A boat has right of way when another boat is required to keep clear of her. However, some rules in Sections B and C limit the actions of a right-of-way boat.
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The progress of a boat. If a boat is moving it is considered to be "making way."
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"way enough!" - In rowing, an order given by the person steering a boat when being rowed alongside a vessel or causeway to direct the oarsmen to cease rowing with the stroke about to be completed, and lay in their oars.
One Way Pallet
See disposable pallet.
Note: The addition 'One Way' has nothing to do with the number of pallet sides in which the forks of e.g. a fork lift can enter, as opposed to the two and four way pallets.
Give-way Vessel: The vessel that does not have the right of way in a crossing or overtaking situation; the vessel that is burdened.
Global Positioning System: A worldwide radionavigation system of high accuracy using orbiting satellites.
give-way
To yield the right of way to another boat.
give way together ...
give way
Yield to other traffic.
GPS
Acronym for global positioning system, a satellite-based navigation system that uses trasmitted signals and mathematical triangulation to pinpoint location.
Give Way: Command to start rowing.
Go About: See come about.
Gunwale: A structural timber extending from bow to stern along the inside of the top plank; loosely speaking, the top edge of the hull of a boat. Pronounced "Gun'l".
Give-Way Vessel - A term used to describe the vessel that must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.
Ground Tackle - A collective term for the anchor and its associated gear.
Gunwale - The upper edge of a boat's sides.
Give-Way VesselA term, from the Navigational Rules, used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.
Under way
The Ensign Classic, like the original, has an easy motion in a seaway with a reluctance to pound even when sailing hard on the wind. Off the wind, the performance is surprising, and the 375-square-foot chute turbocharges the boat.
Carry way To continue to move through the water.
Carvel Edge to edge planking for a vessels hull.
Catenary The curve of an anchor cable as it lies between the anchor on the sea bottom and the vessel which lies to it.
Under way- Moving.
Union jack- A small flag representing the nationality of the boat.
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Vane- A weathercock, A wind direction indicator.
A way to examine a wire for frayed strands by rubbing it with a hand or rag.
blister
See fiberglass.
One way to prevent this problem is to run downwind with the sails on opposite sides of the boat to capture the wind on both sides. This is called sailing wing on wing and is shown in this photo.
The way is off my ship you may feel your way past.
See also: Signals.
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All way lost when attempting to tack. The boat is pointing into the wind with the sails flapping, but it will not pay off on to either tack by its own momentum and is temporarily out of control.
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One way to alleviate this is to use a copolymer. Comonomers such as CHDM or isophthalic acid lower the melting temperature and reduces the degree of crystallinity of PET (especially important when the material is used for bottle manufacturing).
Sit way out over the windward side. Hold on to the mainsheet or jibsheet and lean back to try to hold the boat flat. Expect to get a little wet, on warm days it's refreshing.
ONE WAY TO JUDGE THE MAGNITUDE of Beaufort's contribution to the Admiralty Chart is to compare it with the Beaufort Scale. I found the Beaufort Scale in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, but that's just where I happened to stumble across it.
The way a boats spars and sails are arranged.
Rigging
The system of all the wires and ropes.
Give-way vessels have one obligation--to stay out of the way of stand-on vessels. Stand-on vessels, however, have more complicated responsibilities, but their basic obligation is to hold their course and speed, or to "stand-on.
Give Way Vessel
The vessel that must yield to another vessel according to the navigation rules. Also known as the burdened vessel.
Global Positioning System ...
Give Way Vessel - Vessel that must change course or stop. Never cut across the bow of stand-on vessel ...
By the way, you thought moorings balls are secure and comfy? Check this picture of a mooring ball which snapped in the Spanish Virgin Islands this year! (pic. contributed by David Booth).
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Either way, here are the practical details you need to know:
If you want to sail in a direction 90° from the wind, you would haul the sail in until it's at about a 45° angle to the centreline and point the bow perpendicular to the wind.
By the way, The Practical Pilot is the best book I've ever read on the subject of pleasure-boat navigation.
In this way the hole saw will naturally create some return on the notch so that the sculling sweep will tend to be held in, and less inclined to jump out of the notch in the event of some vigorous sculling.
The proper way to fuel your boat is as follows:
Secure boat to the dock.
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Right of way
Vessels at sea do not actually have any 'right of way' - they are, correctly, in the position of being 'stand on vessel' or 'give way' vessel.
