD The head or height of a column of water which will give a prescribed pressure on the vertical or horizontal sides of a compartment or tank in order to test its tightness or strength or both, THOLES The pins in the gunwale of a boat which ...
INSIDE CABIN: A cabin with no window, or porthole.
LOWER BERTH: Bed of a cabin located on the floor.
MANIFEST: A list, or invoice of a ship's passengers & crew.
MIDSHIPS: In, or towards the middle of the ship.
1) The left-hand side of a boat whenthe crew is facing the bow. When a sailboat is on the port track, the wind is coming over the port side. Compare with starboard. 2) A commercial harbor. 3) See porthole.
port captain
A harbormaster.
port: left side the left side of the boat, looking forward; also, a contraction for porthole. port tack: sailing with the wind coming from the port side, with the boom on the starboard side.
Tightly secure a hatch or porthole.
Dog Watch-Half watches of two hours each, from 4 to 6 and from 6 to 8 P.M. to prevent a person from standing the same watch every day.
 See also: Ship, Deck, Bow, Point, Sailing
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