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| Buoyancy | The capacity for floating. |
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| Burdened Vessel | A boat required to keep clear of a vessel that has the right of way according to the applicable Navigation Rules (the Privileged Vessel or Stand-on Vessel ). Also known as the Give-Way Vessel. |
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| Burgee | A type of flag used to identify a boater's affiliation with a yacht club or boating organization. |
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| Burgoo | 1) 17th C. A gruel or porridge made of oatmeal or any available grain as minimal basic sustenance for sailing ship crew. Seasoned with salt, sugar, and butter. Lascar seamen may have (when almost starving ?) gratefully called it "Bar-goo" meaning "faeces of the sacred cow" in Hindi. 2) Name of the Pearson Invicta class 38 foot yacht, the smallest winner, and the first made of fiberglass, that won win the Bermuda Yacht Race 1964 in just over 80 Hours. |
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| Butt | The squared end of a plank used on the side of a wooden vessel where it is secured to the timbers. |
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| Buttock | The breadth of a ship where the hull rounds down to the stern |
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| Buys Ballot Law | If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, a storm's center and direction of travel can be determined by using Buys Ballot's Law. To do this, face the wind and extend your right arm out at about 90° - 135° from the direction you are facing. Your arm is now pointing approximately at the center of the storm. Periodic determinations like this will indicate the storm's relative movement and on which side of the hurricane's track line you are located. It is reversed in the Southern Hemisphere |
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| By the Board | Overboard and by the ship's side. |
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| By the Lee | Sailing downwind with the wind blowing over the leeward side of the boat, increasing the possibility of an unexpected jibe. |
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| By the Wind | Sailing close-hauled |
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