Glossary
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- General Nautical Terminology, Weather (Meteorology) Forth
Sea area of the Met Office Shipping Forecast. Located at the Firth of Forth, off eastern Scotland near Edinburgh.
Named after the Firth of Forth...
More Details - General Nautical Terminology, Weather (Meteorology) Forties
Sea area of the Met Office Shipping Forecast. Covers the central North Sea, northeast of the UK mainland.
Named for the Long Forties sandbank...
More Details - General Nautical Terminology, Parts of a Boat Forward
The section of a vessel that is located towards the bow, or front, of the ship.
Forward refers to the area or direction towards the bow...
More Details - General Nautical Terminology FoulThe opposite of clear; Adverse (wind or tide); Unsuitable
- Phonetic Alphabet, Signals & Communication Foxtrot
Pronounced: FOKS-trot
The term for the letter F in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet.
- General Nautical Terminology, Signals & Communication Frequency Modulation (FM)
A method of encoding information in a carrier wave by varying its frequency, commonly used in marine radio communications.
Frequency...
More Details - General Nautical Terminology Fuel collar
A Fuel collar is designed to fit around a refuelling hose to prevent any spillage or backsplash. This protects your boat and the environment.
- General Nautical Terminology FurlTo roll or gather a sail against its mast or spar
- General Nautical Terminology Furling
- General Nautical Terminology Furling Drum
A rotating mechanism at the base of a headsail furling system that enables the controlled rolling and unrolling of the sail around the...
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