SPRING LINE -Apivot line used in docking, undocking, the waterline or chine.
ortopreventtheboatfrommovingforwardorasternwhile
made fast to a dock.
UNDERWAY - Movement. Usually referring to a vessel
proceedingforward.
STARBOARD - Looking forward, the right side of a boat.
STARBOARD BEAM -The right-center of a boat.
V-BOTTOM -Ahull with the bottom section in the shape
of a “V.”
STARBOARDBOW-Whenfacingthebow,thefrontright V DRIVE - A drive system that has the output of the en-
side.
gine facing forward and coupled to a transmission. The
prop shaft is then coupled to the transmission.
STARBOARDQUARTER-Whenlookingforward,theright
rear section of the boat.
WAKE - Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves
behind it when moving across the water.
STEERAGEWAY - The lowest speed at which a vessel
can be controlled by the steering wheel.
WATER LINE -The line of the water on the hull when the
vessel is afloat.
STEM - The leading edge of a boat’s hull.
STERN - The back of a boat.
WATCH -A4 hour duty period while at sea.
WAVES - Waves are periodic disturbances of the sea’s
STRINGER -Afore and aft continuous member used to surface,causedbywind,seaquakes,andthegravitational
provide a vessel longitudinal strength.
pull of the moon and the sun.
STRUT -Apropeller shaft support that is below the hull.
SUMP -A pit or well into which water is drained.
WAVE GRADIENT-Awave’s slope or angle from trough
to crest with respect to the horizon.
WAVE HEIGHT - From the bottom of a wave’s trough to
SUPERSTRUCTURE-Deckhousesandotherstructures the top of the crest.
extending above the deck.
WEATHER DECK -Adeck with no overhead protection.
THWART-Aseat orbracerunninglaterallyacrossaboat.
THWARTSHIPS -At right angles to the centerline.
WET EXHAUST - This term refers to an exhaust system
where the cooling seawater is mixed with the exhaust
gases just after the riser. This mixture is then ejected
TILLER - A bar or handle for turning a boat’s rudder, or through the drive or ports located in the transom or hull
motor.
sides.
TOPSIDE - To go up to the top deck.
WHARF -Aman-made structure bounding the edge of a
dock and built along the shoreline.
TRANSOM - The stern cross-section of a square sterned
boat.
WHIPPING - The act of wrapping the end of a piece of
rope with small line, tape or plastic to prevent it from fray-
ing.
TRANSVERSE -Across the vessel; athwartships.
TRIM - Fore and aft balance of a boat.
WINDLASS - A device used to raise and lower the an-
chor.
TROUGH - 1.The valley that exists between waves. 2.A
trough is the opposite of a ridge in that it is an elongated WINDWARD -Toward the direction from which the wind
low-pressure area extending out from a low. A trough is coming.
normally indicates unsettled weather.
YAW - 1.To swing off course, as when due to the impact
TUMBLEHOME-Theoppositeofflare. Theshapeofthe of a following or quartering sea. 2. Any motion about a
hullasitmovesoutboardgoingdownfromthegunwaleto vertical axis.
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