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Midterm Review Flashcards

1
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A relative term to describe location of one object in relation to another: in back of

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Abaft

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2
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The bearing of an object 90* from ahead

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Abeam

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3
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Portable steps from the gangway down to the waterline

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Accommodation ladder

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4
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At or towards the stern of a vessel

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Aft

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5
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1) Midpoint between port and starboard sides

2) Midpoint between forward and aft perpendiculars

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Amidships

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6
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1) Backward direction in the line of a vessel’s centerline (opposite of ahead)
2) Relative bearing of an object 180* from ahead (behind)

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Astern

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7
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At right angles to the fore- and aft-line of the vessel (sideways-across)

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Athwartships

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8
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Metal air-tight tanks built into a boat’s structure to insure flotation even when the boat is swamped

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Air tanks

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9
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Liquid or solid mass loaded by a vessel to improve stability and trim, to increase propeller immersion.

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Ballast tanks

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10
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1) Registered breadth of a vessel, measured at its greatest breadth
2) A transverse structural member supporting a deck and/or strengthening a hull

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Beam

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11
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Formed by bringing the end of a rope around, near to, or across its own part

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Bight

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12
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1) Intersection or curved transition of bottom and sides of a hull
2) Curved part of a ship’s hull where the side and the flat bottom meet
3) Lowest points within hull compartments where liquids may accumulate

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Bilge

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13
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Line of shell plating at the bilge between bottom and side plating

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Bilge strake

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14
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An order to stop or cease hauling

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Avast

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15
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1) A vertical structural partition dividing a vessel’s interior into various compartments for strength and safety purposes
2) Term applied to vertical partition walls (non-structural) subdividing the interior of a vessel into compartments

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Bulkhead

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16
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The forward-most transverse watertight bulkhead ranging from the bottom of the hull to the bulkhead deck to prevent flooding of compartments aft in the event of collision

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Collision bulkhead

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17
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Vertical transverse full-breadth plating between inner bottom and bottom shell plating

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Floor

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18
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Vertical structural component supporting and/or stiffening hull side plating and maintaining the transverse form

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Frame

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19
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Line of shell plating immediately adjacent to the keel (centerline) plating running fore and aft

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Garboard strake

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20
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1) Longitudinal continuous member with a vertical web providing support of deck beams
2) Longitudinal continuous vertical plating on the bottom of single- or double-bottomed vessels

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Girder

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21
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Bending or becoming bent convex upward along its length as a result either of the hull being supported in the middle and not at the ends (as in a heavy sea) or the vessel’s being loaded more heavily at the ends.

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Hogging

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22
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The main body or primary part providing global strength, buoyancy and hydrodynamic qualities of a vessel

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Hull

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23
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The timber or bar forming the backbone of the vessel and running from the stem to the stempost at the bottom of the ship

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Keel

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24
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A bracket connecting a deck beam and side frame

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Knee

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25
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Large hole cut in a structural member to reduce its weight

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Lightening hole

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26
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Small hole or slot cut in a structural member to permit the drainage of liquid

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Limber hole

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27
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A fore and aft strength member of a ship’s structure

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Longitudinal

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28
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Vertical column used to provide support to overhead deck structure

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Pillar

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29
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The stress a ship’s hull or keel is placed under when a wave is the same length as the ship and the ship is in the trough of two waves. This causes the ships hull to bend upward at the ends.

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Sagging

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30
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Upward longitudinal curvature of the upper deck

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Sheer

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31
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Continuous longitudinal line of hull plating

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Strake

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32
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The oscillatory vertical motion of a vessel forward and aft in a seaway

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Pitching

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33
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Transverse angular motion of a vessel

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Rolling

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34
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Longitudinal member used to provide support of web frames in the transverse framing system of hull side structure

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Stringer

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35
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A twisting down the ship’s length

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Torsional stress

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36
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1) Alignment perpendicular to the centerplane of a vessel

2) Deck beam

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Transverse

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37
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Capable of preventing the ingress of water under a head of water likely to occur in the intact or damaged condition

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Watertight

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38
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Intermediate deck within a cargo space above the lower hold and below the upper deck

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Tween deck

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39
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The main continuous deck or principal deck of a vessel

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Main deck

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40
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Marks punched into and painted on the sides of vessel to indicate allowed loading depths based on density of waters sailed in

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Plimsoll mark (load lines)

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41
Q

Steel warping drum rotating on a vertical axis for the handling of mooring lines and optionally anchor cable

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Capstan

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42
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A point from which the weight of a body or system may be considered to act.

