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| Peak | The upper corner of a four sided sail or outer end of the gaff. |
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| Pedestal | Columnar support for the steering wheel in the cockpit. |
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| Peggy | Merchant Navy nickname for seaman whose turn of duty it is to keep the mess clean. |
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| Pelorus | A card marked in degrees and having sightings on it that is used to take bearings relative to the ship, rather than magnetic bearings as taken with a compass. |
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| Pendant | The line by which a boat is connected to a mooring buoy; a short rope hanging from a spar having at its free end a spliced thimble or a block. Sometimes called "Pennant". |
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| Pennant | A small tapering flag, which can be used for identification or communication. |
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| Personal Flotation Device (PFD) | Official terminology for life jacket. When properly used a PFD will support a person in the water. Also called a life jacket, life preserver or life vest. |
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| Personal Watercraft (PWC) | Small boat similar to and including jetskis |
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| Petty Officer | Rank intermediate between officer and rating, and in charge of ratings; more or less equivalent to the rank of sergeant. |
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| Phonetic Alphabet | Alphabet used by the Navy when making sure that a letter is understood; i.e. "BRAVO OSCAR ALPHA TANGO spells BOAT" |
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| Pier | A loading/landing platform or structure extending at an angle from the shore. |
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| Piggin | Very small wooden pail having one stave prolonged to form a handle. Used as a bailer in a boat. |
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| Pile | A wood, metal or concrete pole driven into the bottom. Craft may be made fast to a pile; it may be used to support a pier or a float. |
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| Pile-Driver | (1) A piece of equipment used to drive piles into the ground. (2) Name given to a ship which because of her short length, cannot ride two consecutive waves, and pitches violently into the second. |
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| Piling | Support, protection for wharves, piers etc.; constructed of piles. |
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