Pro-Line Boats 33 Express Owner's Manual page 41

BOATING TERMINOLOGY
Abaft
Abeam
Aboard
ABYC
Adrift
Afloat
Aft
Aground
Amidships
Anchor
Anchorage
Astern
Athwart
Aweigh
Aye
Bail (Bale)
Ballast
Toward the stern.
Amidships, at a right angle to the keel.
On, in or into a boat.
American Boat and Yacht Council, Inc., the organization that sets voluntary
safety and construction standards for small craft in the USA.
Without motive power and without anchor or mooring.
On the water.
Describing the after section of a vessel or things to the rear of amidships and
near the stern.
Touching the bottom.
In the Center, the center portion of a vessel.
A forging or casting shaped to grip the sea bottom and, by means of a cable or
rope, hold a boat in a desired position.
A customary, suitable and (usually) designated harbor area in which vessels
may anchor.
Toward the stern. An object that is aft of a boat is said to be astern of the
boat.
Across.
Off the bottom, said of an anchor.
Yes, while aboard a boat or ship, means "I understand."
To remove water from a boat by pump or bailer.
Heavy material such as iron, lead or stone placed in the bottom of the vessel.
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