Common Everyday Used Boating Terms

Common Everyday Used Boating Terms

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If you are a sailor, there is a vocabulary of boating terms you should learn. Boaters just starting out often find the task of learning these terms quite the chore.

So prepared for you is a basic list, that if you are a boater, you should learn. This can help you tremendously in understanding the lingo used by seaman and boaters.

Alot of these terms pertain to specific types of boats or ships. However,knowing their meaning is still a task you should not shirk. You can take an online boating course obout boating safety and find all of these terms.

1- The Stern - The stern is in the rear of the boat or ship.

2- The Bow - The boats forward section.

3- Beam - Where the boat is the widest is called the beam.

4- Stem - The very most froward part of the boat (the front of the bow)

5- Navigation - Seaman term for traveling from one point to another, accomplished by charting the course before you start your voyage, and then following your plan.

6- Wake- When a ship or oat travels trhough the water it disturbes it, causing waves and a trail to form for a distance behind the boat.

7- Nautical Mile - A statute mile has a length of 5280 feet where as a nautical mile is an eighth longer measuring in at 6076 feet.

8- Man Overboard - When a crew or passenger falls off the ship, this is deemed an emergency and "Man Overboard" is called out to the entire ship in an effort to rescue the victim who fell into the water.

9- Navigation - To plan and direct through charts and instruments the movement of the boat from one point to another.

10- Deck - The floor on which the crew and passengers walk on.

11- Abaft - To go abaft would be to go toward the boats stern- behind.

12- Longitude - In the measurement of degrees east or west of Englands Meridian of Greenwich is called Longitude.

13- Flares - When a boat is in trouble, the use of emergency flares fired from a flare gun, is used as a distress signal; can usually show a boats location from miles at night.

14- Ground Tackle - Usually designates the anchor, its chain and assorted equipment that goes with it.

15- Aboard - If you are on the boat somewhere, you are aboard.

16- Ground Tackle - Seamans use this term for the Anchor and the equipment that goes with it.

17- Flood - Incoming water currents,usually from an unwanted opening, on a boat usually unless corrected, is a precurser to the boat sinking.

18- Overboard - If you fall off the boat, you are overboard.

19- Latitude - South or north distance from the Equator, measured by degrees.

20- Below - Often referred to the decks below the top deck or any lower deck of a ship or boat.

21- Galley - Where a crew member or passenger can go eat while onboard a boat. The food is prepared there as well by trained cooks, or maybe you or your wife?

22- Batten Down - When you close doors and water tight hatches, you are battening down. This also includes securing all lose objects and materials so they do not go flying about durring or a storm for example. Battening down can prevent a boat from sinking or people from getting hurt by falling or flailing objects.

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About the author: K.Thomas provides online boating info. Check out Safety Tips On Boating and Cheap Boat Supplies for great info.



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