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2. Port and starboard - Wikipedia

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   The port and starboard sides of the vessel always refer to the same portion of the vessel's structure, and do not depend on the position of someone aboard the vessel. The port side is the side to the left of an observer aboard the vessel and facing the bow, towards the direction the vessel is heading when underway in the forward direction. The ...

3. Hull (watercraft) - Wikipedia

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   Hull (watercraft) 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 ...

4. Gunwale - Wikipedia

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   Gunwale. The gunwale ( / ˈɡʌnəl /) is the top edge of the hull of a ship or boat. [ 1] Originally the structure was the "gun wale " on a sailing warship, a horizontal reinforcing band added at and above the level of a gun deck to offset the stresses created by firing artillery. Over time it remained as a valuable stiffener mounted inboard ...

5. Bow (watercraft) - Wikipedia

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   Bow (watercraft) The bow ( / baʊ /) 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.

6. Sail components - Wikipedia

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   Sail components include the features that define a sail 's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured. A sail may be classified in a variety of ways, including by its orientation to the vessel (e.g. fore-and-aft) and its shape, (e.g. (a)symmetrical, triangular, quadrilateral, etc.).

7. Capstan (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   A capstan is a vertical- axled rotating machine developed for use on sailing ships to multiply the pulling force of sailors when hauling ropes, cables, and hawsers. The principle is similar to that of the windlass, which has a horizontal axle. The capstan and the anchor windlass on the deck below that it drives.

8. Topsides - Wikipedia

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   The topsides on a boat, ship, watercraft, or floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, is that part of the hull between the waterline and the deck. [ 1] It includes the visible parts of the bow, stern, sheer, and, if present, tumblehome . On an offshore oil platform, topsides refers to the upper half of the structure, above the ...

9. Strake - Wikipedia

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   On a vessel's hull, a strake is a longitudinal course of planking or plating which runs from the boat's stempost (at the bows) to the sternpost or transom (at the rear). The garboard strakes are the two immediately adjacent to the keel on each side. The word derives [ 1][ 2] from traditional wooden boat building methods, used in both carvel and ...