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The document defines and explains various nautical terms: 1. A derrick is a crane with a boom, mast, whip, and tackle connected to a deck winch used for cargo handling on older ships. 2. Stacks are columns of rock standing in the sea. 3. Displacement is the weight of water displaced by a vessel at any waterline, which is the product of the volume of its underwater portion and the density of the water.

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Nautical Terms

The document defines and explains various nautical terms: 1. A derrick is a crane with a boom, mast, whip, and tackle connected to a deck winch used for cargo handling on older ships. 2. Stacks are columns of rock standing in the sea. 3. Displacement is the weight of water displaced by a vessel at any waterline, which is the product of the volume of its underwater portion and the density of the water.

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Adochitei Florin / ME11

Nautical terms

1. Derrick a crane consisting of a boom and a mast with a whip and a tackle connected to a deck winch. Most older ships use winches together with derricks for cargo handling 2. Stack A column of rock standing in the sea. 3. Displacement it is the weight of water displaced by a vessel at any waterline. If it is the product of the volume of its underwater portion and the density of the water in which it floats. 4. Draft the vertical distance measured from the lowest point of a ship's hull to the waterline or the water surface. 5. Rudderstock a vertical shaft through which the turning force of the steering gear is transmitted to the rudder blade. The rudderstock is to be made of forged steel. 6. Surging is the motion of the ship along the longitudinal axis. a sudden and great movement forward. 7. Buoyancy the ability to float. 8. Heaving is the linear motion of a ship along the vertical z-axis.

Cambridge advanced learners dictionary

Adochitei Florin / ME11

9. Tweendecks the upper cargo stowage compartiments or the space between any two adjacent decks. 10. Tow use a vehicle or boat to pull (another vehicle or boat) along. 11. Bay a vertical division of a vessel from stem to stern used as a part of the indication of a stowage place for containers. 12. Tramp a vessel operating without a fixed itinerary or schedule. 13. Booms a pivoted spar to which the foot of a vessel`s sails is attached

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