Nautique 236 User Manual

Correct Craft, Inc.

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– A vertical metal device used to steer the boat

– Regulations for preventing collisions on

the water.

– Metal parts fitted to the hull of boat to

provide a transfer of ions to the cathodic part of an electrolytic
coupling and so protect other parts of the boat that would otherwise
waste away through electrolysis

– The linear distance between the pitch (or advance) and the

actual distance the propeller moves straight ahead through the water.

– Also called pitot tube. The plastic

device that extends below the bottom of the boat. It connects to the
speedometer with plastic flexible tubing.

– A mooring rope oriented at a small angle to the

boats centerline, usually attached to the boat mid ship.

– Term for the boat that must maintain course

and speed in meeting or crossing situations. The privileged boat. 

– The right side of the boat when looking towards the

bow.

– The aft end of a boat.

–To put away. To store cargo in a storage locker.

– Members under the floor that stiffen the hull bottom.

– A type of trailer braking system designed to

automatically actuate when the tow vehicle’s brakes are applied.

– The unit that sends/receives signals for the depth

sounder.

– The transverse beam across the stern.

– Fore to aft and side to side balance of the boat when loaded.

– Boat in motion; i.e., not moored or anchored.

– United States Coast Guard

– A device used to signal the need for

assistance such as flags, lights and flares.

– The waves that a boat leaves behind when moving through

the water.

The line of the water’s edge when the boat is afloat.

– A navigable body of water.

– The area of the immersed hull plus

underwater gear.

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