Modern Seamanship |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE HULL AND FITTINGS | 36 |
CARE AND PRESERVATION | 58 |
Copyright | |
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abaft ahead angle beam bight blast block boat boom buoy cable carry chain stopper chock clear clouds cold front collision compass course cumulonimbus cloud cumulus clouds danger davits daymark deck destroyer diameter direction distance engines fathoms feet force forward gear handling hauling hawse hawse-pipe hawser head heavy high pressure area hoisting hook horizontal hull inches INLAND INTERNATIONAL keel keep knots land landing craft length let go lifeboats lower maneuver manila mast mooring swivel oars pass Plate port side position pressure propeller raft rigged Rowlock rudder Rule running sailing vessel screw secured shackle sheave ship ship's signal sound spar speed starboard steam vessel steamer steering stern storm strands surface Surfboat swing tack tackle temperature tion towing tropical cyclone turn U. S. Navy vertical vessel underway warm front weather weight WESTERN RIVERS whistle white light wind wire rope