i n d e x 325
speed (Cont.):
time, distance, and speed calculations,
51–52, 54–57, 71, 72–73
speed over ground (SOG), 114, 303
spitfire (storm jib), 194
splice, 243
spoils, 11
spotlight, 126, 127
spring line, 211–13, 221– 22
spring tides, 99, 101
squall line, 259–60
squatting, 171, 294
stability, 308–9
stainless steel shackles, 231
stainless steel thimbles, 232–33
stanchion bearings, 134
stand, 99, 100
standing part, 243
Stapleton, Sid, 175, 262
starboard tack, 143
stays, 180 , 195
steel shackles, 231
steel thimbles, 232–33
steering
boat balance and, 190, 192
oversteering, 184
steering compass, 26, 73
steering course (C), 34, 37, 72
steering system
inspection of, 181
sailing after failure of, 196–97
stern-towing tug, 140– 41
S.T.O.P., 127
storm anchor, 227
storm jib (spitfire), 194
stove safety, 271–73
stow and lash, 174, 311
strainer, raw-water, 156
strait effect, 268
Straits of Florida, 132, 148
stratocumulus clouds, 254
stratus clouds, 254
strongback, 284
stuffing box, 157, 158, 280, 281
substations, 100
surface winds, 251
survival skills, cold-water, 287– 89
swell diffraction, 266 –67
swell refraction, 264– 65
swell waves, 255, 264–67, 266
swim ladders, 277, 278
swing bridges, 121 , 122, 123 , 124
swing circle, 11
tacking, 198, 200–202
tacking cone, 93–95, 94
tape removal tip, 47
thimbles, 232–33
3-minute rule, 56–57, 173
through-hull fittings, 182, 280, 281
throwable devices, 278
tidal current (stream) atlases, 109
tidal currents
anchoring and, 234
conditions that affect, 106, 111, 112
defined, 113
ebb, 100, 104, 106 , 109– 11
effect of and compensation for, 113– 15
50-90-100 Rule, 109– 11
flood, 100, 104, 106 , 109– 11
graph, 108
slack water, 100, 104, 106 , 109–12, 111 , 303–4
terminology, 100, 104
understanding, 104–9, 106
wind and, 106, 111
tidal current tables, 104–7
tide
anchoring and, 234
chart notations, 4–5
conditions that produce, 98
height measurements and, 7
local effects on, 98–99
terminology, 99– 100
tide gauges, 7, 120
tide tables, 100– 102
tiller-steered boats
docking and undocking maneuvers, 212–13
emergency tiller, 181
understanding, 205 –6
time, 24-hour, 30
time calculations
6-minute rule, 138
slide rules for, 54–56
3-minute rule, 56–57, 173
time, distance, and speed calculations,
51–52, 54–57, 71, 72–73
tools, 26–27, 126, 164, 282
topping lift, 194
towing vessels, 140–42, 141
track/trackline (TR), 34, 37, 45–46, 72, 74
traffic separation zone, 18
transducers, 281
transmission fluid, 158–59
traveler cars, 181, 189
trim, 309–10
trip line, 235
tropics, diurnal pressure variations in, 250–51
true directions, 33–34, 36, 37
24-hour time, 30
twin-screw boats
advantages of, 210
backing maneuver, 210, 211
docking and undocking maneuvers, 212–13,
215– 21 , 222–23
engine delay and surge, 211
inboard engine vs. outboard engine, 210
marina entry strategies, 223
pivoting maneuver, 210, 211
rudder use, 210
straight-line maneuvers, 210–11
warping around pier or piling, 221– 22
undocking maneuvers, 211–13, 215– 21
ungrounding, 240–41