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Boat
Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.
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yardarm
Boat; General boating
The very end of a yard. Often mistaken for a "yard", which refers to the entire spar. As in to hang "from the yardarm" and the sun being "over the yardarm" (late enough to have a ...
abandon ship
Boat; General boating
An imperative to leave the vessel immediately, usually in the face of some imminent danger.
yaw
Boat; General boating
A vessel's rotational motion about the vertical axis, causing the fore and aft ends to swing from side to side repetitively.
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- General boating (4999)
- Sailboat (3520)
- Yacht (1024)