Boating Terms Commonly Used

There are many terms used by boaters that are worth while in learning. This can be overwhelming for boaters just starting out.

Knowing these terms and their definitions can be much to your advantage. These terms can also be boat specific, but don't shirk learning them.

Alot of these terms pertain to specific types of boats or ships. However,knowing their meaning is still a task you should not shirk. You can take an online boating course obout boating safety and find all of these terms.

1- Wake - When boats move accross the water, a wake is left trailing the boat that looks like a path of churning waves and disturbed water trailing behind the boat.

2- Portside - If you are facing the fron of the boat, the left side of the boat is the port side.

3- Beam - Where the boat is the widest is called the beam.

4- Stem - The very most froward part of the boat (the front of the bow)

5- Navigation - Seaman term for traveling from one point to another, accomplished by charting the course before you start your voyage, and then following your plan.

6- Wake- When a ship or oat travels trhough the water it disturbes it, causing waves and a trail to form for a distance behind the boat.

7- Port - The left side of vessel when you are facing the bow.

8- Abeam - Not on the boat, but in relation to the keel, it would be at right angles.

9- Navigation - To plan and direct through charts and instruments the movement of the boat from one point to another.

10- Capsize - If your watercraft is flipped over for any reason, rather a rogue wave, or from being blown over from huricane gail force winds. It has capsized.

11- Starboard - If you are facing the bow of the boat (front) on your right side would be the starboard side.

12- Longitude - In the measurement of degrees east or west of Englands Meridian of Greenwich is called Longitude.

13- Latitude - In the measurement of degrees north or south of the Equator is called Latitude.

14- Navigate - When you plot, chart and execute your boat trip, from one destination to another, you have nagigated a course.

15- Aboard - If you are on the boat somewhere, you are aboard.

16- Ground Tackle - Seamans use this term for the Anchor and the equipment that goes with it.

17- Below - Beneath the upper deck is the below decks, the lower decks.

18- Intracoastal Waterways - Inland waterways, rivers, canals, ajacent to the coasts that water vessels travel through with out going out to sea. Also called I.C.W.

19- Inboard - Pretty much the interior of the boat. For example the compartment where the boats motor resides is inboard. Sometimes motors enclosed as such are called inboard motors.

20- Longitude - West or east of Englands Meridian of Greenwich, measured by degrees.

21- Galley - Where a crew member or passenger can go eat while onboard a boat. The food is prepared there as well by trained cooks, or maybe you or your wife?

22- The Stem - The forward most forward part of the bow.

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