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MONTEREY
BOATS
Glossary of Terms
Transom: A at stern at right angles to the keel.
Travel Lift: A machine used at boat yards to hoist
boats out of and back into the water.
Trim: Refers to the boat’s angle or the way it is
balanced.
Trough: The area of water between the crests of
waves and parallel to them.
Twin-Screw Craft: A boat with two propellers on
two separate shafts.
Underway: When a boat moves through the
water.
Wake: Disrupted water that a boat leaves astern
as a result of its motion.
Wash: The ow of water that results from the
action of the propeller or propellers.
Waterline: The plane of a boat where the surface
of the water touches the hull when it is aoat on
even keel.
Watertight Bulkhead: Bulkheads secured so tightly
so as not to let water pass.
Wharf: A structure generally parallel to the
shore.
Working Anchor: An anchor carried on a boat for
most normal uses. Refers to the anchor used in
typical anchoring situations.
Windlass: A winch used to raise and lower the
anchor.
Windward: Toward the direction from which the
wind is coming.
Yacht Basin: A protected facility primarily for
recreational small craft.
Yaw: When a boat runs off her course to either
side.
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