13 Terms
Contributors in General boating
General boating
whipstaff
Boat; General boating
A vertical lever connected to a tiller, used for steering on larger ships before the development of the ship's wheel.
lubber's line
Boat; General boating
A vertical line inside a compass case indicating the direction of the ship's head.
knot
Boat; General boating
A unit of speed: 1 nautical mile (1.8520 km; 1.1508 mi) per hour. Originally speed was measured by paying out a line from the stern of a moving boat. The line had a knot every 47 feet 3 inches (14.40 ...
