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Since the steering oar was on the right side of the boat, it would tie up at the wharf on the other side. Hence the left side was called port. [6] The Oxford English Dictionary cites port in this usage since 1543. [7] Formerly, larboard was often used instead of port. This is from Middle English ladebord and the term lade is related to the ...
An example of a complete light characteristic is "Gp Oc(3) W 10s 15m 10M". This indicates that the light is a group occulting light in which a group of three eclipses repeat every 10 seconds; the light is white; the light is 15 metres above the chart datum and the nominal range is 10 nautical miles.
Watercraft navigation lights must permit other vessels to determine the type and relative angle of a vessel, and thus decide if there is a danger of collision. In general, sailing vessels are required to carry a green light that shines from dead ahead to 2 points (22 + 1 ⁄ 2 °) abaft [note 1] the beam on the starboard side (the right side from the perspective of someone on board facing ...
A sector light is one which shows different colours depending upon the angle of approach. They are commonly used to indicate the safe channel (white) and show red or green if the vessel is out of the safe channel. IALA requires the light colours to follow the appropriate region (A or B) colour scheme. [9]
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1. A small boat that functions as a shallop, water taxi, or gondola. 2. In Portuguese, a small boat used for cabotage, propelled by either oars or sails. Those equipped with sails have a single mast. 3. A type of whaling boat used by the Basques in the mid-16th century in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador. change tack. Also switch tack.
Verizon settlement payments have started hitting customers' bank accounts as part of a $100 million resolution of a class-action lawsuit. Eligible customers had until April 15 to claim their share ...