NS VOCAB SAFETY PIN-STEERING
OAR
SAFETY PIN - answer The small metal locking pin which secures the Rottmer releasing
lever from being accidentally thrown and unexpectedly opening the hooks and dropping
the boat. When you are returning to a vessel to hoist the lifeboat, you must lock the
releasing hooks before you snap the hook rings in place. It is important that you NOT
replace the safety pin until you are certain that both fall blocks are secured in the hooks.
SEA ANCHOR - answer sea drogue
SEALING CLAMPS - answer oval shaped plates held together by a thumbscrew
tightening wing nut on a long break-away screw. Sex sealing clamps of assorted sizes
are provided for each liferaft to repair holes which are too large (or cannot be kept
sufficiently dry) to be repaired by the rubber tube patches.
SEA PAINTER - answersee painter
SHEAVE - answergrooved wheels in a block over which a wire rope passes; pully
wheels
SHEERING - answerwhen a boat or ship swerves from its set course
SHEER STRAKE - answerthe first row of plating just below the gunwale
SHEETS - answerthe seating areas at both ends of a lifeboat; the stern sheets and the
bow sheets
SHROUDS - answerTwo galvanized wire ropes of not less than 3/16 inches diameter
which run from the top of the mast to each gunwale; the shrouds support the mast.
SIDEBENCHES - answerextra seating along the sides of the boat
SINGLE PIVOT GRAVITY DAVIT - answerone of the three common kinds of gravity
davits
STABILIZE - answerto make a lifeboat or liferaft resistant to capsizing
STANCHION - answerupright braces under each thwart to support it and to provide
extra strength to the boat
STARBOARD - answerthe right hand side of the boat on a ship when facing the bow
OAR
SAFETY PIN - answer The small metal locking pin which secures the Rottmer releasing
lever from being accidentally thrown and unexpectedly opening the hooks and dropping
the boat. When you are returning to a vessel to hoist the lifeboat, you must lock the
releasing hooks before you snap the hook rings in place. It is important that you NOT
replace the safety pin until you are certain that both fall blocks are secured in the hooks.
SEA ANCHOR - answer sea drogue
SEALING CLAMPS - answer oval shaped plates held together by a thumbscrew
tightening wing nut on a long break-away screw. Sex sealing clamps of assorted sizes
are provided for each liferaft to repair holes which are too large (or cannot be kept
sufficiently dry) to be repaired by the rubber tube patches.
SEA PAINTER - answersee painter
SHEAVE - answergrooved wheels in a block over which a wire rope passes; pully
wheels
SHEERING - answerwhen a boat or ship swerves from its set course
SHEER STRAKE - answerthe first row of plating just below the gunwale
SHEETS - answerthe seating areas at both ends of a lifeboat; the stern sheets and the
bow sheets
SHROUDS - answerTwo galvanized wire ropes of not less than 3/16 inches diameter
which run from the top of the mast to each gunwale; the shrouds support the mast.
SIDEBENCHES - answerextra seating along the sides of the boat
SINGLE PIVOT GRAVITY DAVIT - answerone of the three common kinds of gravity
davits
STABILIZE - answerto make a lifeboat or liferaft resistant to capsizing
STANCHION - answerupright braces under each thwart to support it and to provide
extra strength to the boat
STARBOARD - answerthe right hand side of the boat on a ship when facing the bow
