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Glossary
ABYC – American Boat and Yacht Council, Inc.
AFLOAT – On the water.
AFT – Toward the rear or stern of the boat.
AGROUND – Touching bottom.
AMIDSHIP – Center or middle of the boat.
ANCHOR – (1) An iron casting shaped to grip the lake bottom to
hold the boat. (2) The act of setting the anchor.
ANODE – An electrode carrying a positive charge.
ASHORE – On the shore.
ASTERN – Toward the stern.
BAIL – To remove water from the bottom of the boat with a pump,
bucket, sponge, etc.
BALLAST – Any solid or liquid weight placed in a boat to increase
the draft, to change the trim.
BEAM – The widest point on the boat.
BEARING – Relative position or direction of an object from the boat.
BILGE – The lowest interior section of the boat hull.
BOARDING – To enter the boat.
BOUNDARY WATERS – A body of water between two areas of
jurisdiction; i.e., a river between two states.
BOW – The forward end of the boat.
BULKHEAD – Vertical partition (wall) in a boat.
BUNKS – Carpeted trailer hull supports.
BURDENED BOAT – Term for the boat that must "give-way" to boats
with the right-of-way.
CAPACITY PLATE – A plate that provides maximum weight capacity
and engine horsepower rating information. It is located in full view
of the helm.
CAPSIZE – To turn over.
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