Instruments
Instrument used to measure windspeed
What is an Anemometer?
An upright wall within the hull of a ship
What is a bulkhead?
The principle that floats my boat
What is archemedies principle of relative bouyancy?
AIS
What is Automatic Identification System?
Proper name for a ships kitchen
What is the Galley?
Instrument used to measure dock water density
What is a hydrometer?
A floating object of defined shape and color used to aid in navigation
What is a bouy?
deductions are made from the gross tonnage based on the volume of some exempted spaces that cannot be used for cargo, passengers or fuel etc. Used for assessing port dues.
What is Net Tonnage?
AtoN
What is Aids to Navigation?
What is the head?
Instrument used to measure humidity or dew point
What is a Hygrometer?
Alternate name for a mast on a derrick
What is a samson post?
The 4 stages of a 4 stroke engine
What are Intake, compression, Power, exhaust?
What is Safe Working Load?
When a ship fills with water and sinks
What is to founder?
Used to determine the depth of water by transmitting sound pulses
What is an echo sounder?
LLWLT
What is Low low water large tide?
The term which describes the direction of travel of a ship when no consideration is given to ocean current or leeway.
What is Dead Reckoning?
IALA
What is International Association of Lighthouse Authorities.
The name of the contract every mariner signs when joining a ship
What are the articles of agreement?
A space based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions.
What is GPS?
ARPA
What is Automatic Radar Plotting Aid?
Practical means of estimating the force of the wind
What is the beaufort scale?
RAMN
What is Radio Aids to Marine Navigation?
The flat wall of the after of the ship, on smaller boats this is where the outboard would be fastened
What is the transom?