20 Terms
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General boating
Whipstaff
Boat; General boating
A vertical lever connected to a tiller, used for steering on larger ships before the development of the ship's wheel.
Lubber's line
Boat; General boating
A vertical line inside a compass case indicating the direction of the ship's head.
Knot
Boat; General boating
A unit of speed: 1 nautical mile (1.8520 km; 1.1508 mi) per hour. Originally speed was measured by paying out a line from the stern of a moving boat. The line had a knot every 47 feet 3 inches (14.40 ...
Bermudan rig
Boat; General boating
A triangular mainsail, without any upper spar, which is hoisted up the mast by a single halyard attached to the head of the sail. This configuration, introduced to Europe about 1920, allows the use ...
Stowaway
Boat; General boating
A trespasser on a ship; a person aboard a ship without permission and/or without payment, and usually boards undetected, remains hidden aboard, and jumps ship just before making port or reaching a ...
Frame
Boat; General boating
A transverse structural member which gives the hull strength and shape. Wooden frames may be sawn, bent or laminated into shape. Planking is then fastened to the frames. A bent frame is called a ...
