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A sea trial is the testing phase of a new craft, taking place on open water and lasting anything from a few hours to several days during which time all of the onboard systems are fully evaluated, calibrated and tested.The mess is where the crew socialises and eats and the mess deck is the deck where the mess is located.The main deck is the uppermost complete deck that stretches all the way from bow to stern.The helm is the steering apparatus, in particular the wheel or tiller.The gunwale is the top edge of the boat’s side.
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‘The Drink’ (as in ‘he fell in the drink’) is the sea.They come in many different sizes and have different meanings. A buoy is a marker out at sea often warning vessels of danger.A breakwater is a barrier built into the ocean to protect landward vessels and structures from the sea.Moorings are places where you can moor – tie up – a vessel.And the term is also used to refer to the distance between vessels as they pass one another or pass a fixed object (‘give a wide berth’). The term is also used to refer to where vessels are moored in harbours and marinas. A berth can be a bed or sleeping compartment on a vessel.A marina is a harbour with moorings for pleasure yachts and small boats.Historically this was where a castle structure would have been used by archers, hence the name. The forecastle (fo’c’stle) is the name for an upper deck at the forward part of a ship or vessel.The foremast is at the front of the vessel, at the bow end. In three-masted vessels the masts are called the foremast, mainmast and mizzenmast.For example, you might determine the relative bearing of a lighthouse which would be the clockwise angle from the heading of the vessel. This might be an absolute bearing, which is the direction relative to north (true bearing relates to true north and magnetic bearing relates to magnetic north) or relative bearing which is the bearing relative to the direction of the vessel. It is where water tends to collect and bilge pumps are used to expel the water. The Bilge is the lowest internal area of a vessel.ships) use ballast tanks to hold water as ballast. Ballast refers to material used to provide stability.Displacement means the weight of water that a craft pushes aside when floating, made up of the weight of the vessel and its contents.The draft of a vessel is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel).A knot is a measurement of speed on water, namely one nautical mile per hour.The sterngear refers to the watertight aperture through which the shaft, from the motor, connects to the propeller.The propeller propels the vessel through the water, powered by the motor.The rudder is underwater, at the stern end, and is used to steer the vessel.The bulkheads are the dividing walls between cabins and areas belowdecks.The deck is the part of the yacht you walk on, and the deckhead is the underside of the deck above.A V-Hull is a hull of a ship that forms a V shape in cross-section instead of a rounded shape, the V being a better shape for offshore craft because it offers more stability.The hull is the watertight body of a yacht and the keel is the lengthwise main structural member or backbone of a vessel.The beam is the width of the craft at its widest point.If you are astern, you’re at the back of the vessel or behind it.
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