Alabama Boating Terms Drivers Ed (2023 2024) Verified Content

Alabama Boating Terms Driver’s ED (2023 – 2024) Verified ContentAbeam - Center support of a boat rows from back to frontAft - Towards the back of the boat or vesselStern - Back of the boatAground - Bottom of the boatAmidship - in the middle of the shipanchor - object that holds a vessel in placeDanforth - Anchor most common can be used for small or big to teeth hook in the sand or grassBell/ Mushroom - Anchor Used for light weight boats not real heavy or bigBruss anchor - Anchor Biggest strongest holds crew shipsbearing - The 360 points on a compass that shows directionbilge - Splits water out big boat lowest part in the vesselBow - Front of the the boatcapacity plate - Plates on the inside of a vessel usually located at the held/ captions seat gives horse power weight and peopleCap size - To turn over the boat or sinkCBA/ carburetor flame backfire arrestor - Required on all motors and reduces the chances of fire caused by back fire in the engineNun bouy - A convex red buoy even number marking the starburst right side of channel when returning from the sea or up rivercan