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Marina
and/or boating terms glossary.

Bow - The front part of the boat, yacht or cabin cruiser.
Canal -
An artificial waterway usually man-made and connects lakes, rivers
or oceans allowing for easier navigation.
Channel - The part of a
body of water either naturally occurring or constructed with a dredge
machine, having adequate depth for boats, yachts or cabin cruisers
to navigate.
Dock - The area where a boat, yacht or cabin cruiser
remains attached when not in use.
Dredge - A machine used to clean
or deepen the bottom of a river, lake, canal or harbor.
Floating
dock - A platform supported by a floating device.
Head - Refers to
a boat, yacht or cabin cruisers bathroom.
Hull - the body of a boat,
yacht or cabin cruiser located between the deck and the keel; essentially
acts as the buoyancy, which prevents the boat, yacht or cabin cruiser
from sinking.
Inboard Engine - An engine located inside the boat,
yacht or cabin cruiser with the driveshaft and propeller protruding
through the bottom of the vessel.
Marina - A port located on a body
of water that provides dockage, moorings, storage, fuel docks, supplies
and maintenance services for boats, yachts and cabin cruisers.
Mooring - Also known as moorage, refers to a permanent anchoring system that
holds or secures a boat in a specific location.
Outboard Engine -
An engine mounted on the outside of the vessel with the driveshaft
and propeller located on the outside ad well; usually found on small
boats.
Peninsula - A piece of land protruding into a body of water
and surrounded by water on three sides.
Port - The left side of the
boat, yacht or cabin cruiser when facing forward.
Promenade - A pedestrian
walkway.
Propeller - Also known as a prop, refers to a rotating machine
with multiple blades used to force a boat, yacht or cabin cruiser
through water.
Pump out station - A sanitation facility, usually
located on a marina, used for draining holding tanks on a boat, yacht
or cabin cruiser.
Running Lights - Navigational lights that are required
by law to be turned on when the boat, yacht or cabin cruiser is in
motion between sunset and sunrise.
Slips - A place between two docks
where a boat, yacht or cabin cruiser is lifted out of the water and
moored in that location.
Starboard - The right side of the boat,
yacht or cabin cruiser when looking forward.
Stern drive - Also known
as inboard/outboard, refers to a boat, yacht or cabin cruisers’ water
propulsion system. The water propulsion system consists of an engine
located inboard and a driveshaft and propeller located outboard.
Stern - The back part of the boat, yacht or cabin cruiser.
Transient
dockage - docking or mooring your boat, yacht or cabin cruiser at
a marina for a short period of time, typically for the day/night
or week.
Travel Hoist - A moveable device used at marinas for lifting,
hauling and moving boats, yachts or cabin cruisers.
Yacht - An expensive
recreational vehicle usually greater than 25 feet or more in length
and conveys and luxury and pleasure.
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