| This article provides detailed information
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| | called - perhaps inappropriately - the
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| on Boats.
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| | \"bridge.\" The bridge, depending upon the
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| A boat in common parlance is a watercraft,
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| | design, can be the wheelhouse or the
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| generally smaller in size to most ships. A
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| | cockpit. The toilet compartments are
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| boat consists of structures called hulls
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| | called the \"heads,\" and a trip to
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| and some system of propulsion, such as
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| | relieve oneself is called the \"head
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| paddles, oars, a setting pole, a sail,
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| | call.\" During olden days, the cord used
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| paddlewheels and so forth.The somewhat
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| | to maneuver a sailboat was made of linen;
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| horizontal but arched structure that spans
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| | today it is made of cotton. That cord is
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| the boat\'s hull is known as the \"deck.\"
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| | known as the \"line.\" Though they have
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| Unlike a ship, where there are numerous
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| | their own names, \"halyards\" is the name
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| decks, a boat conventionally has just has
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| | given to the cord used for raising flags
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| one. The cabin\'s floor is called the
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| | or sails; \"sheets\" control the sails\'
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| \'sole.\' The base of the deck is known as
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| | positioning.The cords and the wire are
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| the \"deck head.\" The vertical
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| | collectively termed \"rigging.\" The cords
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| \"bulkheads\" divide the internal area.
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| | and the wires that are set up before the
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| Some bulkheads are significant in the
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| | boat sets for sail is referred to as
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| overall structure of the boat. The boat\'s
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| | standing rigging; the cords that are used
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| front side is known as the bow (or prow);
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| | while the boat is in motion is known as
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| the back of the boat is the stern. The
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| | running rigging. For example, the halyard
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| starboard and the port are the right and
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| | or the sheet is part if the running
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| the left sides of the boat, respectively.
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| | rigging, and the forestay is a part of the
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| Today, the command area of a big boat is
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| | standing rigging.
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