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Boats & ships

Of or relating to transportation vessels that can travel over water.

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Boats & ships

Slip

Transportation; Boats & ships

A boat berth between two piers or floats. Also, the slight loss of efficient power delivery as a propeller spins in the water.

Planing hull

Transportation; Boats & ships

A boat hull designed to ride on top of the water rather than ploughing through it.

Jet boat

Transportation; Boats & ships

A boat powered by an engine with a water-pump used to create propulsion.

VHF

Transportation; Boats & ships

Very high frequency; a bandwidth designation commonly used by marine radios.

Following sea

Transportation; Boats & ships

Wave pattern running in the same direction as the boat.

Head seas

Transportation; Boats & ships

Waves coming from the direction a boat is heading.

Ballast

Transportation; Boats & ships

Heavy substances loaded by a vessel to improve stability, trim, sea-keeping and to increase the immersion at the propeller. In the days of sail rocks and sand were used. Modern ships use seawater ...

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