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Glossary of Terms

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Appendix A

OS 285

Heat Exchanger: Used to transfer the heat

that is picked up by the closed cooling sys-

tem 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 nautical 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.

Length On The Waterline (l.w.l.): A

length measurement of a boat at the water-

line from the stern to where the hull breaks

the water near the bow.

Limber Hole: A passage cut into the lower

edges of floors and frames next to the keel

to allow bilge water to flow to the lowest

point of the hull where it can be pumped

overboard.

Line: The term used to describe a rope

when it is on a boat.

Lists: A boat that inclines to port or star-

board while afloat.

L.O.A.: Boat length overall.

Locker: A closet, chest or box aboard a

boat.

Loran: An electronic navigational instru-

ment which monitors the boat's position

using signals emitted from pairs of transmit-

ting stations.

Lunch hook: A small light weight anchor

typically used instead of the working anchor.

Normally used in calm waters with the boat

attended.

Midships: The center of the boat.

Marina: A protected facility primarily for rec-

reational small craft.

Marine Ways or Railways: Inclined

planes at the water’s edge onto which boats

are hauled.

Moored: A boat secured with cables, lines

or anchors.

Mooring: An anchor permanently embed-

ded in the bottom of a harbor that is used to

secure a boat.

Nautical Mile: A unit of measure equal to

one minute of latitude. (6076 feet)

Nun Buoy: A red or red-striped buoy of

conical shape.

Outboard: A boat designed for an engine

to be mounted on the transom. Also a term

that refers to objects away from the center

line or beyond the hull sides of a boat.

Pad Eye: A deck fitting consisting of a

metal eye permanently secured to the boat.

Pier: A structure which projects out from the

shoreline.

Pile or Piling: A long column driven into

the bottom to which a boat can be tied.

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