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  2. Turnbuckle - Wikipedia

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    A turnbuckle, stretching screw or bottlescrew is a device for adjusting the tension or length of ropes, cables, tie rods, and other tensioning systems. It normally consists of two threaded eye bolts , one screwed into each end of a small metal frame, one with a conventional right-hand thread and the other with a left-hand thread.

  3. Westsail 32 - Wikipedia

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    The Westsail 32 was a production fiberglass sailboat built between the years of 1971 and 1980. Approximately 830 were built, about half of them in kit form. [1] The "W32", as they are often referred to, was very heavily built and has taken many people on trouble-free voyages and several circumnavigations.

  4. Cardinal mark - Wikipedia

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    West is a woman's waist. [5] West looks like a wine glass with the narrow stem and wide top and bottom. The colours can be remembered this way: The two conical top-marks always point to black. If the top-marks point to the top, black is at the top. If the top-marks point to the bottom, black is at the bottom.

  5. West Marine - Wikipedia

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    West Marine is an American company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which operates a chain of boating supply and fishing retail stores. The company has 247 retail stores in North America. West Marine also runs Blue Future [2] a non profit organization. West Marine's flagship store is in Fort Lauderdale.

  6. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...

  7. Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    The Marine blue dress uniform features a stand collar and red stripe in the trousers, while the Army blue dress uniform features an open collar worn with a white shirt and black tie, and a gold stripe on the trousers. The Marine service and dress uniforms displays fewer items - only rank insignia, ribbons, marksmanship badges, and breast insignia.

  8. Course (navigation) - Wikipedia

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    Instruments used to plot a course on a nautical chart. In navigation, the course of a watercraft or aircraft is the cardinal direction in which the craft is to be steered.The course is to be distinguished from the heading, which is the direction where the watercraft's bow or the aircraft's nose is pointed.

  9. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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    Also ship's magazine. The ammunition storage area aboard a warship. magnetic bearing An absolute bearing using magnetic north. magnetic north The direction towards the North Magnetic Pole. Varies slowly over time. maiden voyage The first voyage of a ship in its intended role, i.e. excluding trial trips. Maierform bow A V-shaped bow introduced in the late 1920s which allowed a ship to maintain ...

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