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X Glossary

hatch

fishtail

An opening in a boat’s deck for persons or cargo to go below.

The side-to-side motion of a trailer when it does not have sufficient weight on its tongue. A safety device on an inboard or stern drive engine which prevents an explo sion from an exhaust backfire. 1. The outward spread of the boat’s sides from the waterline to the rail at the bow. 2. A visual distress signaling device. A document that describes the route(s) and estimated time of arrival of a particular voyage. It usually includes a description of the vessel, its equipment, and its passengers. Any piece of equipment that is jammed or entangled, or dirtied. An electrical connector commonly used to connect a tow vehicle and a trailer. Comes in two different and incompatible shapes, flat and round. The vertical distance measured on a boat’s side from the waterline to the gunwale. A general term for ropes, blocks, tackle and other equipment. Required to take early and obvious action to avoid a collision when nearing another vessel. Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat. On or onto the shore, the bottom, or a reef: the boat ran aground. Short for Global Positioning System. This is a satellite system used for highly accurate navigation and pin pointing of location. A straight-shank anchor with four or five curved claw-like arms and no stock. Toward the bow.

head

A marine toilet.

flame arrestor

head-on

The situation which exists when two boats approach each other and each sees both the red and green sidelights of the other. The tiller, wheel or steering gear of a vessel. In rafting when a team of paddlers puts their weight on the downstream end of the raft to prevent a “wrap.” 1. A knot used to secure a rope to another object or to another rope, or to form a loop or a noose in a rope. 2. A trailer hitch which is an attachment on the tow vehicle where the trailer is directly attached. In river terminology a hole is a place where water flows over a submerged object, creating a reverse current that can hold a buoyant object. The equivalent of a lift of 550 pounds one foot in one second. A number that includes the manufacturer’s ID code, hull serial number, date of certification, and model year, and is permanently affixed to a vessel’s hull. In river terminology, denotes the science dealing with the properties of flowing water. A physical condition where the body gains heat faster than its ability to cool itself. A physical condition where the body loses heat faster than it can produce it. Extremely rapid or deep breathing that may cause dizziness, fainting, etc. The body of a boat.

flare

helm

highside

float plan

hitch

forward

fouled

holes

four-pole electrical connector

horsepower

freeboard

hull

hull ID number

G gear

give-way vessel

hydrology

grab rails

hyperthermia

grounding

hypothermia

GPS

hyper ventilation

I inboard engine

grapnel

An engine often mounted amidships; connects to the propeller by a propeller shaft. A vessel which is inflated by air or carbon dioxide; can be collapsed for transporting.

gunwale

The upper edge of a boat’s side. (Pronounced gun-nel.)

inflatable

H hailing port

A port to which a boat is documented with the Coast Guard. Hull shaped with flat panels joined at an angle.

J jet drive

hard-chined

A special form of a stern drive engine; pumps large amounts of water which is “jetted” out to propel the craft.

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