General boating

General boating

Industry: Boat

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General boating

Watered-down pusser's rum consisting of half a gill with equal part of water, issued to all seamen over twenty. (CPOs and POs were issued with neat rum) From the British Admiral Vernon who, in 1740, ...

lying ahull

Boat; General boating

Waiting out a storm by dousing all sails and simply letting the boat drift.

watercraft

Boat; General boating

Water transport vessels. Ships, boats, personal water craft etc.

thole

Boat; General boating

Vertical wooden peg or pin inserted through the gunwale to form a fulcrum for oars when rowing. Used in place of a rowlock.

stanchion

Boat; General boating

vertical post near a deck's edge that supports life-lines. A timber fitted in between the frame heads on a wooden hull or a bracket on a steel vessel, approx one meter high, to support the bulwark ...