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Weather: side or direction from which wind blows (same as "windward"). (Terms)
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Bow: front of a ship (opposite of "stern") (Terms)
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Fore or forward: at or toward the front of a ship or further ahead of a location (opposite of "aft") (Terms)
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On board: on, onto, or within the ship (Terms)
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Aweigh: just clear of the sea floor, as with an anchor. (Terms)
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Astern (adjective): toward the rear of a ship (opposite of "forward"). (Terms)
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In order to better describe the parts and cabins of the ship, including the bow, stern, bilge, ship dimensions, displacement, volume tonnage, etc., many long-term voyagers know that when using a ship, they use certain terms to better represent the specific position of the ship. This random tool contains 45 entries and is a list of the most commonly used ship terms.
These terms recorded in this generator mainly help beginners or people who have been at sea for many years to become more familiar with the structure of a ship, and can speed up the understanding between each other such as super-large ships, container ships, bridge, steering wheel, radar, gyrocompass and other non-navigators do not know the vocabulary. These terms have become the world’s lingua franca, helping navigators to be more efficient at building ships, designing them, and describing them.
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