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The waterline is the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water. A waterline can also refer to any line on a ship's hull that is parallel to the water's surface when the ship is afloat in a level trimmed position. Hence, waterlines are a class of "ships lines" used to denote the shape of a hull in naval architecture lines ...
A ship's boat is a utility boat carried by a larger vessel. Ship's boats have always provided transport between the shore and other ships. Other work done by such boats has varied over time, as technology has changed. In the age of sail, especially for warships, an important role was the collection of drinking water.
Full sized plan A 1:1 scale construction drawing of a boat and its parts Lines plan A scaled-down version of a full-sized drawing often including the body, plan, profile, and section views Body Plan A view of the boat from both dead ahead and dead astern split in half Plan view A view looking down on the boat from above Profile view
A large, heavily built, sixteenth-century boat which is fore-and-aft rigged; more recently a poetically frail open boat Ship or full-rigged ship Historically a sailing vessel with three or more full-rigged masts. "Ship" is now used for any large watercraft Ship of the line [of battle]
A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat. The hull may open at the top (such as a dinghy), or it may be fully or partially covered with a deck. Atop the deck may be a deckhouse and other superstructures, such as a funnel, derrick, or mast. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.
A gaff cutter, Kleine Freiheit, with a genoa jib set USCGC Legare, an example of a US Coast Guard cutter A cutter is any of various types of watercraft.The term can refer to the rig (sail plan) of a sailing vessel (but with regional differences in definition), to a governmental enforcement agency vessel (such as a coast guard or border force cutter), to a type of ship's boat which can be used ...
The large bangka in Taal lake characteristically have high prows and sterns. Armadahan - outrigger fishing boats from Laguna de Bay. [30] Balacion - a large outrigger sailboat of the Tagalog people in Laguna with three tanja sails. [31] Balangay - also known as barangay, were very large two-masted sailing ships made using the lashed-lug ...
Lewis R. French, a gaff-rigged schooner Oosterschelde, a topsail schooner Orianda, a staysail schooner, with Bermuda mainsail. A schooner (/ ˈ s k uː n ər / SKOO-nər) [1] is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast.