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2. Boat building - Wikipedia

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   Commonly used on commercial fishing boats using nets; and Kevlar, an extremely strong and expensive fibre with almost no stretch, usually braided and best suited for halyards. Taff rail: a railing at the extreme stern of a vessel. Thwart: a transverse member used to maintain the shape of the topsides of a small boat, often doubling as a seat.

3. Liftboat - Wikipedia

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   The boat was declared a total loss at an estimated cost of $1.14 million. The Ram XVIII was a 215-foot liftboat, built in 2015 and owned by Aries Marine Corporation in Lafayette, Louisiana . The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable cause of the accident was an industry failure of not providing liftboat ...

4. Bitts - Wikipedia

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   Bitts are paired vertical wooden or metal posts mounted either aboard a ship or on a wharf, pier, or quay. The posts are used to secure mooring lines, ropes , hawsers , or cables . [ 1 ] Bitts aboard wooden sailing ships (sometime called cable-bitts) were large vertical timbers mortised into the keel and used as the anchor cable attachment ...

5. Stern - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 January 2025. Back or aft-most part of a ship or boat For other uses, see Stern (disambiguation). Detailed schematic of an elliptical or "fantail" stern The flat transom stern of the cargo ship Sichem Princess Marie-Chantal The stern is the back or aft -most part of a ship or boat, technically defined ...

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

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   1. A post or pair of posts mounted on the ship's bow for fastening ropes or cables. 2. A strong vertical timber or iron fastened through the deck beams that is used for securing ropes or hawsers. [2] bitt heads The tops of two massive timbers that support the windlass on a sailing barge. [2] bitter end The last part or loose end of a rope or cable.

7. Stroke (position) - Wikipedia

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   When the boat has more than one rower, the rower closest to the stern of the boat is referred to as "stroke". This is the most important position in the boat, because the stroke rower sets the stroke rate and rhythm for the rest of the crew to follow. Stroke seat has to be a very calm and yet very competitive individual.

8. Sternpost - Wikipedia

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   A sternpost is the upright structural member or post at the aft end of a ship or a boat, [1] [2] to which are attached the transoms and the rearmost part of the stern. [3] The sternpost may either be completely vertical or may be tilted or "raked" slightly aft. [4] It rests on or "fays to" the ship's keel. [1]

9. Floating dock (jetty) - Wikipedia

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   A floating dock, floating pier or floating jetty is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons.It is usually joined to the shore with a gangway. The pier is usually held in place by vertical poles referred to as pilings, which are embedded in the seafloor or by anchored cables. [1]