TOPSIDES: The sides of the boat between the waterline and the deck. Can also mean going up on deck, as in ‘I’m going topside’.
TRANSOM: The stern cross-section of a square sterned boat.
topsides
The hull above the waterline. Also, everything above deck as opposed to below deck.
tow rating
Maximum weight a vehicle is rated to tow.
topsides - The sides of the hull above the waterline and below the deck.
tow - To pull a boat with another boat, such as a tugboat towing a barge.
trailing edge - The aft edge of a sail, more commonly called the lleech.
TopsidesThe sides of a vessel between the waterline and the deck; sometimes referring to onto or above the deck.
TransomThe stern cross-section of a square-sterned boat.
TrimFore and aft balance of a boat.
topsides - To be on/above deck, rather than below; the sides of a ship above the waterline.
top timbers - The upper parts of the framing of a vessel.
"Top your boom and sail large" - To leave in a hurry and sail off the wind.
Painting the Topsides
Where and when was your boat built? You might know the original colour.
The curve of the topsides toward the deck.
tuna tower
A high platform in a fishing boat from which spotters look for fish. A low platform is a marlin tower.
BULWARK - Extension of topsides above deck.
CAPSIZE - To turn over, upset.
CAST OFF - To let go a line, as to cast off a bow line.
CENTERBOARD - A board that is lowered through a slot in the keep to reduce leeway. ...
Also, topsides.
Act of Pardon / Act of Grace - A letter from a state or power authorising action by a privateer. Also see Letter of Marque.
Abaft - Toward the stern, relative to some object ("abaft the fore hatch") ...
Chine - The angle of intersection between the topsides and the bottom of a boat. In a hard-chined boat this angle is pronounced.
Chock - (1) A deck fitting to guide an anchor, mooring, towing or docking line.
which a rope runs sheepshank A knot used for temporarily shortening a line sheer The curve of the deck or gunwale as viewed from the side; see sheer strake and strake sheer off To bear away sheer strake The top plank of the topsides; ...
must be decked over to prevent them from being swamped and built of a suitable form to make them otherwise seaworthy; the height of the deck above water, or the freeboard, will be increased, and the sides carried up above the deck; these topsides ...
09, indicating a beamy boat, but the BWL has been pulled in and the topsides flared. The sections forward even show a hint of hollow in the area approaching the bow. Again, aft we see flared sections that appear to go hollow up near the sheer.
Bulwarks A vessel's topsides that extend above the deck.
Buoy A float, with distinguishing name, shape, color or light.
Riverboats are generally of shallow draft, being broad of beam and rather square in plan, with a low freeboard and high topsides.
This is the mixture used from time immemorial by the Dutch on the bottoms and topsides of their galliots, and it wears well and looks well, resisting the action of both fresh and salt water.
Topsides: The part of the hull between the water surface and the edge of the deck
Training run: Not quite a run, but about 10 degrees off the course of an actual run
Transom: The surface that makes the stern of a boat ...
strake.) an applied or thickened member at the rail, running at the rail, running the length of the boat; serves to protect the hull when alongside a pier or another boat a strip of wood, sometimes overlaid with metal, extending beyond the topsides ...
Topsides The sides of the hull above the waterline and below the deck. Transit The time steaming from port to the study site and vice versa. Under way A vessel in motion is under way.
 See also: Boat, Hull, Deck, Sail, Forward
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