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| Fouled | Any piece of equipment that is jammed, clogged, entangled, or dirtied. |
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| Fouled Anchor | An anchor which has become entangled with some object on the bottom, or, on weighing, has it's rode or chain wound around its stock or flukes. |
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| Founder | When a vessel fills with water and sinks. |
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| Fo’c’sle | See Forecastle |
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| Fractional Rig | A design in which the forestay does not go to the very top of the mast, but instead to a point 3/4-7/8 of the way up the mast. |
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| Frame | A timber or rib of a ship running from the keel to the side rail; the transverse strengthening members in a ship's hull that extend from the keel to the deck or gunwale. The frames form the shape of the hull and act as a skeleton on which the hull planking is secured. |
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| Frame Spacing | The distance between frames. |
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| Frap | To bind together in order to increase tension or to prevent from blowing loose. |
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| Frazil | Small, cake-shaped pieces of ice floating down rivers. |
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| Free | (1) Clear, not tangled. (2) sailing free: a vessel is sailing free when her sheets are eased. (3) running free: to sail with the wind from astern. |
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| Free Port | A port free of customs duty and most customs regulations. |
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| Free Pratique | Clearance by the Health Authorities. |
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| Freeboard | The distance from the gunwale to the water. Most often this will vary along the length of the boat. |
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| Freeboard Deck | The uppermost complete deck of a ship having a secure means of closing all openings to be fully watertight. |
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| Freeing Port | An opening in the bulwark or rail for discharging large quantities of water, when thrown by the sea upon the ship's deck. Some ships have "swing gates" which allow water to drain off but which automatically close from the pressure of sea water. |
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