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| Repositioning | Vessel moves to a new area for a new season. |
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| Reserve Buoyancy | The lifting power. It may be measured by the volume of a watertight hull above the load water line. |
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| Return Port | The proper return port of a discharged seaman. |
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| Revenue Cutter | A single masted cutter built expressly for the prevention of smuggling and the enforcement of customs regulations. |
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| Reverse Sheer | When the sheer curves down towards the bow and stern. |
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| Rhumb Line | A straight line compass course between two points. A line on the earth's surface which intersects all meridians at the same angle. |
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| Ribband | Strips of material temporarily holding parts of a ship in position. |
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| Ribs | The frames or timbers of a ship as they rise from the keel to form the shape of the hull. |
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| Ride To | Lie at anchor |
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| Riding Light | An all around white light displayed at night by a ship when she is anchored. |
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| Rig | The way a boats spars and sails are arranged. To rig a vessel is to fit her with masts, spars, sails and running and standing rigging; term is also used to mean the setting up a device, e.g., to rig a lifeline, a tackle, etc |
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| Rigger | One whose occupation is to rig or unrig vessels. |
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| Rigging | Aparejo
A general term applying to all the lines, stays and shrouds necessary for spars and sails. The standing rigging is the mast, shrouds and stays, while running rigging refers to halyards and sheets that control the sails |
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| Right Ascension | Right Ascension of a celestial body is the arc of the equinoctial between Aries and the meridian of the object, always reckoning eastward from Aries. |
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| Right of Way | The right to maintain a course according to the Rules of Navigation. When two boats are on intersecting courses, one is the "stand-on" vessel (has "right of way" and must hold its course steady) so the other "give-way" vessel may steer clear. |
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