Boats & ships

Boats & ships

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

Industry: Transportation

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Hard over

Transportation; Boats & ships

Turning the steering wheel or tiller all the way in one direction.

Flat-bottom boat

Transportation; Boats & ships

Type of boat or hull shape with very little or no deadrise.

Type of small, inshore saltwater fishing boat with moderate deadrise and draft, usually equipped with a raised platform aft used by a guide pushing a long pole to silently manoeuvre the boat through ...

Rudder

Transportation; Boats & ships

Underwater fin mounted below the hull near the stern that controls boat steering.

Burgee

Transportation; Boats & ships

Small flag that bears a yacht club's symbol.

Strakes

Transportation; Boats & ships

Small linear protrusions that run longitudinally on both sides of the keel to give a planing hull lift and lateral stability.

Zinc anodes

Transportation; Boats & ships

Small pieces of zinc that attach to metal boat and engine components to help protect them from corrosion due to electrolysis, an effect caused when dissimilar metals are placed in a saltwater ...