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Oar

A long, wooden instrument with a flat blade

at one end, used for propelling a boat.

Outboard

(1) A propulsion unit for boats, attached at

the transom; includes motor, drive-shaft,

and propeller; fuel tank and battery may

be integral or installed separately in the

boat;

(2) Outside or away from a vessel’s hull;

opposite of inboard.

Outdrive

A propulsion system for boats, with an

inboard motor operating an exterior drive,

with driveshaft, gears, and propeller; also

called stern-drive and inboard/outboard.

Overall Length

The extreme length of a vessel, excluding

spars or rigging fittings. See LOA.

Painter

A rope attached to the bow of a boat for

making it fast.

PFD

Personal Flotation Device.

Pier

A structure, usually wood or masonry,

extending into the water, used as a landing

place for boats and ships.

Pile

A vertical wooden or concrete pole, driven

into the bottom; may be a support for a pier

or floats; also used for mooring.

Piling

A structure of piles.

Pitch

(1) The up and down movement as the bow

and stern rise and fall due to wave

action;

(2) The theoretical distance advanced by a

propeller in one revolution.

Planing Hull

Type of hull that is shaped to lift out of the

water at high speed and ride on the surface.

Port

The left side of a boat when you are facing

the bow, also a destination or harbor.

Privileged Vessel

Former term for the vessel with the right-of-

way.

Propeller

Wheel or screw. Mechanism that pushes

water aft to propel the boat.

Rigging

The general term for all lines(ropes) of a

vessel.

Roll

The sideward motion of a boat caused by

wind or waves.

Rules of the Road

The nautical traffic rules for preventing colli-

sions on the water.

Scope

The length of the anchor rope or chain. 6 to

1 scope means that the length of the

anchor rope from the boat to the anchor is 6

times the depth of the water.

Scupper

A hole allowing water to run off the deck.

Sea Anchor

A floating canvas cone, held open by wire

rings, with an opening in the smaller end,

and a rope bridle at the larger end attached

to a line leading to the vessel; used in

storm conditions to (a) keep the bow of the

boat to the wind, and (b) slow downwind

drift of the boat.

Sea Cock

A through-hull valve, a shut-off on a plumb-

ing or drain pipe between the vessel’s

interior and the sea.

Slip

(1) A berth for a boat between two piers or

floats;

(2) The percentage difference between the

theoretical and the actual distance that

a propeller advances when turning in

water under load.

Sole

The cabin or cockpit floor.

Spar Buoy

A channel marker that looks like a tall, slen-

der pole.

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