Tracking
The function of maintaining status information, including current location, of cargo, cargo items, consignments or containers either full or empty.
Traction
The power to grip or hold to a surface while moving without slipping.
track
The path that a vessel is taking. A guide in the mast or other spar that accepts lugs to each sail. A rail to which a sliding car is attached for easy adjustment of the position of blocks and lines.
trade wind ...
track - Rigging fitting, composed of metal or plastic, used to control blocks, spars and other rigging; the vessel's path charted on a map.
Trade Wind - Winds that blow in one direction a considerable time ...
sail track - A slot into which the bolt rope or lugs in the luff of the sail are inserted to attach the sail. Most masts and roller reefing jibs use sail tracks. Systems with 2 tracks can allow for rapid sail changes.
Sail track
Groove that runs the length of the aft side of the mast and the top side of the boom. The boltrope, sewn to the luff and foot of the mainsail, is fed into the track to hold the sail to the mast and boom.
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Cross track error (XTE) - the distance from the vessel's present position to the closest point on a line between the origin and destination waypoints of the navigation leg being traveled.
Cuddy - A small shelter cabin in a boat.
track
1) A boat's course made good as drawn on a chart. See made good. 2) A boat that tracks well has good directional stability and holds her course without too much work by the steerer. 3) A length of metal on which jib leads, ...
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A track or groove in the back of the mast to which the sail is attached by means of lugs or the bolt rope.
master
The person in charge of a vessel. The captain.
A track (usually metal) with a fixture sliding on it. The fixture holds the main sheet (usually), and the sliding allows for changing angles of the sail.
Trimmer ...
Keep track of a position either by dead reckoning or with a GPS. Even in the easiest cruising grounds like the BVI's, ...
The genoa tracks are placed well inboard and the leads should be set up for load-bearing adjustment, essential for high headsail loads. The test boat was fitted with manual leads. The triple-spreader, keel-stepped mast is by Sparcraft.
Spray hood track
however, have now been transformed into power boats without the sacrifice of any of their essential qualities. The installation of power is effected by introducing a 25 H.P.
Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind it, when moving across the waters.
Waterline
The imaginary line drawn on the hull by the water's surface where a boat settles when loaded normally.
Wake - The track in the water of a moving boat; commonly used for the disturbance of the water (waves) resulting from the passage of the boat’s hull.
Wake - the track left by a ship in the water
Waterline - how high up the water reaches when the ship is in the water ...
track (TR): the path a boat actually travels over the bottom. transducer: the sending-receiving device of a depth finder that transmits pulses to the bottom, and then picks up the echoes.
The sailboat's Track or Course Made Good was recorded on a satellite navigational system and downloaded with the nautical maps onto a microcomputer for analysis.
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Wake - This is the track in the water made by the hull of a moving vessel. The size and disturbance of the resulting waves increase with the speed of the boat.
Typically found sliding on a metal track on the side deck (genoa sheet fairlead).
CAST OFF: To let go.
CATAMARAN: A twin-hulled boat, with hulls side by side.
CHAFE: Wearing through of a line, sail, etc. from rubbing.
Car - A sliding fitting that attaches to a track allowing for the adjustment of blocks or other devices attached to the car.
Caravel - Small trading vessel also used for exploration.
SAIL TRACKS A device fitted on the after side of a mast in which slides, secured to the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail, travel up and down the mast as the sail is hoisted or lowered; used in lieu of mast hoops.
Tools and material used for emergency repairs to sails including: sewing twine, needles, a palm, and beeswax sail slide A small metal or plastic fitting often used on the forward and lower edges of a mainsail or mizzen to attach it to a track ...
Sails: Storm trysail with separate mast track. For use in a storm, without having to remove the mainsail. Also, useful for stability while sailing downwind.
Dodger, splash cloths, and bimini.
Wake - Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind it, when moving thu the water
Water-line- The line made by the water's edge when a ship has her full proportion of stores, and crew on board.
Once you have detected and tracked another vessel in your vicinity, how do you judge whether risk of collision exists? What, in fact, is "risk of collision"? The Rules do not say.
CONTAINER- A van, flatrack, open top trailer or other similar trailer body on or into which cargo is loaded and transported without chassis aboard ocean vessels.
The hardware could include fairleads, blocks, block tracks, and cleats. For attachment, screws are used on wooden booms and screws or rivets on aluminum booms.
The forward half is tracked, and the after half is grooved to run upon it. Mr. Murray finds this arrangement most convenient, as it gives to the yacht such coolness and comfort as cannot be obtained in a cabin permanently roofed.
Block: A deck or track-mounted pulley device through which ropes such as jib and genoa sheets are strung.
Boom: A spar to which a sail's lower edge or "foot" is attached. The boom is attached to the mast at the gooseneck.
These versatile kayaks offer good stability and improved tracking and efficiency. Large open cockpits permit easy entry and exit, and allow you to stretch your legs as well as stow your gear.
The hull is rigid (which helps the boat track through the water) while inflatable pontoons are mounted to the sides of the dinghy and provide a nice soft cushion for one's posterior. R.I.B.
A slide which travels on a track.
Trim
The longitudinal balance of a boat. If either the bow or stern is depressed, the vessel is said to be down by the bow or down by the stern. Also, to adjust the set of a sail.
There was miles and miles of cordage in the rigging of a square rigged ship. The only way of keeping track of and knowing the function of all of these lines was to know where they were located. It took an experienced seaman to know the ropes.
Automatic pilot: an instrument designed to control automatically a vessel's steering gear so that it follows a pre-determined track through the water.
Awo: American waterway operators.
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Replace any spring latches with dead-bolt locks.
Install lugs in the hinge plates to prevent removal of the hinge pins.
Place dowels in the tracks of sliding windows or doors.
Consider installing an alarm system.
Make sure the mains'l sheed is uncoiled and free of its jam cleat before raising sail. Don't forget the battens. Unfurl sail, raise with halyard, feed toggles into mast track. Leave the sheet free until the sail is all the way up and belayed.
Offshore Sailing School offers these specially designed courses for those who want to master bareboat cruising or live aboard cruising. But, if you have not studied formally, you can take the school's unique fast-track instruction which combines a ...
Range Beacons:
A set of at least two markers placed a distance apart at various intervals permanently installed to form a transit and used to indicatea recommended track through dangerous or narrow waters.
If the main luff has slides, put them all on the mast track starting at the head of the sail. If the mast is grooved, you will have to feed the luff of the sail in the groove as it goes up.
Moulded spray rails roll water away to keep the boat dryer at higher speeds and to reduce frictional resistance, while a revolutionary curved chine and optimal deadrise at the transom ensure a softer ride and stable tracking in all sea conditions.
When peripheral vision, focus and depth perception are impaired by alcohol, it is difficult to correctly judge speed and distance, or track moving objects.
When a vessel moves backwards it is said to move astern; opposite to ahead.
AUTOMATIC PILOT - An instrument that controls automatically a vessel's steering gear to enable her to follow a pre-determined track through the water.
 See also: Boat, Aft, Forward, Hull, Deck
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