Boating, Marine, Electronics & Nautical Glossary
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Abaft
Abeam
Aboard
Above Deck
Abreast
Absorbed Glass Mat
Adrift
Aerate
Aft
Aground
Ahead
Aids To Navigation
Air Bladder
AIS Receiver
Alee
Alginate
Aloft
Alternating Current
Amidships
Ampere
Amplitude
Anchor
Anchorage
Anode
Antenna
Anti-fouling Paint
Apparent Wind
Aquaculture
Aquisition Time
Area Closure
ARPA
Arrival Alarm
Arrival Circle
Artisanal Fishing
Astern
Athwart
Australian Fishing Zone
Automatic Identification System
Autopilot
Aweigh
Axle Ratio
Azimuth Resolution
Backing Down
Backstay
Bail
Bait Net
Bait Station
Baitwell
BAK-4 Prism
Ballast
Bamboo
Barometer
Bathymetric Charts
Bathymetric Line
Batten Down
Baud Rate
Beach Catamaran
Beam
Bear Off
Bearing
Beating
Benthic
Berley
Berried
Berth
Biducer
Big Red
Bight
Bilge
Bilge Pump
Billfish
Bimini
Biodiversity
Biotoxins
Bitt
Bitter End
Blackie
Blade
Block
Bluechart
Blurter
Boat
Boat Hook
Boatcode
Bobbin Gear
Bommie
Bonded Screen
Bonnie
Boom
Boot Top
Bottom Hardness
Bow
Bow Eye
Bow Line
Bow Stop
Bow Thruster
Bowline
Bowrider
Bowsprit
Brackish Water
Breakaway Lanyard
Breaking Strain
Bridge
Bridge Clearance
Bridle
Brightwork
Broadband Radar
BSP
Bulkhead
Bung
Bunks
Buoy
Burdened Vessel
Burgee
Bycatch
Bycatch Reduction Device
C-MAP
Cabin
Camber
Cane
Capsize
Capstan
Carapace
Cartography
Cast Off
Casting Platform
Catamaran
Cavitation
CB Radio
Center Console Boat
Central Processing Unit
Channel
Chart
Chart Card
Chart Plotter
Chine
Chirp Transducer
Chock
Chopper
Class B AIS Transponder
Clears
Cleat
Clew
Close-hauled
Closest Point of Approach
Clove Hitch
Coaming
Cockpit
Codend
Cold Start
COLREGS
Come About
Companionway
Compass
Cone Angle
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Cordage
Coring Material
Corinthian
Cospas-sarsat
Counter Rotation
Coupler
Course
Course Over Ground
Cruiser
Ctick
Cuddy Cabin
Current
Curtains
Cutter
CZone
Daggerboard
Danish Seine
Danline
Davit
Dead Ahead
Dead Astern
Dead Reckoning
Dead Zone
Deadrise
Decibel
Deck
Deep V
Demersal
Demersal Trawling
Depth Sounder
Differential GPS
Dinghy
Direct Drive
Displacement
Displacement Hull
Dock
Dolphin
Down Imaging
Downrigger
Draft
Drag
Dressed-weight
Driftnet
Drive Unit
Drogue
Dropline
Dry Weight
DSC
DTM
DTW
Dual-console Boat
Ebb Tide
Echinoderms
Effluent
Eggbeater
EGNOS
El Nino
Electrical Noise
Electrode
Embedded
EN533
Encapsulant
Endangered Species
Endemic
EP
Epibenthos
Epipelagic
EPIRB
ETA
Ethernet
Exclusive Economic Zone
Fairing Block
Fathom
Fender
Fetch
Fiberglass
Fighting Chair
Figure Eight Knot
Fin Keel
Fish
Fish ID
Fishfinder
Fishmeal
Fix
Flag of convenience
Flare
Flat-bottom Boat
Flats Boat
Float Switch
Flood Tide
Flouro
Flowerpot
Fluke
Flybridge
Following Sea
Foot
Fore
Foredeck
Forepeak
Forged
Fork Length
Foul Weather Gear
Fouled
Founder
Four Stroke Engine
Free Diving
Freeboard
Frequency
Frog
FSC
FSTN
Furling
G304
G316
Gaff
Gale Warnings
Galileo
Galley
Gangway
Gear
Gear Restriction
Gelcoat
Gelspun
Genoa
Geocaching
Ghost Fishing
Gimbal
Give Way
Give Way Vessel
Global Positioning System
GLONASS
GMT
Goto
Grab Rails
Grey Market
Grey Waste
greyscale
GRIB Weather
Gross Axle Weight Rating
Ground Tackle
Ground Wind
GSP
GT
GTM
Gunkhole
Gunwale
Gybe
Halter Rope
Halyard
Hammar
Handline
Harbor Master
Harbour
Hard Body
Hard Chine
Hard Over
Hard-top
Hatch
Haul Net
Hauling
Hawse Pipe
Head
Head Seas
Heading
Heading on Opposite Tack
Heading Sensor
Headrope
Headsail
Headway
Heave
Heaving To
Heel
Helm
Helmsman
Hertz
HF Radio
High Performance Boat
High Seas
Hike
Hitch
Hold
Holding Tank
Hoodlum
Hookah
Horsie
Hot Start
Houseboat
Hull
HV Technology
i-Pilot Link
Impedance
In Hull
Inboard Engine
Inboard/outboard
Inflatable Boat
Inker
Inner Liner
Inshore Waters
Insulator
Intertidal
Introduced Species
Invertebrates
Inverter
IP Rating
IRE
Isobath
Isotherm
Jack
Jack Plate
Jacket
Jacobs Ladder
Jet Boat
Jetty
Jib
Jibe
Jig
Jute
Kayak
