Yaw

yaw Swinging off course, usually in heavy seas. The bow moves toward one side of the intended course.

Yaw -- A vessel yaws when her head flies from one direction to the other; as, for instance, when her helmsman is unable to keep her steady on her course. Yawl -- A cutter-rigged vessel with a mizzenmast stepped in her counter. ADDENDA.

Yaw: To turn from side to side, usually unintentionally. Last iterated 001219 Camelot Home ...

YAW - To swing or steer off course, as when running with a quartering sea. Make BOATOhio.com your homepage! ...

Yaw: Fail to hold a straight course, side-to-side movement, which is typically caused by rough or confused sea conditions.

Yaw When the ship's head is swung by the action of the waves. Young flood The first movements in a flood tide. Powered by Microsoft Office Live Small Business ...

Yaw To swing off course; caused by the action of waves or bad steering. Yawl ...

Yaw: To steer wildly or out of line of course. Sources: Heroes in Dungarees: The Story of the American Merchant Marine in World War II, John Bunker, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1995 Mast Magazine, January 1944 ...

yaw To steer or swing off course (as when running with a quartering sea). yawl A rig for two-masted sailboats, in which there is a mainmast and a (smaller) mizzen mast, stepped aft of the rudder post. Z None at this time.

Yaw: An act of yawing; a movement of deviation from the direct course, as from bad steering; angular motion or displacement about a yawing axis.

Y... YAW - To swing off course, as when due to the impact of a following or quartering sea. YAWL - A two-masted sailboat with the small mizzen mast stepped abaft the rudder post. Z... There are no boating terms under this heading.

In practice, both aileron and rudder control input are used together to turn an aircraft, the ailerons imparting roll, the rudder imparting yaw, and also compensating for a phenomenon called adverse yaw.

yacht General term for a boat used solely for the personal pleasure of the owner pleasure yachtsmen Owners or operators of a yacht yard A horizontal spar from which a square sail is suspended yardarm The tapering end of a yard yaw or yawing To turn ...

As a point of terminology, there are three directions of rotation of a boat, Roll, Pitch, and Yaw.

yaw, yawing -- to turn from side to side in an uneven course zincs -- zinc plates attached to the hull to minimize electrolysis (and ultimate failure) of the metal in the rudder and other areas Cover Dedication Acknowledgements Prologue Contents ...

YARD In yachts with square sails - the spar on which the sail is suspended. YAW To swing off course, as when due to the impact of a following or quartering sea. YAWL A two-masted sailboat with the small mizzen mast stepped abaft the rudder post. Z ...

Y   Top YARN Fibers that are twisted together to form a rope. YAW A vessel which will not hold a steady course, but swings from side to side of it, is said to yaw. Z   Top Useful information page Glen-L Home Page ...

(1) A fore and aft rocking motion of a boat. Also see roll and yaw. (2) How much a propeller is curved. (3) A material used to seal cracks in wooden planks. Pitch Poled When a boat's stern is thrown over its bow.

wet locker, wetted surface, wharf, wheel, whip, whisker pole, whistle buoy, wide berth, winch, wind scoop, windage, windlass, windward, wing and wing, working sails, working sheet X yacht, yard, yard arm, yaw, yawl zenith, zephyr, zulu ...

X - xray Y - yankee YACHT - A pleasure vessel, a pleasure boat; in American usage the idea of size and luxury is conveyed, either sail or power. YAW - To swing or steer off course, as when running with a quartering sea.

Meet Her - When a vessel begins to fly to or run off the wind, to stop her doing so by the helm. Generally to check a vessel's tendency to yaw by using the helm.

WHARF - Manmade structure parallel to the shoreline for loading, unloading or making fast. WHIPPING - Method of binding the end of a rope with small twine. WINDWARD - The direction from which the wind is blowing. YAW - To swing off course, ...

Personally I think the individual who decided upon the weird spelling of yacht should be shact YAW side to side movement of the bow of the ship rick.chapman@jhuapl.edu © Rick Chapman, 1997, All Rights Reserved ...

See also: Course, Forward, Bow, Rudder, Boat