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RT

Revenue Ton

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Real Time Kinematic GPS

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A conduit for disposing of refuse-especially that the ship/s galley.

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Also rubbing strake or rub strake. An applied or thickened member at the rail, running the length of the boat; serves to protect the hull when alongside a pier or another boat.

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A board-shaped swinging vane, controlled by a tiller or wheel, and attached to the rudderpost or stern for steering and maneuvering a vessel.

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The post that the rudder is attached to. The wheel or tiller is connected to the rudder post.

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That part of a rudder by which it is pivoted to the sternpost.

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The rules concerning which vessel has the right of way if there is a possibility of collision between two or more boats; written to prevent accidents and collisions; includes right of way, lights, pennants, and whistle signals

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Originally meant "to stow cargo". Now, means "to search a ship carefully and thoroughly".

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Run

(1) Sailing away from the wind with the sails let out all the way; going with the wind, downwind sailing (2) To allow a line to feed freely. (3) The shape of the afterpart of the underbody of a ship in relation to the resistance it creates going through t ...

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To take a boat into water that is too shallow for it to float in, i.e: the bottom of the boat is resting on the ground.

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To collide with a vessel head on.

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To put out a mooring, hawser or line from a ship to a point of attachment outside her.

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A type of hydroelectric facility that uses the river flow with very little alteration and little or no impoundment of the water.

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Sailing in the same direction as the wind with the wind coming from the stern.

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Adjustable stays used to support and control tension on the mast when the wind is from abaft the beam; temporary backstays used to stabilize the mast and prevent undue flexing due to the pumping action of the sea.

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A type of knot that tightens under load. It is formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline, or by tying around a bight in the line.

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A fix taken by taking bearings of a single object over a period of time. By using the vessel's known course and speed, the location of the vessel can be found.

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Complementary equipment for terminal and over the road handling containers.

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