Sailboat

Front 1

bow

Back 1

front of vessel

Front 2

cleat

Back 2

metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened

Front 3

gunwale (gunnel)

Back 3

upper edge of vessel’s side

Front 4

hull

Back 4

body of a vessel

Front 5

port

Back 5

left side of vessel

Front 6

propellor

Back 6

rotates and powers a boat forward/backward

Front 7

starboard

Back 7

right side of vessel

Front 8

stern

Back 8

rear of vessel

Front 9

beam

Back 9

maximum width of a vessel

Front 10

freeboard

Back 10

distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could come on board

Front 11

draft

Back 11

depth of water needed to float a vessel

Front 12

keel

Back 12

main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull that increases stability in water

Front 13

flat bottomed hull (type, adv, dis)

Back 13

planing

shallow draft (good for fishing in small lakes and rivers)

rough in choppy waters

Front 14

deep vee hull (type, adv, dis)

Back 14

planing

smooth ride in rough water

more power to move, may roll or bank in sharp water

Front 15

round bottomed hull (type, adv, dis)

Back 15

displacement

moves easily even at slow speed

tendency to roll unless has deep keel or stabalizers

Front 16

multi hull (type, adv, dis)

Back 16

displacement

greater stability (bc of wide beam)

needs a large area when turning

Front 17

tiller

Back 17

lever used to turn a rudder to steer a boat

Front 18

tiller

Back 18

lever used to turn a rudder to steer a boat

Front 19

transom

Back 19

vertical surface at the back of the hull

Front 20

impeller

Back 20

device used to pump and force water under pressure through a steering nozzle at the rear of the vessell

Front 21

intake

Back 21

opening in the hull that draws water toward the impeller

Front 22

intake grate

Back 22

screening cover over the intake, which prevents large debris from entering

Front 23

steering control

Back 23

means of controlling the steering nozzle

Front 24

safety lanyard

Back 24

short cord for attaching the engine cut off switch to the operators wrist or personal flotation device

Front 25

drive shaft

Back 25

the long stem connection between motor and impeller

Front 26

steering nozzle

Back 26

device used for directing stream of water to the left or right

Front 27

halyards

Back 27

lines (ropes) used to raise and lower the sails

Front 28

sheets

Back 28

lines (ropes) used to control the angle of the sails to the wind

Front 29

bilge

Back 29

interior of the hull below the floorboards

lowest part of a vessel’s interior where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom

Front 30

coupler

Back 30

the part of the trailer that attaches to the ball hitch on a towing vehicle

Front 31

bunks

Back 31

wooden supports on which a vessel rests on a trailer

Front 32

figure eight bend

Back 32

making a stopper knot

connecting two topes

Front 33

bowline knot

Back 33

used for hitching, mooring, or lifting

Front 34

anchor bend knot

Back 34

hitching knot used to secure a rope to an anchor or ring

Front 35

cleating hitch

Back 35

used to attach a line to a cleat on a dock

Front 36

clove hitch

Back 36

temporary fastening, such as when tying up to a piling

Front 37

round turn and two half hitches

Back 37

tying down a bulky load or tying a boat to a mooring post