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2. Painter (rope) - Wikipedia

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   A painter is a rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing. [1] Ideally, the painter should float. If used on a boat with a propeller, the length of the painter should be shorter than the distance to the propeller, to prevent fouling the engine.

3. Bowline - Wikipedia

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   On a square-rigged ship, a bowline (sometimes spelled as two words, bow line) is a rope that holds the edge of a square sail towards the bow of the ship and into the wind, preventing it from being taken aback. [8] A ship is said to be on a "taut bowline" when these lines are made as taut as possible in order to sail close-hauled to the wind. [9]

4. Bow (watercraft) - Wikipedia

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   The bow (/ b aʊ /) is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, [1] the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway. The aft end of the boat is the stern. [2] Prow may be used as a synonym for bow or it may mean the forward-most part of the bow above the waterline.

5. Dinghy - Wikipedia

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   A dinghy should have a strong ring on the bow. The ring secures the painter (the line that anchors the boat to a dock), and is used for towing and anchoring. Ideally, the dinghy should also have two other rings (one on each side of the stern transom) which, with the bow ring, are used for lifting and securing the dinghy for stowage.

6. Maneuvering thruster - Wikipedia

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   A ship equipped with tunnel thrusters, indicated by the circled "X" markings above the water line. Manoeuvering thrusters (bow thrusters and stern thrusters) are transversal propulsion devices built into or mounted to either the bow or stern (front or back, respectively) of a ship or boat to make it more manoeuvrable.

7. Cleat (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   A line tied with a cleat hitch to a horn cleat [1] on a dock. The line comes from a boat off the top of the picture, around the right horn, around the left horn, across the cleat from top left to bottom right, around the right horn, and then hitches around the left horn.