This includes at a minimum a hull with propulsion mechanical navigation safety and other systems as a craft requires.
Boat building glossary. 2 a Beetle Cat boat part that connects the aft end of the yoke to the centerboard trunk. Also referred to as section. Slang term for a container.
Turn of the bilge. The process of smoothing removing dips or bumps. STEM The junction of the planking at the forward end of a typical hull.
Boats designed to be used in quiet water often have very little freeboard such as punts. On modern vessels a support for booms at rest. Garboard The Board or strake that is immediately next the the keel.
Customs authorities for storage of goods without payment of duties to Customs until goods are removed. The distance between the water line and the top of the gunwale. Boating Terms begining with F.
1 a stiff solid support used to attach molds to when building a boat. Frames also incorrectly called Ribs the vertical timbers than run in opposing pairs at regular intervals along the Keel making up the sides of the boat and providing the hull shape. Dry Dock - A place where a boat is parked or stored on land.
The strongback keeps all your molds in line and solid. A cabin or shelter in the forward part of a small vessel. Boat building is the design and construction of boats and their systems.