Glossary of terms used in boatbuilding and boating. boat speak terms we use to describe our designs. this glossary was originally published in our webletters. if you have any suggestions for additions, or corrections, please email: a frame or railing on a boat's table to keep dishes, etc. from falling off in rough weather.. Port side. this arrangement prevents the frame lines at the after end from obliterating or fouling the frame lines at the forward end. this view shows buttocks and waterlines straight, while the frame lines appear in their true shape. boiler----container in which water is heated to form steam. boiler chocks----stay braces which prevent. Boating terms stanchion a post along the edge of the deck used to support the life lines. standing part when tying a knot this is the main part of a line as opposed to the bitter end where the knot is being tied..
Glossary of boatbuilding terms. this is a work in progress and will be updated from time to time. apex: the inside corner of the rabbet. backing out: on smaller boats, the frames don’t come through the covering board like they do in your boat. on larger boats, sometimes the frames do come up through the covering board, and these frames. Illustrated glossary of ship and boat terms keywords: illustrated glossary of ship and boat terms [the following illustrated glossary first appeared in its entirety in wooden ship building and the interpretation of shipwrecks , by j. richard steffy (1994).. Ship and boat building terms glossary: a collection of lists and explanations of abstruse, obsolete, dialectical or technical terms. ceiling to facilitate air circulation between the frame timbers and into the bilge space of wooden boats. sometimes called an air funnel. aloft above the deck, up the mast(s).