Boat

Boat

Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.

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the doldrums

Boat; General boating

Also called the "equatorial calms", is a nautical term for the equatorial trough, with special reference to the light and variable nature of the winds.

adrift

Boat; General boating

Afloat and unattached in any way to the shore or seabed, but not under way. It implies that a vessel is not under control and therefore goes where the wind and current take her ...

over the barrel

Boat; General boating

Adult sailors were flogged on the back or shoulders while tied to a grating, but boys were beaten instead on the posterior (often bared), with a cane or cat, while bending, often ...

radar

Boat; General boating

Acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging. An electronic system designed to transmit radio signals and receive reflected images of those signals from a "target" in order to ...

deadwood

Boat; General boating

A wooden part of the centerline structure of a boat, usually between the sternpost and amidships.

spar

Boat; General boating

A wooden, in later years also iron or steel pole used to support various pieces of rigging and sails. The big five-masted full-rigged tall ship Preussen (German spelling: Preußen) ...