Basic Seamanship and Navigation |
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General Ship Description | 3 |
Marlinspike Seamanship | 17 |
Deck Seamanship | 50 |
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abaft ahead altitude anchor angle attached azimuth beam bearing belayed bitts block boat's boatswain's pipe boom buoy cable called canvas cargo celestial center line chain chart chock chronometer circle clove hitch compass course davits distance engine expresses the idea eye splice fore-and-aft forward gear gunwale gyro half hitch hatch hauling hawsepipe hawser head headway heaving hitch hoisting hook inland keel knot latitude light line of position line or wire load located longitude loran lower main deck mast means meridian mooring nautical miles navigation Navy outboard paravane Pilot port reef band rhumb line rope rudder Rules running sailing craft sennit sextant shackle ship ship's side signal slack spar speed starboard station steering stern stopper stowage stowed strain strake strands swing tackle term applied topping lift towing tucks turn usually Vernal Equinox vessel whip winch wind windlass