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REEF - A shallow underwater barrier
REEVE - To pass a line through a block or other opening.
RIDGES - High pressure fingers extending out from a high.
RODE - The anchor line or chain.
RUNNING LIGHTS - Lights required to be shown on boats
underway between sundown and sunup.
RUDDER - A vertical plate for steering a boat.
SALON - The main social cabin on a vessel, usually the
largest area, occasionally referred to as the deckhouse.
SCREW - A propeller.
SCUPPER - A drain from the edge of a deck that dis-
charges overboard.
SEACOCK - A positive action shut-off valve connected
directly to the hull seawater intake and discharge piping.
SERIES - A group of waves which seem to travel together
and at about the same speed.
SHACKLE - A "U" shaped connector with a pin or bolt
across the open end.
SHAFT - The long, round member that connects the en-
gine or transmission to the propeller.
SHEER - The top of the hull's curvature at the deck line
from the bow to the stern.
SHEER STRAKE - The upper edge of the hull, immedi-
ately below the deck.
SHEET BEND - A knot used to join tow ropes.
SHOAL - An area of shallow water.
SILENCER - A baffled chamber installed in an exhaust
system to reduce the noise.
SOLE - Term for deck, cabin or cockpit floor
SPAR - A general term for booms, masts, yards etc.
SPRING LINE - A pivot line used in docking, undocking,
or to prevent the boat from moving forward or astern while
made fast to a dock.
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STARBOARD - Looking forward, the right side of a boat
STARBOARD BEAM - The right-center of a boat.
STARBOARD BOW - When facing the bow, the front right
side.
STARBOARD QUARTER - When looking forward, the right
rear section of the boat.
STEERAGEWAY - The lowest speed at which a vessel
can be controlled by the steering wheel.
STEM - The leading edge of a boat's hull.
STERN - The back of a boat.
STRINGER - A fore and aft continuous member used to
provide a vessel longitudinal strength.
SUMP - A pit or well into which water is drained.
SUPERSTRUCTURE - Deck houses and other structures
extending above the deck.
THWART - A seat or brace running laterally across a boat.
THWARTSHIPS - At right angles to the centerline.
TOPSIDE - To go up to the top deck.
TRANSOM - The stern cross-section of a square sterned
boat.
TRANSVERSE - Across the vessel; athwartships.
TRIM - Fore and aft balance of a boat.
TROUGH - 1. The valley that exists between waves. 2. A
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.
TUMBLE HOME - The opposite of flare. The shape of the
hull as it moves outboard going down from the gunwale to
the waterline or chine.
UNDERWAY - Movement. Usually referring to a vessel
proceeding forward.
V-BOTTOM - A hull with the bottom section in the shape
of a "V."
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