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The shape of a boat or ship in which the contours of the hull come in a straight line to the keel.
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The second sail (counting from the bottom) up a mast. These may be either square sails or fore-and-aft ones, in which case they often "fill in" between the mast and the gaff of the sail below.
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The second section of the mast above the deck; formerly the upper mast, later surmounted by the topgallant mast; carrying the topsails.
Industry:Boat
The scale describing wind force devised by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort in 1808, in which winds are graded by the effect of their force (originally, the amount of sail that a fully-rigged frigate could carry). Scale now reads up to Force 17.
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The rear part of a ship, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter to the taffrail.
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The pulsation in and out of the bow and stern plating as the ship alternately rises and plunges deep into the water
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