Tiller
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TILLER: A bar or handle for turning a boat's rudder or an outboard motor.
TOERAIL: Raised ledge around the outer deck edge. It may be made of wood (traditional), aluminium, plastic, or some other compound.
tiller
A bar connected to the rudder and used to steer the boat.
tiller handle outboard
A small, outboard motor that uses a handle fitted with engine controls to steer instead of a steering wheel.
Tiller
An arm attached to the top of the rudder to steer a small boat. If the helmsman wants to steer to starboard, he pushes the tiller to port. Larger boats usually use a wheel instead of a tiller.
tiller bar
A device linking the two tillers of a catamaran
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tiller
A metal bar or wooden handle attached to the top of the rudder to steer a yacht. If, for example, the helmsman wants to steer to starboard, he/she pushes the tiller to port.
Tiller: The arm, or lever, used to control the angle of the rudder.
Transom: The transverse, roughly vertical, panel forming the after end of a boat's hull. Double-enders like canoes and peapods have no transom.
Tiller - controls the rudder and is used for steering
Topping lift - a line that holds up the boom when it is not being used, also the line that controls the height of a spinnaker pole ...
Tiller
A spar attached to the rudder by the rudder head, used to control the direction of the boat. Another possibility for steering mechanism is a steering wheel.
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Tiller - A bar or handle for turning a boat's rudder or an outboard motor.
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Underway - Vessel in motion, not moored or aground ...
Tiller keeper pin
Large brass cotter pin used to keep the tiller from slipping out of the rudder head accidentally. It is generally attached to the rudder head with a short line or wire.
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Tiller- A bar connected to the rudder for steering.
Topping lift- A line that attaches the boom to the mast and takes the strain off the mainsail while it is lowered or set. Also a device used with a spinnaker.
Tiller: Traditionally the piece of wood the helmsman holds to control the rudder. Now it can be made of aluminum, titanium or a composite material in order to save weight.
Top: The high end of the mast.
Tiller Lever for turning the rudder.
Tide rode Said of an anchored vessel that is lying to the tide rather than the wind.
Toggle A wooden pin with one end of a line seized to its middle to make fast to an eye.
tiller lines - The lines attached to the tiller to move it by. (See also "Tiller Ropes," which are a different thing.) Generally in yachts of 40 tons and over, a tackle is used.
Tiller Extension
Also hiking stick. An extension to the tiller allowing the helmsman to steer while hiking. Commonly found on racing boats, they can help improve visibility or stability.
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Tiller steering is available, although according to Papanek, the $4,500 dollar wheel-steering option is almost always chosen.
tiller
The rod that turns the rudder to steer the boat when there is no steering wheel. A tiller extension (hiking stick) is a hinged extension on the tiller that permits steering from off to one side.
Tiller
An attachment to the rudder used to turn the rudder.
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Tiller - Handle attached to the rudder, used to steer some boats
Tiller - Steering mechanism that controls the rudder
TnT - Power Trim n Tilt ...
The tiller or handle controlling the rudder. To "port the helm" is to put it to the left and send the vessel to starboard, while to "starboard the helm" is to put it to the right and send the vessel to the left.
Hold
The interior of a ship for cargo.
The tiller is a handle that connects to the rudder under the stern of the boat, which controls the direction of the boat.
HELM - A tiller or a wheel generally installed on the bridge or wheelhouse of a ship to turn the rudder during manoeuvering and navigation. It is in fact the steering wheel of the ship.
Push your tiller away from you as you go up and over the wave and pull your tiller towards you when going down the other side. This can gain you a lot of ground over a full race.
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emergancy tiller - A tiller that is designed to be used in the event that wheel steering fails.
The basics of tiller movement and how it relates to the direction of the boat is the starting point for many students.
TILLER A bar or handle for turning a boat rudder. The tiller for an external rudder on small sailboats is most often operated by hand.
tiller: the stick or tube attached to the top of a rudder and used to turn it. toe-rail: a low rail, often slotted, along the side of the boat. Slots allow drainage and the attachment of blocks.
Helm: A wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered.
HMS A prefix used before a vessel's name to denote that it is owned by the crown, or is His/Her Majesty's Ship.* ...
HELM: The wheel or tiller controlling a rudder or outboard motor; the place from which you steer a small boat.
HELMSPERSON: The person who steers the boat.
Hard Over - Turning the wheel or tiller as far as possible
Harden-up - To sail a boat closer to the wind - to steer closer to the wind, usually by pulling in on the sheets ...
A short line securing a reefed sail to a boom ease To loosen or let out ease in To go slowly ease off or foot To allow the boat to run slightly leeward of its most windward course ease the helm To permit the tiller to regress an ...