Any uniform gravity it is the same as the center of mass

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Center of gravity

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43
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To wear the surface of a rope by rubbing against a solid object

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Chafe

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44
Q

To ease off gradually (go slower and move carefully)

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Check

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45
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A heavy wooden or metal fitting secured on a dock or on a deck, used for the lead or to guide lines or cables

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Chock

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46
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A fitting of wood or metal with horns, used for securing lines

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Cleat

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47
Q

To lay down line in circular turns

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Coil

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48
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Enclosed space, usually with water tight bulkheads, doors or hatches

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Compartment

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49
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Enclosed space, often water tight, intentionally left empty

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Void space

50
Q

A curved metal spar for handling a boat or other heavy objects

Radial or hinged or telescopic launch and recovery for installations survival craft

A

Davit

51
Q

Transverse inclination of the hull bottom from keel to bilge

Rise of floor

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Dead rise

52
Q

All inclusive mass or wait a vessel measured and tons and equal to the mass of water displaced

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Displacement

53
Q

The distance from the surface of the water to the ship’s keel

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Draft

54
Q

A ring mounted on a ship to guide a rope, keeping it clear of obstructions and preventing it from being cut or chafed

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Fairlead

55
Q

A single turn of rope when a rope is coiled downdown

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Fake

56
Q

After deck over counter. The parts of a rounded sternum which extends past the rear most perpendicular

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Fantail

57
Q

The parts of the vessel below decks at the stem

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Forepeak

58
Q

Foremost a section of exposed main deck

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Foredeck

59
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Two wards or at the four end of a vessel

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Forward

60
Q

Vertical measurement from the vessels side amidships from the surface of the water to the main deck or gunwale

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Freeboard

61
Q

An opening covered by a hinged plate in the lower part of the bulwarks of a ship to allow deck water to run overboard

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Freeing port

62
Q

The upper edge of a vessel or boats side

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Gunwale

63
Q

A small line thrown to an approaching vessel or dock as a Messenger

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Heaving line

64
Q

A lighter line used for hauling over a heavier hawser, line or cable

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Messenger

65
Q

The space below decks utilized for the stowage of cargo and stores

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Hold

66
Q

A relative direction towards the centerline of a ship

Towards the center

A

Inboard

67
Q

A ladder of rope with rungs, used over the side

A

Jacobs ladder

68
Q

A twist in a rope

A

Kink

69
Q

Occupational safety and health administration

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OSHA

70
Q

A metal iPod minute Lee secured to a deck or bulkhead

For mooring any blocks and tackle

A

Pad eye

71
Q

To slack out a line made fast on board

A

Pay out

72
Q

The portion of a vessel’s side near the stern

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Quarter

73
Q

The part of a ships upper deck near the Stern, traditionally reserved for officers

Raised hull section and deck extending from the after shoulder to the Stern

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Quarter deck

74
Q

Openings in the side of a ship to carry off water from the waterways or from the drains

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Scuppers

75
Q

To make fast,

Safe,

The completion of a drill or exercise on board a ship

A

Secure

76
Q

To bind with small rope

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Seize

77
Q

To let go by unshackling, as a cable

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Slip

78
Q

The parts of a rope hanging loose

The opposite of taut

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Slack

79
Q

The joining of two ends of a rope or ropes by so intertwining the strands

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Splice

80
Q

The state or ability of a vessel afloat to recover equilibrium of trim and heel at sea

