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| Beacon | A lighted or unlighted fixed (non-floating) aid to navigation that serves as a signal or indication for guidance or warning. (Lights and daybeacons both constitute "beacons.") |
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| Beak | Name given to the metal point or ram fixed on the bows of old war galleys and used to pierce the hulls, and thus sink or disable enemy ships. |
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| Beam | Manga
(1) The transverse measurement of a boat at its widest point. Also called breadth. (2) One of the transverse members of a ship's frames on which the decks are laid. |
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| Beam Ends | Vessel said to be "on her beam ends" when she is lying over so much that her deck beams are nearly vertical. |
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| Beam Reach | A point of sail where the boat is sailing at a right angle to the wind (wind coming from abeam). A beam reach is usually the fastest point of sail. A beam reach is a point of sail between a broad reach and a close reach. |
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| Beam Sea | A situation in which waves strike a boat from the side, causing it to roll unpleasantly. |
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| Beam Wind | One which blows across a boat's side |
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| Beamy | Wide, a wide boat is a beamy boat |
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| Bear Away, Bear Off | Arribar
To turn the boat away from the wind. Also, Fall Off. The opposite of heading up. |
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| Bear Down | To approach something from upwind |
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| Bear, to | The direction of an object from the observer's position. |
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| Bearing | (1) A compass direction, in compass points or degrees, from one point to another. Relative bearing is the direction relative to the heading of the boat with the bow 0 degrees and the stern 180 degrees. True bearing is the direction from the ship relating to true north with north being 0 degrees and south 180 degrees. (2) Also, a device for supporting a rotating shaft with minimum friction, which may take the form of a metal sleeve (a bushing), a set of ball bearings (a roller ball), or a set of pins around a shaft (a needle bearing). |
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| Beat ⁄ Beating | To sail towards the direction from which the wind blows by making a series of tacks. A point of sail also known as sailing close hauled. |
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| Beaufort Scale | A number system used to describe wind forces and sea conditions from 0 for a flat calm to 12 for a hurricane |
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| Becalm | The act of blanketing a ship by cutting off the wind, either by the proximity of the shore or by another ship. A ship motionless by the absence of wind is said to be becalmed. |
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