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Boat
Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.
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unassisted sailing
Boat; General boating
A voyage, usually singlehanded, with no intermediate port stops or physical assistance from external sources.
letter of marque and reprisal
Boat; General boating
A warrant granted to a privateer condoning specific acts of piracy against a target as a redress for grievances.
under way
Boat; General boating
A vessel that is moving under control: that is, neither at anchor, made fast to the shore, aground nor adrift.
roll
Boat; General boating
A vessel's motion rotating from side to side, about the fore-aft/longitudinal axis. Listing is a lasting, stable tilt, or heel, along the longitudinal axis. Roll is also an ...
pitch
Boat; General boating
A vessel's motion, rotating about the beam/transverse axis, causing the fore and aft ends to rise and fall repetitively.
stand-on vessel
Boat; General boating
A vessel directed to keep her course and speed where two vessels are approaching one another so as to involve a risk of collision.
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