WARP: (noun) Another word for a heavy rope. Sometimes used for shore lines.
WATERLINE: A line painted on a hull which shows the point to which a boat sinks when it is properly trimmed (see BOOT TOP).
warp
Heavier lines (rope or wire) used for mooring, anchoring and towing. May also be used to indicate moving (warping) a boat into position by pulling on a warp.
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Warp: a dockline for a ship.
Windward: The side or direction from which the wind is coming. The windward side of a ship or boat is the one the wind blows onto.
Warp: Anchor line or mooring line
Weather shore: The shore if wind blows strongly offshore
Winch: A device that is used to pull in sheets
Windward: Towards the wind ...
Anchor Warp:
A hawser or line attached to an anchor.
Anchor Watch:
A member or members of the crew that keep watch and check to see whether the anchor is dragging and the the drift of the ship.
warp
A heavy towline or mooring line. To warp a boat in is to move her into a dock or slip by hauling on the docking lines.
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To warp is to move a vessel by lines.
Wash
The rush or sweeping of waves on a bank, shore, or vessel.
WARP Any variation from a true and plane surface. It includes bow, cup and twist and is often caused by irregular seasoning. WATERLINE LENGTH-Significance: One of the factors used to determine the speed potential of a displacement boat.
bow fast - A warp for holding the vessel by the bow.
bowing the sea - Meeting the sea bow on or end on, or nearly end on, as in close-hauled sailing. When the sea runs the with the wind.
WARP A light hawser or tow rope; to move a vessel along by means of lines or warps secured to some fixed object. WARDROOM A room or space on shipboard set aside for use of the officers for social purposes and also used as their mess or dining room.
A broad term for water-borne vehicles used without reference to size, particularly in laws and regulations relating to water traffic voyage Both outward and homeward passages wake A foamy swell caused by a boat passing through water warp ...
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Fishermen's Bend (PI. I, fig. 3). -Take a raund-turn with the end of a rope ar hawser through the ring of an anchar, or round a spar, &c., and a half-hitch through bo.
To kedge, is to warp a vessel along with hawser and kedge.
KEEL - The centerline of a boat running fore and aft; the backbone of a vessel. The very bottom of the hull, usually extended fore and aft to add stability to the boat.
Modern sails are designed such that the warp and the weft of the sailcloth are oriented parallel to the luff and foot of the sail.
The remaining length of warp should be synthetic.
Choice of chain and rope size is also difficult. As an example, for a 30ff sailing yacht, I would use 6 fathoms of 5/1 6in chain and 1ins or 2ins circum.
The mooring rope or anchor warp that is used on yachts and cruisers
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The room from which a ship is controlled. On a smaller boat this is usually not a room, is outside, and is known as a cockpit.
The painting must be done before the glue sets, as otherwise the canvas is apt to warp. Open cracks 1/8 inch wide were covered in this manner, and also cracks at the butts of the strakes.
warp -- move a boat by hauling on lines attached to docks or anchors
whip -- rope rove
whisker pole -- a spar used to hold out the clew of the jib when running
winch -- mechanical device for hauling in a line ...
 See also: Sailing, Point, Running, Mast, Anchor
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