2013 Chaparral H2O Owner’s Manual
Chaparral Boats, Inc.
Nashville, GA
chaparralboats.com
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NAUTICAL GLOSSARY
Abaft
Abeam
Aboard
ABYC
Adrift
Afl oat
Aft
Aground
Amidships
Anchor
Anchorage
Astern
Athwart
Toward the stern.
Amidships, at a right angle to the keel.
On, in or into a boat.
American Boat and Yacht Council, Inc., the organization
that sets voluntary safety and construction standards for
small craft in the USA.
Without motive power and without anchor or mooring.
On the water.
Describing the after section of a vessel, or things to the
rear of amidships and near the stern.
Touching bottom.
In the center, the center portion of a vessel.
A forging or casting shaped to to grip the sea bottom and,
by means of a cable or rope, hold a boat in a desired
position.
A customary, suitbale and (usually) designated harbor
area in which vessels may anchor.
Toward the stern. An object that is aft of a boat is said to
be astern of the boat.
Across.
Aweigh
Aye
Bail
Ballast
Beacon
Beam
Bearing
Belay
Below
Bend
Berth
Bilge
Bollard
Off the bottom, said of an anchor.
Yes, while aboard a boat or ship. Means “I understand.”
To remove water from a boat by pump or bailer.
Heavy material such as iron, lead, or stone placed in the
bottom of the vessel.
A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn ves-
sels, also a signal mark on land.
Imaginary line amidships at right angles to keel of vessel.
Also vessel’s maximum width.
The direction or point of the compass in which an object
is seen.
To make fast to a cleat or belaying pin; to cancel an or-
der.
Beneath, or under, the deck. One goes below when going
down into the cabin.
To fasten by means of a bend or knot.
A position, as a place to sleep or in which a vessel may be
made fast; a margin of safety, as “a wide berth.”
The lower internal part of a boat’s hull.
A strong post for holding lines fast.
