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23 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Back Light |
All around white light |
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Transom |
The cross section of a stern |
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Sidelights |
Red and Green |
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Gunwale |
Upper edge of the vessel's side |
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Hull |
Body of a vessel |
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Cleat |
Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened |
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Port |
Left hand side of a vessel |
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Bow |
Front part of a vessel |
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Starboard |
Right hand side of vessel |
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Stern |
Back hand side of vessel |
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AFT |
Near or at the stern of a boat |
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Beam |
The width of a boat, also the direction at right angles to the centerline of a vessel |
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Bilge |
The lowest point of a boats interior hull |
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Draft |
The vertical distance from the waterline to the lowest point of the keel; the minimum depth of water in which a vessel will float |
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Forward |
Aboard a boat, the direction to the front, to the bow |
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Freeboard |
The vertical distance from the waterline to the gunwale |
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Keel |
The main structural member of a boat; it's backbone; the lateral area beneath the hull that helps to provide stability and reduce the sideways drift of a boat |
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Waterline |
The intersection of a boat's hull and the waters surface |
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Class A |
Less than 16 ft |
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Class 1 |
16 ft to less than 26 ft |
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Class 2 |
26 ft to less than 40 ft |
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Class 3 |
40 ft to less than 65 ft |
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Length * Width |
Max HP |
