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| Kayak | Eskimo word for a light, covered-in canoe type boat. |
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| Keckling | Winding small rope around a cable or hawser to prevent damage by chafing. The rope with which a cable is keckled. |
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| Kedge | (1) A small auxiliary anchor. (2) To kedge is to move a vessel (e.g., a grounded boat) by setting out an anchor and pulling the boat toward it by taking up on the anchor rode |
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| Keel | (1) The backbone of a vessel, running fore and aft along the center line of the bottom of the hull; the timber at the very bottom of the hull to which frames are attached. (2) A flat surface built into the bottom of the boat to prevent or reduce the leeway caused by the wind pushing against the side of the boat. A keel also usually has some ballast to help keep the boat upright and prevent it from heeling too much. There are several types of keels, such as fin keels and full keels. |
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| Keel Blocks | Blocks on which the keel of a vessel rests when being built, or when she is in dry dock. |
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| Keel Stepped | A mast that is stepped (placed) on the keel at the bottom of the boat rather than on the deck. Keel stepped masts are considered sturdier than deck stepped masts. |
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| Keelhauling | A severe naval punishment for serious offenses in which the victim was hauled from one yardarm to the other under the keel of the ship. The victim rarely survived; he would either be cut to ribbons by the shellfish on the ship's bottom or drown. |
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| Keelson | A beam attached to the top of the floors to add strength to the keel on a wooden boat. |
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| Keep Her Full | To keep the sails full and drawing |
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| Kell | Quilla
The principal piece of timber on which the vessel is built. |
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| Kelter | Good order and readiness. |
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| Kenning | Sixteenth-century term for a sea distance at which high land could be observed from a ship. Varied between 14 and 22 miles according to average atmospheric conditions in a given area. |
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| Kentledge | Permanent pip iron ballast specially shaped and placed along each side of keelson. Name is sometimes given to any iron ballast. |
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| Killick | Nautical name for an anchor. Originally, was a stone used as an anchor. |
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| King Plank | The center plank on a wooden deck. |
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