Seamanship Definithons Flashcards
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accommodation ladder
the portable steps from the gangway down to the waterline
bight
formed by bringing the end of a rope around, near, to, or across it’s own part
bitts
a pair of vertical wooden or iron heads on board ship, used for securing mooring or towing lines. similar to dock bollards
bollards
an upright, wooden or iron post to which hawsers or morning lines may be secured, equivalent of a vessels mooring bitts used onshore
bullwarks
barrier of stiffened plating at the outboard edge of the main or upper deck to prevent or inhibit entry of the sea
capstan
steel warping drum rotating on a vertical axis for the handling of mooring lines and optionally anchor cable
chock
a heavy wooden or metal fitting secured on a dock with jaws used for the lead or the guide lines or cables
cleat
a fitting of wood or metal with horns used for securing lines
coil
to lay down lines in circular turns
companionway
a set of steps leading from a ships deck down to a cabin or lower deck
embark
going on board
fairlead
a ring mounted on a boat or ship to guide a rope keeping it clear of obstructions and preventing it from being cut or chafed
fake down
to fake line back and forth on deck
fantail
after deck over counter. the part of a a rounded stern which extends past the rearmost perpendicular
fiddley
raised platform above the engine room
forecastle
raised and enclosed forward superstructure section of the hull. a compartment where the crew lives
fore-deck
foremost section of exposed main deck
gangway
opening you walk through to get on the accommodation ladder
hawser
a large heavy rope used for towing or mooring
heaving line
a small line thrown to an approaching vessel or a dock as a messenger
kink
a twist in a rope
ladderway
vertical passage way the holds a ladder
lazzarette
a low headroom space below decks used for provisions or spare parts or miscellaneous storage. on smaller vessels may contain the steering gear
line
a general term for a light rope
messenger line
a light line used for hauling over a heavier hawser, rope or cable
mooring
securing to a dock or to a buoy, or anchoring with two anchors
mooring line
ropes used for securing a vessel to shore bollards
pad eyes
a metal eye permantly secured to a deck or bulkhead
painter
the contiguous bellowing in and bellowing out nature of the ships hull plating due to variable water pressure distribution caused as a result of waves
part
to break
pay out
to slack out a line made fast on board
piolts ladder
ladder used for piolt to get on board with
quarter deck
full width raised hull section and deck extending from the aft shoulder to the stern. the part of a ships upper deck near the stern traditionally reserved for officers
safe working load
certified load limit applied to lifting appliances and gear
secure
to make fast, safe, the completion of a drill or exercise on board ship
seize
to bind with small rope
slack
opposite of taut
slip
to let go by unshackling as a cable
splice
the joining of two ends of a rope or ropes by so intertwining the strands as but slightly to increase the diameter of the rope
standing part
that part of a line or fall which is secured
stopper
a short length of rope secured at one end and used in securing or checking a running rope
superstructure
general term for sections of a vessel constructed on and above the upper or main decks or a vessel
surge
to ease a line to prevent it from parting or pulling meanwhile holding the strain
transom
the fair surface forming the stern of a vessel
weather deck
uppermost hull deck exposed to the weather at all times
whipping
a method of preventing the ends of a line from unlaying or fraying by turns of small stuff, stout twine or seizing wire with the ends tucked
winch
geared rotary machine used for handling of lines wires etc
windless
winch designed for the rising and lowering of an anchor
bullrail
heavy rail on the dock which can have line attached to it
bitter end
the last part of a rope or last link in an anchor chain
