Nautical Terminology Chapter 1 Flashcards
Displacement hull
Pushes water equal to the weight of the boat and the load. Uses less horsepower can handle heavier loads.
Planing hull
Lifts the hull out on top of the water, uses more horsepower and fuel but moves faster.
Bulkhead
Vertical partitions, like walls in a house
Galley
Kitchen on a boat
Head
Bathroom on a boat
Bilge
Lower interior areas of the hull of a vessel
Lazarette
Compartments in the stern of a vessel for storage
Porthole
An opening to allow light and air
Wake
The disturbed water that leaves astern as a result of its motion
Roll
The alternating motion of a boat, leaning alternatively from port to starboard
Pitch
The alternative rise and fall of the bow of a vessel proceeding through waves
Yaw
To swing or steer off course as running with a quartering sea
Pound
To take on head seas fast and to come down hard on successive waves
Pitchpole
A position where the vessel is inserted into the wave in front and the following sea lifts the stern and turns the vessel over the bow
Capsize
To turn over, to turn bottom side up
Founder
To sink or be in the process of sinking
Swamp
To fill with water not from a leak, but from water coming over the deck and gunwales
Keel
The major longitudinal member of a boats hull, running fore and aft at the hull bottom
Transom
The traverse part of the stern
Cleat
A deck fitting of metal or wood with outward angled arms on which mooring lines can be made fast
Stuffing box
Keeps the hull water tight where the rudder post and propeller shaft enter the hull
Amidships
Midway between the bow and stern
Transom
Th flat member across the stern where a flat motor may be mounted
Super structure
Th part of a boat above the main deck level
Ground tackle
The anchor, anchor rode, and all shackles and other gear used to attach it.
Hawsepipe
A pipe in a vessels hull through which the anchor rode runs
Rode
Line or chain or the combination of both connecting an anchor to a vessel
Scope
The ratio of the length of an anchor rode currently in use to the vertical distance from the bow chocks to the bottom of the water, depends on weather conditions and the bottom holding qualities of the sea floor below