Keel
Ketch
Kicker Motor
Kill Switch
Kilo-Hertz
Kingie
Kite Fishing
Knot
La Nina
Laminate
Lamination Schedule
Latitude
Layline
Lazarette
LCB
LCD
Leaning Post
LED
Leeward
Leeway
Leg
Length Of Hull
Length Overall
Length Water Line
Life Jacket
Lifeline
Line
Line Fishing
List
Livewell
Lizard
Locker
Log
Logbook
Longitude
Longline
Lowrance Certified Dealer Advantage Program
Lubber Line
Luff
Lumen
Luminous Flux
lux
Mack
Magnetic Variation
Mainsail
Make Fast
Manu
Manure
Marine Instruments
Marlinspike
MARPA
Mast
Masthead Wind Sensor
Maximum Working Load
Maxiyacht
Mayday
Megayacht
Metal
MFD
Midship
MIL-STD-810E
Minimum Size
Mizzenmast
MMSI
MOB
Monofilament
Monohull
Mooring
Motorsailer
Motoryacht
Multihull
Nautical Mile
Navigation
Navigation Rules
Neritic Zone
nit
NMEA
NMEA 0183
NMEA 2000
Noah
Noise
Non Target Species
Nun Buoy
Oceanic
OEM
Offshore Waters
Ohm
Onshore Waters
Otoliths
Outboard Bracket
Outboard Motor
Outdrive
Outrigger
Overboard
Oxy-tetracycline
Pahang
Pair-trawling
PE
Pelagic
Personal Flotation Device
Personal Watercraft
Phonetic Alphabet
Pier
Piezoceramic Element
Piezoelectric
Pig
Pile
Pilot House
Piloting
Ping
Pinkie
Pitch
Pixels
Placcy
Planing
PLB
Plimsol Line
Plot
Poddies
Polar Tables
Polarize
Pole
Pole-and-line Fishing
Popper
Port
Positive Ion Control
Power Catamaran
Power Cruiser
power output
Propeller
Pulpit
Purse Seining
Pushpit
PVC
Quarter
Quartering
Quarters
Queenie
Quota
QVGA
Racer
Radar
Radiation Pattern
Range
Rangoon Poles
Raster Charts
Rat
Rate Gyro
Ready About
Receiver
Receiver Box
Receiver Hitch
Receiving Voltage Response
Remote Control
Research Tag
Resin
Resistor
Resolution
Resonant
Reverse Chine
Reverse Osmosis
Rib
Rigging
Ring Down
Ringing
Rocket Launcher
Rode
Roller Trailer
Rope
Rubber
Rubrail
Rudder
Rudder Sensor
Run
Runabout
Running Lights
Running Rigging
S-Cap
Sacrificial Anode
Safety Chains
Safety Harness
Sag
Sail Palm
Sail Plan
Sailboat
SailTime
Salon
Sambo
Satellite Navigation
Satellite Phone
Scampi
Schooner
Scope
Screw
Scud
Scuppers
Scuttle
SD Card
Sea Anchor
Sea Cock
Sea Kayak
Sea State
SeaTalk
Seaworthy
Sedan Cruiser
Seine
Self-bailing
Semi-displacement Hull
Sensitivity
Sheer
Sheet
Ship
Shroud
SI
Side Imaging
Sidelobes
SimNet
Skeg
Ski Boat
Skiff
Skin Fitting
Skinny
Slack
Slimy
Slip
Sloop
Smearing
Snubber
SOG
Solas
Sole
Sonar
Sound Field
Sound Isolating Material
Sounding
SP
Spar
Species
Sponson
Spot X
Spring Line
Spurious Radiation
Squall
Square Knot
Stainless Steel
Stand By
Stand On
Stand-on Vessel
Standing Rigging
Starboard
Stateroom
Statute Mile
Stay
Stem
Step
Stepped Hull
Stern
Stern Drive
Stern Line
Stick Bait
Stow
Strakes
Stringers
Stripey
Strong Wind Warning
Structure Scan
Subantarctic Waters
Subtropical Waters
Sump
Superdan
Surge Brakes
Swamp
Sway
Swff
Swim Platform
SwitchFire
T-top
Tack
Tagging
Tandem Kayak
Target Fishing
Target Masking
Target Percentage
Target Separation
TDL
Tender
Tested Deformation Load
Thermal Conductor
Thermal Night Vision Camera
Thermistor
Thermoclines
Thru Hull
Tide
Tide Clock
Tiller
Tiller Handle Outboard
Tiller Lines
Tillerpilot
Time to Closest Point of Approach
Tongue Jack
Tongue Weight
TOPO
Topside
Tori Line
Total Length
Tow Ball
Tow Rating
Towrope
Trackback
Trailer Tongue
Trailer Winch
Transducer
Transmit Pulse
Transmitter
Transmitting Voltage Response
Transom
Transom Mount
Trash Fish
Trawler
Trawling
Trev
Triducer
Trim
Trim Tabs
Trimaran
Trolling
Trotline
True North
True Wind
TTG
Tuna Tower
Turtle Excluder Device
Two-stroke Engine
UHF
Ultrasonic
Underway
Universal Time Coordinates
Usable Depth
USL Code
V Berth
V Bottom
V-drive
Variation
Vector Charts
Vertebrates
Vertical Pixels
VGA
VHF
Vibe
VMG
Voltage
VRF
VSB-1
WAAS
Wake
Wand
warm start
Waterline
Wattage
Way
Waypoint
Weigh
White Line
Wind Gradient
Wind Sheer
Windlass
Winward
Working Load Limit
Yacht
Yakka
Yaw
Yawl
Yellowtail
Zinc Block
Zulu Time
Specials
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