B
BACK of the post to BALANCE of the mizen
BALANCE of the boom sail to BARK
BARNACLE to BEAMS
BEAMS to BED of a river
BED of a cannon to BIGHT
BILANDER to BLACK-STRAKES
BLADE to Trim the BOAT!
BLADE
BLOCK
Cat-BLOCK
BLOCK AND BLOCK
BOARD
makes a good BOARD
BOARDING
BOAT
Trim the BOAT!
To bale the BOAT to BOLT-ROPE
BOMB to BOTTOM
BOTTOM to BOX-HAULING
BOXING to To BREAK-UP
BREAK-WATER to BRIDLES of the bowline
BRIG, or BRIGANTINE to Ship-BUILDING
Ship-BUILDING to BUNTINE
BUNTLINES to BUTTONS
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BOAT (continued)
Merchant-ships employed in the Mediterranean find it more convenient to use a lanch, which is longer, more flat-bottomed, and better adapted every way to the harbours of that lea than a long-boat. See LANCH.A wherry, (diligence, Fr.) is a light sharp boat, used in a river or harbour for carrying passengers from place to place.
Punts, (flette, Fr.) are a sort of oblong flat-bottomed boats, nearly resembling floating stages; they are used by shipwrights and caulkers, for breaming, caulking, or repairing a ship's bottom.
A moses is a very flat broad boat, used by merchant-ships amongst the Carribbee-islands, to bring hogsheads of sugar off from the sea-beach to the shipping which are anchored in the roads.
A felucca is a strong passage-boat used in the Mediterranean, from ten to sixteen banks of oars. The natives of Barbary often employ boats of this sort as cruisers.
For the larger sort of boats, see the articles CRAFT, CUTTER, PERIAGUA, and SHALLOP
Of all the small boats, a Norway yawl seems to be the best calculated for a high sea, as it will often venture out to a great distance from the coast of that country, when a stout ship can hardly carry any sail.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 40, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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