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Number of Blossarys: 7
English (EN) The quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind).
List refers to a ship leaning to one side under stable conditions, often caused by uneven loading or flooding. By contrast "roll" refers to the dynamic movement from side to side caused by waves.
The term seaworthiness is used when describing the state of ships usually to say that a vessel is fit or safe to travel on the sea.
In this case the beam is loaded or other wise subjected to external forces making the beam bend in such a way that the ends curve upwards.
Hogging is the stress a ship's hull or keel experiences that causes the center or the keel to bend upward.
The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.
Also called pennant and means, a length of wire or rope secured at one end to a mast or spar and having a block or other fitting at the lower end.
By: abbeygrech