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Glossary & Index

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Gunwale: rail or upper edge of the side of the boat

Head: toilet

Hull: the part of the hull from the deck down

Keel: the lowest point of a boat; the backbone of the vessel

Knots: a measurement of speed indicating nautical miles per hour

Lee: the side opposite that from which the wind is blowing: the side

sheltered from the wind

Leeward: the direction toward which the wind is blowing

PFD: personal ﬂ otation device; required for each person aboard

Port: the left side of the boat when facing forward (an easy way to

remember the difference between “port” and “starboard” is that both

“port” and “left” have four letters)

Shank: the main body of an anchor

Sheer: the curve of the boat’s deck from fore to aft when seen from

the side

Starboard: the right side of the boat when facing forward

Stern: the aft end of the boat

Stern drive: an inboard/outboard (I/O) unit

Stringer: strengthening integral unit fastened from fore to aft inside

the hull and ﬁ berglass encapsulated for added strength: much like the

skeleton system of our body

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