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Garboard

Plank on a ship's bottom next to the keel.

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garboard
Boat; General boating

The strake closest to the keel (from Dutch gaarboard).

garboard
Transportation; Boats & ships

Plank on a ship’s bottom next to the keel.

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Transportation; Nautical

the strake closest to the keel (from Dutch gaarboard).

garboard
Language; Dictionaries

One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake.

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Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

The strakes of outside plating next to the keel. These strakes act in conjunction with the keel and are usually thicker than the other bottom strakes.

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The planks immediately either side of the keel.

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Distance a boat can travel at cruising speed on a tank of fuel. Also, the distance to an object. Lastly, in intracoastal navigation, a set of two markers that, when lined up one ...

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