Pro-Line Boats 33 Express Owner's Manual page 48

Pier
Pile
Piling
Pitch
Planing Hull
Port
Privileged
Vessel
Propeller
Rigging
Roll
Rules of
the Road
Scope
Scupper
Sea Anchor
Seacock
A structure, usually wood or masonry, extending into the water used as a
landing place for boats and ships.
A vertical wooden or concrete pole driven into the bottom. It may be a
support for a pier or floats. It is also used for mooring.
A structure of piles.
(1) The up and down movement as the bow and stern rise and fall due to
wave action.
Type of hull that is shaped to lift out of the water at high speed and ride on
the water's surface.
The left side of a boat when facing the bow. Also a destination or harbor.
Former term for the vessel with the right-of-way.
Wheel or screw mechanism that pushes water to propel the boat.
The general term for all lines of a vessel.
The sideward motion of a boat caused by wind or waves.
The nautical traffic rules for preventing collisions on the water.
The length of the anchor line or chain. A 6:1 scope means that the length of
the line from the boat to the anchor is six times the depth of the water.
A hole allowing water to run off the deck.
A floating canvas cone held open by wire rings with an opening in the smaller
end and a rope bridle at the larger end attached to a line leading to the vessel.
It is used in storm conditions to:
(1) keep the bow of the boat to the wind
(2) slow the downwind drift of the boat
A thru-hull valve used to shut off plumbing or drain pipes between the
vessel's interior and the sea.
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