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On the beam; a relative bearing at right angles to the ship's keel; e.g. describing an object located at a bearing of 90 degrees or 270 degrees as measured clockwise from the ship's bow. [7] able seaman (AB) Also able-bodied seaman. A merchant seaman qualified to perform all routine duties on a vessel, or a junior rank in some navies.
This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships, see: List of sailing boat types
3. Farther from the hull of a ship; e.g. "the larger boat was tied up alongside the ship outboard of the smaller boat". 4. Farther from the pier or shore; e.g. "the tanker and cargo ship were tied up at the pier alongside one another with the tanker outboard of the cargo ship". 5. An outboard motor. 6. A vessel fitted with an outboard motor.
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Walking the boat was a way of lifting the bow of a steamboat like on crutches, getting up and down a sandbank with poles, blocks, and strong rigging, and using paddlewheels to lift and move the ship through successive steps, on the helm. Moving of a boat from a sandbar by its own action was known as "walking the boat" and "grass-hoppering".
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Despite her deepest fears, Joseph came home from his two combat tours at age 22, physically sound. But the demons of his moral injuries followed close behind and eventually closed in on him. It turned out, she realized too late, that coming home was more dangerous than being at war. “It wasn’t Afghanistan where he died,” she reminded me.