Yacht

Yacht

Referring to any vessel used for private, non-commercial purposes.

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Boom

Boat; Yacht

1. The horizontal member in a sailing vessel's rigging that supports the foot of the sail. 2. A section of a davit or crane that positions the pick-point; articulates under load, potentially ...

Bilge

Boat; Yacht

The bilge is the compartment at the bottom of the hull of a ship or boat where water collects so that it may be pumped out of the vessel at a later time.

Beaufort scale

Boat; Yacht

The scale describing wind force devised by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort in 1808, in which winds are graded by the effect of their force (originally, the amount of sail that a fully rigged frigate ...