- A
nautical mile is a unit of
length used in air, marine, and
space navigation, and for the
definition of
territorial waters. Historically, it was defined...
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including a
basic knowledge of ship recognition, a
basic understanding of
nautical terms, ship
structure and
naval architecture and
cargo operations, specific...
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Nautical fiction,
frequently also
naval fiction, sea fiction,
naval adventure fiction or
maritime fiction, is a
genre of
literature with a
setting on or...
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measured at deck
level Look up beam (
nautical) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Other meanings of 'beam' in the
nautical context are: Beam – a
timber similar...
- the
following objects that make use of
nautical floats. A
pontoon boat is a
flattish boat that
relies on
nautical floats for buoyancy.
Common boat designs...
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initialisms BMNT (begin
morning nautical twilight, i.e.
nautical dawn) and EENT (end
evening nautical twilight, i.e.
nautical dusk) are used and considered...
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bridge or in a
separate chart room, nearby. It
includes a
table sized for
nautical charts where calculations of
course and
location are made. The navigator...
- In
sailing and boating, a vessel's
freeboard is the
distance from the
waterline to the
upper deck level,
measured at the
lowest point of
sheer where water...
- The knot (/nɒt/) is a unit of
speed equal to one
nautical mile per hour,
exactly 1.852 km/h (approximately 1.151 mph or 0.514 m/s). The ISO
standard symbol...
- This
glossary of
nautical terms is an
alphabetical listing of
terms and
expressions connected with ships, shipping,
seamanship and
navigation on water...
