19 Terms
Contributors in General boating
General boating
Chafing gear
Boat; General boating
Material applied to a line or spar to prevent or reduce chafing. See Baggywrinkle.
Oakum
Boat; General boating
Material used for caulking hulls. Often hemp picked from old untwisted ropes.
Swinging the compass
Boat; General boating
Measuring the accuracy in a ship's magnetic compass so its readings can be adjusted - often by turning the ship and taking bearings on reference points.
Aloft
Boat; General boating
In the rigging of a sailing ship. Above the ship's uppermost solid structure; overhead or high above.
Body plan
Boat; General boating
In shipbuilding, an end elevation showing the contour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length.
