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Cradle: A framework designed to support a boat as she is

hauled out or stored.

Cutlass Bearing: A rubber bearing in the strut that supports

the propeller shaft.

Deck: The ﬂoor-like platform of a boat that covers the

hull.

Displacement: The volume of water displaced by the hull. The

displacement weight is the weight of this volume of water.

Draft: The depth of water a boat needs to ﬂoat.

Dry Rot: A fungus attack on wood areas.

Dry-dock: A dock that can be pumped dry during boat con-

struction or repair.

Electrical Ground: A connection between an electrical

connector and the earth.

Engine Beds: Sturdy structural members running fore and aft

on which the inboard engines are mounted.

EPIRB: Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon. Oper

ates as a part of a worldwide satellite distress system.

Even Keel: When a boat ﬂoats properly as designed.

Fathom: A measure of depth. One Fathom = 6 feet.

Fender: A soft object of rubber or plastic used to protect the

topsides from scarring and rubbing against a dock or another

vessel.

Fend off: To push or hold the boat off from the dock or an

other boat.

Flying Bridge: A control station above the level of the deck

or cabin.

Flukes: The broad portions of an anchor which dig into the

ground.

Fore: Applies to the forward portions of a boat near the

bow.

Foundering: When a boat ﬁlls with water and sinks.

Freeboard: The height from the waterline to the lowest part

of the deck.

Galley: The kitchen of a boat.

Grab Rail: Handhold ﬁttings mounted on cabin tops or sides

for personal safety when moving around the boat, both on

deck and below.

Ground Tackle: A general term including anchors, lines, and

other gear used in anchoring.

Grounds: A boat touches the bottom.

Gunwale: The upper edge of a boat’s side.

Hand Rail: Rail mounted on the boat, for grabbing with

your hand, to steady you while walking about the boat.

Harbor: An anchorage which provides reasonably good pro-

tection for a boat, with shelter from wind and sea.

Hatch: An opening in the deck with a door or lid to allow for

access down into a compartment of a boat.

Head: A toilet on a boat.

Heat Exchanger: Used to transfer the heat that is picked up

by the closed cooling system to the raw cooling water.

Helm: The steering and control area of a boat.

Hull: The part of the boat from the deck down.

Inboard: A boat with the engine mounted within the hull

of the boat. Also refers to the center of the boat away from

the sides.

Inboard/outboard: Also stern drive or I/O. A boat with an

inboard engine attached to an outboard drive unit.

Keel: A plate or timber plate running lengthwise along the

center of the bottom of a boat.

Knot: Unit of speed indicating nautical miles per hour. 1

knot = 1 nautical mile per hour (1.15 miles per hour). A nauti-

cal mile is equal to one minute of latitude: 6076 feet. Knots

times 1.15 equals miles per hour. Miles per hour times .87

equals knots.

Lay-up: To decommission a boat for the winter (usually in

northern climates).

Leeward: The direction toward which the wind is blowing.

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