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Fend off: to push off to avoid sharp contact with
dock or other vessel
Fore: the part of the boat toward the bow or front
Freeboard: the height of the top side from the
waterline to the deck at its shortest point (The
distance from sheer or gunwale to the water).
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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