Glossary & Index
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Gunwale: rail or upper edge of the side of the boat
Head: toilet
Hull: the part of the hull from the deck down
Keel: the lowest point of a boat; the backbone of the vessel
Knots: a measurement of speed indicating nautical miles per hour
Lee: the side opposite that from which the wind is blowing: the side
sheltered from the wind
Leeward: the direction toward which the wind is blowing
PFD: personal fl otation device; required for each person aboard
Port: the left side of the boat when facing forward (an easy way to
remember the difference between “port” and “starboard” is that both
“port” and “left” have four letters)
Shank: the main body of an anchor
Sheer: the curve of the boat’s deck from fore to aft when seen from
the side
Starboard: the right side of the boat when facing forward
Stern: the aft end of the boat
Stern drive: an inboard/outboard (I/O) unit
Stringer: strengthening integral unit fastened from fore to aft inside
the hull and fi berglass encapsulated for added strength: much like the
skeleton system of our body
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