Boater's Book of Nautical Terms - Softcover

Yetman, David S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892216116 ISBN 13: 9781892216113

Verlag: BRISTOL FASHION PUBN, 1998

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After years of writing award-winning articles for major boating magazines, David S. Yetman had compiled over one thousand nautical terms and phrases every boater should know. The next logical step: writing an excellent reference book containing these terms and phrases. This book contains the phonic pronunciation for the appropriate entries and many illustrations to further explain the text.

During the past several hundred years, the boating community has developed a language all its own. This book is not intended to list every obscure term, but it will give the reader a broad cross-section of those which arise in the course of boating.

Most people use at least a few of these terms or phrases in everyday conversation without realizing their nautical nature. The first entry in the book is a prime example -- we are taken aback by an unmanageable condition. Sometimes, we take a sounding to see how much leeway we have and grant a wide berth to those who may be off-course.

Reading a boating-related magazine or having a conversation on the dock will be much less puzzling after reviewing the entries in this book. Regardless of your familiarity with boats, you will find this to be an excellent reference tool to add to your boating library. Enjoy the knowledge! Illustrated.

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Dave Yetman comes by his nautical interests quite naturally. He's a lifelong New Englander who's spent most of his adult life within sight of the water. His seafaring ancestors include Labrador fishermen, lighthouse keepers and a Cape Cod grandfather who was an inventor, shipbuilder and noted for his models of historic New England lighthouses.

His own career has been in mechanical design and engineering, first as an entrepreneur and later as an engineering manager for an international technology company. He's been awarded patents for a wide range of devices, from motorcycle frames to biomedical laboratory instruments. He enjoys applying his talents to his boats, which usually end up in a highly customized state.

In 1996, a friend encouraged him to embark on a writing career. Since then, his work has gained wide acceptance in the boating press and recieved an award in the 1997 from Boating Writers International. His articles, photography and technical illustrations have been published in Boating World, Lakeland Boating, Motorboating & Sailing, Offshore, Sail, Sea Kayaker, Soundings, Trailer Boats and Yachting magazines.

The Boater's Book of Nautical Terms started out as a simple list of words and phrases that were new to him when he began boating. The list grew and became a folder, then a three-ring binder and the rest, as they say, is history.

Dave and his wife, Pat, enjoy cruising the New England coast on CURMUDGEON, their Albin Tournament Express convertible.

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From Chapter 1: A

aback (-b|k') adv. 1. Condition where the clew of a headsail is to windward instead of to leeward of the mast. 2. In an unmanageable condition.

abaft (-b|ft') adv. 1. Toward the stern. 2. Behind.

abeam (-b-m') adv. To the side, at right angles to the keel of a vessel.

about (-bout') adv. Placing the boat on the opposite tack. (to go about or come about)

adrift (-drft') adv. Without attachment or direction.

aft (|ft) adv. Toward, at, in or close to the stern. -adj. Located at the stern.

aft cabin 1. An enclosed compartment or living quarters near the stern. 2. A cabin which is behind another.

aground (-ground') adv. On the ground or bottom; stranded by shallow water.

ahull (-hl') adv. Said of a sailboat which is drifting with sails furled. aid to navigation A marker, buoy or landmark which can be used to determine the relative position or proper course of a vessel.

alee (-l -') adv. At, on or to the leeward side.

aloft (-loft') adv. At or in the upper rigging.

alternator (l'tr-n~-tr) n. An electric generator that produces alternating current (AC).

amidships (-md'shps) adv. Midway between the bow and the stern.

anchor (|ng'-kr) n. A device attached to a vessel by chain or line and cast overboard to keep a vessel from moving, either by its weight, by burying some part of its structure in the sea bed or by snagging some feature of the bottom. -v. To secure a vessel with an anchor.

anchor bend A knot of the type used to secure an anchor to its rode. See Figure 28.

anchor light A single, white all-around light displayed by a vessel to indicate that it's at anchor.

anchorage (|ng'kr-j) n. An area designated or appropriate for anchoring.

anemometer (|n'--mm'--tr) n. An instrument for measuring wind speed.

angle on the bow (... port bow, ... starboard bow) The angle of your boat's bearing from another, measured from his bow and expressed in degrees, 0 to 180.

anode (|'nd) n. 1. The positive terminal of a battery. 2. A point of electrical contact. See SACRIFICIAL ANODE.

antifouling paint A coating applied below the waterline of a vessel to discourage marine growth on the treated surface.

apparent wind The combination of true wind and wind caused by motion of the vessel.

aspect ratio The ratio of a sail's luff (height) to its foot (width).

astronomical tide See SPRING TIDE.

athwart (-thwrt') adv. Positioned on a port-to-starboard axis; (also, athwartships)

ATON See AID TO NAVIGATION.

autopilot ('t-p'-l t) n. A device that automatically steers a vessel on a prescribed course.

auxiliary (g'zl'r--) n. 1. A sailboat's engine. 2. A sailboat equipped with an engine.

avast (-v|st') interj. A command to desist.

awash (-wsh') adv. 1. At or near water level 2. Close enough to the surface to cause waves to break above it.

aweigh (-w~') adv. Said of anchor that's been raised (weighed) clear of the bottom.

azimuth ( |z'-mth') n. A direction expressed as an angle clockwise from North.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: BRISTOL FASHION PUBN
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1892216116
• ISBN 13: 9781892216113
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 148
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