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There is no such thing on a boat! See Fender.

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An insurance term referring to any defect or other characteristic of a product that could result in damage to the product without external cause (for example, instability in a chemical that could cause it to explode spontaneously). Insurance policies may ...

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The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.

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Development of the lugsail rig where the sail is cut with a very short luff and lon leech.

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A heavy longitudinal timber placed over the keel in a ship's stern through which the propeller shaft passes.

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The bearing surrounding the propeller shaft where it exits the hull.

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A structure of wooden or metal supports that make up the mounting for a ship's engine.

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Where the engines of a ship are confined.

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The type of bottom that the anchor is set in.

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Filtering device used to remove the solid debris from the cooling water.

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A rope passed around (center) a boat or other object for hanging.

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The posted bill showing stations of the crew at maneuvers and emergency drills.

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A platform and protective coaming setting high up on a mast, to accommodate the look-out aloft while the ship is at sea.

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Electrical power converter; converts square-wave DC current to sine-wave AC current

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Small sea that rises just above bows or gunwale.

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A mast that is in place is stepped.

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Above the main deck.

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States that the volume of a gas, at constant temperature, varies inversely with the pressure.

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British standard pipe parallel.

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A frame that supports a boat when she's hauled out of the water onto shore.

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