General boating

General boating

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Yaw

Boat; General boating

A vessel's rotational motion about the vertical axis, causing the fore and aft ends to swing from side to side repetitively.

Give-way (vessel)

Boat; General boating

Where two vessels are approaching one another so as to involve a risk of collision, this is the vessel which is directed to keep out of the way of the other.

Weather deck

Boat; General boating

Whichever deck is that exposed to the weather - usually either the main deck or, in larger vessels, the upper deck.

Anchor light

Boat; General boating

White light displayed by a ship at anchor. Two such lights are displayed by a ship over 150 feet (46 m) in length.

Hogging

Boat; General boating

When the peak of a wave is amidships, causing the hull to bend so the ends of the keel are lower than the middle. The opposite of sagging.

Gybe

Boat; General boating

To change from one tack to the other away from the wind, with the stern of the vessel turning through the wind. (See also going about and wearing ship.)