10 Terms
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General boating
Thole
Boat; General boating
Vertical wooden peg or pin inserted through the gunwale to form a fulcrum for oars when rowing. Used in place of a rowlock.
Stanchion
Boat; General boating
Vertical post near a deck's edge that supports life-lines. A timber fitted in between the frame heads on a wooden hull or a bracket on a steel vessel, approx one metre high, to support the bulwark ...
Capsize
Boat; General boating
When a ship or boat lists too far and rolls over, exposing the keel. On large vessels, this often results in the sinking of the ship.
Port tack
Boat; General boating
When sailing with the wind coming from the port side of the vessel. Must give way to boats on starboard tack.
Starboard tack
Boat; General boating
When sailing with the wind coming from the starboard side of the vessel. Has right of way over boats on port tack.
