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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

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ABOARD – On or in the boat.

ABYC – American Boat and Yacht Council, Inc.

AFLOAT – On the water.

AFT – Toward the rear or stern of the boat.

AGROUND – Touching bottom.

AMIDSHIP – Center or middle of the boat.

ANCHOR – (1) An iron casting shaped to grip the lake bottom

to hold the boat. (2) The act of setting the anchor.

ASHORE – On the shore.

ASTERN – Toward the stern.

BAIL – To remove water from the bottom of the boat with a

pump, bucket, sponge, etc.

BAITWELL – A miniature livewell used to store and keep live

bait alive and healthy.

BEAM – The widest point on the boat.

BEARING – Relative position or direction of an object from

the boat.

BILGE – The lowest interior section of the boat hull.

BILGE KEELS – The raised areas or aluminum extrusions on

the bottom of a boat that parallel the keel.

BOARDING – To enter the boat.

BOUNDARY WATERS – A body of water between two areas of

jurisdiction; i.e., a river between two states.

BOW – The front of the boat.

BULKHEAD – Vertical partition (wall) in a boat.

BUNKS – Carpeted trailer hull supports.

BURDENED BOAT – Term for the boat that must “give-way” to

boats with the right-of-way.

CAPACITY PLATE – A plate that provides maximum weight

capacity and engine horsepower rating information. It is

located in full view of the helm.

CAPSIZE – To turn over.

CAST-OFF – To unfasten mooring lines in preparation for

departure.

CENTER LINE – A lengthwise imaginary line which runs fore

and aft with the boat’s keel.

CHINE – The point on a boat where the side intersects (meets)

the bottom.

CLEAT – A deck fitting with ears to which lines are fastened.

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