Hiking stick An extension of the tiller that enables the helms man to sir at a distance from it.
Inspection port A watertight covering, usually small, that may be removed so the interior of the hull can be inspected or water removed.
The tiller, which is perhaps derived from a provincial English name for the handle of a spade, has the same meaning as the helm. In the earliest times a single oar, at the stern, was used to row the vessel round.
Cooking in a small craft tossed like a cork on the waves is a confounded nuisance, but a hot meal tastes well after you have been stuck at the tiller for four or five hours in squally weather.
Tiller -A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances.
helm: the tiller or wheel, and surrounding area the device, usually a tiller or wheel attached or connected to the rudder, by which a boat is steered. helmsman: the member of the crew responsible for steering.
TILLER An arm attached to the rudder head for operating the rudder. TOE The edge of a flange on a bar.
hard overTurning the steering wheel or tiller all the way in one direction. hard-topA large fiberglass roof or platform over the helm area. hatchA deck opening. haulingTo lift a boat from the water.
Tiller: A control handle that is connected to the rudder with a universal link
Tiller bar: A device linking the two tillers of a catamaran
Topmast: An additional spar mounted on top of the main mast ...
Tiller: a wooden or metal steering arm attached directly do the rudderpost and used to turn the rudder.
Topsides: the sides of the hull between the waterline and the deck.
to perform scientific activities or ride out rough seas HELM wheel, tiller; the controls for a vessel's steering apparatus HOLD beneath-decks storage area HYDRO WIRE steel wire, ...
Tiller:-A bar or handle which fits into the head of the rudder usedfor turning a boat
Topgallent Sail- Sail above Topsail on Square Rigger
Topmast: - a second spar carried at the top of the fore or main mast,used to fly more sail.
HELM - The wheel or tiller controlling the rudder.
HELMSMAN - The person who steers the boat.
HIKING STICK - An extension of the tiller that enables the helms man to steer at a distance from it.
A tiller is a stick used to steer the boat from the cockpit.
Rigging is the adjustable lines and hardware used to control the sails.
Sheets move sails in and out while halyards move sails up and down.
Tiller:-A bar or handle which fits into the head of the rudder usedfor turning a boat
Topmast: - a second spar carried at the top of the fore or main mast,used to fly more sail.
Topping lift -- a line or wire for lifting the boom ...
The stern area has always been the location near the steering apparatus (rudder, tiller, ship's wheel, etc), and by extension became the domain of the ship's captain and other officers.
When moving forward, you can steer with either the engine handle, or with the tiller. Once underway, set the engine to the center and steer with the helm.
Turn and keep the wheel to starboard (or tiller to port).
#1. Short burst of forward thrust - Turns bow to starboard.
#2. Place in neutral for a short pause.
#3. Reverse thrust to generate prop-walk - Turns stern to port.
#4.
Unlock your wheel or unlash your tiller.
Turn it all the way to the other side (it was locked to starboard, so turn it all the way to port.) ...
12 Fine-tuning the revs: moving the tiller up increases the revs, and lowering the tiller decreases them.
13 A 1930s handbook advises time alone to learn the engine, so as to avoid embarrassment!
14 A Seagull should be wintered upright.
" (meaning you're pushing the tiller hard to the lee side, causing the boat to turn up and tack).
A cockpit on a sailboat is where your helm (steering wheel or tiller) is situated. This is a sunken well with seating, recessed into the main deck.
Helm - the wheel or tiller that controls the ship's rudder.
Hold - the cargo compartments of a ship.
Keel - the centerline bottom of the ship, running from bow to stern.
Helms-A-Lee: Verbal notification that the tiller has been put to leeward to cause the boat to come about. (tacking).
If you skipper your own craft, this comes quickly as you gain experience with it. If you take the wheel or tiller of a friend's boat, however, take it easy at first with helm changes, until you get the "feel" of the craft's response.
Rudders and centerboards always have swiveling tips so the dinghy can be landed. Rudders often are arranged so the tiller folds against the rudder to make a compact package.
HEAD: The nautical term for bathroom/WC. So called because on early sailing ships it was located at the head or bow of the vessel.
HELM: The steering wheel or tiller of the boat.
HULL: The body of the vessel.
HELM - The wheel or tiller controlling the rudder.
HITCH - A knot used to secure a rope to another object or to another rope, or to form a loop or a noose in a rope.
HOLD - A compartment below deck in a large vessel, used solely for carrying cargo.
A 1929 International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) proposed a few rule changes that were never ratified. The recommendation that the direction of a turn be referenced by the rudder rather than the direction of the helm or tiller was ...
 See also: Boat, Hull, Sailing, Deck, Sail
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