Dogwatch: A way the sailors changed places. Every 4 bells they switched places.
Dory: A small rowing vessel with a narrow, flat bottom and high sides curving outward.
Figurehead: A carved figure or bust on a ships prow.
Right-of-way
The right and duty to maintain course and speed.
Rode
The anchor line and/or chain.
Rope
In general, cordage as it is purchased at the store. When it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use it becomes line.
Rudder ...
When making way through the water, these vessels also display masthead, side and stern lights.
When at anchor these vessels also display anchor light ...
traveling in a way that could adversely affect the safety of people or property considering the weather, boat traffic, hazards or potential hazards, or the number of people around the boat ...
Action by give-way vessel
Every vessel which is directed to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, so far as possible, take early and substantial action to keep well clear.
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Make Way - Moving through the water.
Man the Yards - On square-rigged ships, a form of ceremonial salute to honor the visit of a high official.
One-Way Communication Protocol - A protocol established between a talker and a listener in which only the talker may send messages [compare to Two-Way Communication Protocol]. NMEA 0183 is a One-Way Communication Protocol.
Give-way vessel: The vessel that must take early and substantial action to avoid collision by stopping, slowing down, or changing course.
Rules: Powerboat vs. Powerboat Rules: Powerboat vs. Sailboat
MEETING HEAD-ON
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Pitch - the way the ship goes up and down over the waves in the water
Pitch - to have the bow alternately plunge precipitately down and rise abruptly up
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Making Way - A vessel being propelled by sail, machinery or oar.
Mainsheet - a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind.
In getting under way or in working up to anchorage in a crowded harbor or roadstead the yawl rig is one of the handiest known, ...
A flag hoisted half way up a flagpole. Also see "close up".
athwart, athwartships
Lying along the ship's width, at right angles to the vessels centerline.
Bilgeboards Similar to centerboards, and used to prevent lee way. Bilgeboards are located on either side of the centerline at the bilges.
Binnacle A support for the compass, raising it to a convenient position.
bare sailing Sailing with sheets too far in barging Forcing one's way illegally between the starting mark and boats to leeward [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] bark A three-masted sailing vessel, ...
beating: sailing against the wind by tacking (close hauled, on the wind): sailing toward the wind source, or against the wind, with the sails pulled in all the way, tacking as you go, to reach a destination upwind.
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Fairlead -a means of leading a rope in the most convenient way 2. a fitting used to change the direction of a line without chafing
Fall-The hauling part of the tackle to which power is applied.
Fake- One circle of a coil or rope.
I have to anchor my boat most of the time by my self so I find that the best way is to place each anchor at right angles to each other.
Sail: A kind of cloth that is arranged in a way to catch wind and transmit its power via a mast and rigs into a sailing vessel ...
When hoisted singly from a ship it means : "The way is off my ship." Racking Racking
Distorting of a ship's transverse shape through undue strain. This can now still happen with large bulkcarrier in bad weather.
Right-of-Way: A right-of-way boat has precedence over others on conflicting courses and has the right to maintain its course.
rip current -- as in tide rip; water disturbance created by conflicting current and wind ...
Boom Crutch - Support for the boom, holding it up and out of the way when the boat is anchored or moored. Unlike a gallows frame, a crutch is stowed when boat is
sailing.
dividing his time between the beach look-out and visits to the telephone at specified intervals to receive messages, the service telephone system being extended from station to station nearly throughout the service, with watch telephones at half-way ...
PRIVELEGED VESSEL: A vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rule, has right-of-way (this term has been superseded by the term "stand-on vessel").
through-hullA fitting or object that goes all the way through a hull. tillerA bar connected to the rudder and used to steer the boat.
The boat with the right of way is called the stand-on vessel and the one that must yield or alter its course is the give-way vessel.
CONTAINER SHIP- A ship constructed in such a way that she can easily stack containers near and on top of each other as well as on deck.
There is no doubt that this friction is the primary cause of wave formation, and if the whole water surface were covered with oil, possibly the wave formation would be reduced ; but this in no way accounts for the fact that the spreading of oil on a ...
Even if you have your own sailboat, a good way to learn more about sailing is to charter a boat. Chartering a boat is basically renting it. You can rent all types of boats and yachts that will give you new sailing experiences.
The ship's bell is rung in a certain way at sea to indicate the time every half hour.
 See also: Boat, Hull, Sailing, Sail, Aft
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