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| Term | Definition |
| 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.") |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Beam Ends | Vessel said to be "on her beam ends" when she is lying over so much that her deck beams are nearly vertical. |
| 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. |
| Beam Sea | A situation in which waves strike a boat from the side, causing it to roll unpleasantly. |
| Beam Wind | One which blows across a boat's side |
| Beamy | Wide, a wide boat is a beamy boat |