2000 Four Winns Vista 238 258 278 Owners Manual

REEF -Ashallow underwater barrier
STARBOARD - Looking forward, the right side of a boat
REEVE -To pass a line through a block or other opening.  STARBOARD BEAM -The right-center of a boat.
RIDGES-Highpressurefingersextendingoutfromahigh.          STARBOARDBOW-Whenfacingthebow,thefrontright
side.
RODE - The anchor line or chain.
STARBOARDQUARTER-Whenlookingforward,theright
RUNNINGLIGHTS-Lightsrequiredtobeshownonboats          rear section of the boat.
underway between sundown and sunup.
STEERAGEWAY - The lowest speed at which a vessel
RUDDER -Avertical plate for steering a boat.
can be controlled by the steering wheel.
SALON - The main social cabin on a vessel, usually the   STEM - The leading edge of a boat’s hull.
largest area, occasionally referred to as the deckhouse.
STERN - The back of a boat.
SCREW -Apropeller.
STRINGER -Afore and aft continuous member used to
SCUPPER - A drain from the edge  of a deck that dis-     provide a vessel longitudinal strength.
chargesoverboard.
SUMP - A pit or well into which water is drained.
SEACOCK - A positive action shut-off valve connected
directly to the hull seawater intake and discharge piping.  SUPERSTRUCTURE-Deckhousesandotherstructures
extending above the deck.
SERIES-Agroupofwaveswhichseemtotraveltogether
and at about the same speed.
THWART-Aseat orbracerunninglaterallyacrossaboat.
SHACKLE - A “U” shaped connector with a pin  or bolt     THWARTSHIPS -At right angles to the centerline.
across the open end.
TOPSIDE - To go up to the top deck.
SHAFT - The long, round member that connects the en-
gine or transmission to the propeller.
TRANSOM - The stern cross-section of a square sterned
boat.
SHEER - The top of the hull’s curvature at the deck line
from the bow to the stern.
TRANSVERSE -Across the vessel; athwartships.
SHEER STRAKE - The upper edge of the hull, immedi-   TRIM - Fore and aft balance of a boat.
ately below the deck.
TROUGH - 1.The valley that exists between waves. 2.A
SHEET BEND - A knot used to join tow ropes.
SHOAL-An  area of shallow water.
trough is the opposite of a ridge in that it is an elongated
low-pressure area extending out from  a low.  A trough
normally indicates unsettled weather.
SILENCER - A baffled chamber installed in an exhaust    TUMBLEHOME-Theoppositeofflare.     Theshapeofthe
system to reduce the noise.
hullasitmovesoutboardgoingdownfromthegunwaleto
the waterline or chine.
SOLE - Term for deck, cabin or cockpit floor
SPAR - A general term for booms, masts, yards etc.
UNDERWAY - Movement. Usually referring to a vessel
proceedingforward.
SPRING LINE -Apivot line used in docking, undocking,    V-BOTTOM -Ahull  with the bottom section in the shape
ortopreventtheboatfrommovingforwardorasternwhile           of a “V.”
made fast to a dock.
Vista Owners  Manual
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Section Q
Page 10
Product Specification
CategoriesFour Winns Manuals, Four Winns Vista Manuals, Outboard Marine Corporation Manuals
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Model Year2000
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