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Stability

81
Q

Vertical structural supports of bulwarks and safety railings

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Stanchion

82
Q

The part of a line or fall which is secured

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Standing part

83
Q

The centerline apex area of the bow formed by curvature of plating or a solid bar section

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Stem

84
Q

A short length of rope secured at one end and used in securing or checking a running line

A

Stopper

85
Q

The flat surface forming the stern of a vessel

A horizontal beam reinforcing the stern of a vessel

A strengthening crossbar

A

Transom

86
Q

The longitudinal altitude of a vessel

The difference between forward and aft drafts

A

Trim

87
Q

In order to commence ships work

A

Turn to

88
Q

To handle a ship into or out of a dock by using spring lines and the engine

A

Warp

89
Q

The line painted on the side of the vessel at the waters edge to indicate the proper trim

A

Waterline

90
Q

Uppermost hull deck exposed to the weather at all times

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Weather deck

91
Q

Capable of preventing the ingress of water in any wind and wave conditions

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Weathertight

92
Q

And order meaning sufficient

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Well enough

93
Q

A method of preventing the ends of a wine from on laying or fraying by turns of small twine

A

Whipping

94
Q

A geared rotary machine used for handling of lines

A

Winch

95
Q

A winch designed for the raising and lowering of an anchor

A

Windlass

96
Q

Soft chine

A

Greater buoyancy

Rolls much easier

Shallower draft

More rounded bottom

97
Q

Hard chine

A

Typically deeper draft

Quick return on a roll

More pointed Keel

98
Q

Breast lines

A

90° from Center

For the purpose of keeping the boat from moving outward

99
Q

Spring lines

A

Leading forward or aft

To preevent forward and aft motion

100
Q

Offshore tie up lines

A

From the stern or around the bow

To preevent transverse motion

101
Q

Warping a boat

A

Using Lions to manipulate movement of the boat against the dock

102
Q

Tensile strength versus working load limit

A

Ex: A line with a 3500 pound tensile strength may have a working load limit of 10:1, or 350 pounds

103
Q

Numbering of mooring lines

A

Furthest forward line is line one, next line is line 2, and so on towards the after most Stern line

104
Q

A high degree of powdering between strands of synthetic mooring lines is a sign of _______.

A

Excessive wear

105
Q

Lines should be kept out of direct ______ when not in use

A

Sunlight

106
Q

A slice of synthetic fiber line should include:

___ full tucks
___ tapered tucks
Tails should be ___ line diameter
Tails should be ______

A

4
2
3x
Sealed

107
Q

When heaving lines of synthetic fiber with a winch or capstan, a ______ number of turns should be used to avoid friction

A

Minimum

108
Q

This line is twice as strong as manila of equal size

A

Nylon

109
Q

This synthetic line is more resistant to acids, oils and organic solvents than nylon

A

Polyester

110
Q

This floating line is cheap, light to handle, and has the same strength whether it is wet or dry

Warning: melting can be a problem

A

Polypropylene

111
Q

The purpose of the ______ is to allow the weight on a line to be transferred to bits or cleats when belaying up

A

Stopper

112
Q

For natural fiber line, use a ______ stopper

A

Natural fiber

113
Q

For a synthetic line, use a ______ stopper

A

Synthetic

114
Q

Except! Never use a _______ stopper on nylon line

A

Nylon

115
Q

A stopper should be…

A

Low stretch, with a high melting point

Flexible!

116
Q

This is used for making a temporary eye on the end of the line

A

Bowline

117
Q

A ______ stopper should be used on wire lines

A

Chain

118
Q

A raised platform or a walkway providing passage

A

Gangway

119
Q

If specialized rope ladder used by pilots and embarking and disembarking the bustle

A

Pilot’s ladder

120
Q

This kind of bitt can be used to control the checking or slacking of a line under tension without the rest of the line popping off the bitt

A

Cruciform bit

121
Q

Where might you often find an H bitt?

A

On the deck of a towing vessel

122
Q

The area traveled by a part of the line having a force enough to kill a person on its way is known as ______

A

Snap back Zone

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