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  2. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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    4. : The left side of a ship or vessel when facing forward (formerly larboard). Denoted with a red light at night. [2] 5. Toward the left-hand side of the ship when facing forward (formerly "to larboard "). 6. : A sweep rower who rows with one oar on one side of a boat and primarily on the port (left) side of the boat.

  3. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    1. One side of a vessel above the waterline. 2. All the guns on one side of a warship or mounted (in rotating turrets or barbettes) so as to be able to fire on the same side of a warship. 3. The simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship or able to fire on the same side of a warship. 4.

  4. Sailors' superstitions - Wikipedia

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    Sailors' superstitions are superstitions particular to sailors or mariners, and which traditionally have been common around the world. Some of these beliefs are popular superstitions, while others are better described as traditions, stories, folklore, tropes, myths, or legends.

  5. Woman gets stuck on cruise's slide suspended over the ocean - AOL

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    Woman gets stuck on cruise's slide suspended over the ocean. A guest on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship got stuck in the closed-tubed, double-looped ride that sends sliders out over the ocean. A ...

  6. Cruise guest gets stuck on 'claustrophobic' water slide ... - AOL

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    A guest on a Norwegian Cruise Line got stuck in the closed-tubed, double-looped ride that sends sliders out over the ocean. Cruise guest gets stuck on 'claustrophobic' water slide suspended over ...

  7. Marine navigation - Wikipedia

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    The observer can therefore know that his position is somewhere on this circle. In practice, the mathematical process, called "reduction" of the observation, can be complex for the uninitiated. To the height observed with the sextant, it is necessary to apply a series of corrections to compensate for atmospheric refraction, parallax and other ...

  8. Buoy - Wikipedia

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    Self-locating datum marker buoys (SLDMB) are 70% scale Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE)/Davis-style oceanographic surface drifters with drogue vanes between 30 and 100 cm deep, [16] designed for deployment from U.S. Coast Guard vessels or airframes for search and rescue.

  9. A chunk of Rancho Palos Verdes is sliding into the sea. Can ...

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    The slide shifts the land so much that most utilities can’t be buried underground, so the city has installed an eyesore: an above-ground sewage line that runs along the side of the road.