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Glosario de Terminos Básicos en Inglés

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A  índice

ABAFT - Toward the rear (stern) of the boat. Behind.
A POPA.Hacia la parte posterior (popa) del barco. Detrás de.

ABEAM - At right angles to the keel of the boat, but not on the boat.
AL TRAVES - perpendicularmente a la quilla del barco, pero no en el barco.

ABOARD  - On or within the boat.
A BORDO DE - en o dentro del barco.

ABOVE DECK - On the deck (not over it - see ALOFT)
SOBRE CUBIERTA - en la cubierta (no sobre ella - vea EN ALTO)

ABREAST - Side by side; by the side of.
COSTADO - de lado a lado; por el lado de.

ADRIFT - Loose, not on moorings or towline.
A LA DERIVA - suelto, no en amarre ni cable de remolque

AFT - Toward the stern of the boat.
A POPA - hacia la popa del barco

AGROUND - Touching or fast to the bottom.
ENCALLADO - Tocando el fondo

AHEAD - In a forward direction.
AVANTE - Navegando hacia proa

AIDS TO NAVIGATION - Artificial objects to supplement natural landmarks indicating safe and unsafe waters.
MARCAS DE NAVEGACIÓN - objetos artificiales para suplir las señales naturales que indican las aguas seguras e inseguras.

ALEE - Away from the direction of the wind. Opposite of windward.
SOTAVENTO - hacia la dirección del viento. Contrario del barlovento.

ALOFT - Above the deck of the boat.
EN ALTO - sobre la cubierta del barco.

AMIDSHIPS - In or toward the center of the boat.
EN CRUJIA - en o hacia el centro del barco.

ANCHORAGE - A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom.
FONDEADERO - un lugar conveniente para anclar, protegido al viento, de la mar y del fondo.

ASTERN - In back of the boat, opposite of ahead.
ATRAS - Mover hacia atrás del barco, contrario de a AVANTE.

ATHWARTSHIPS - At right angles to the centerline of the boat; rowboat seats are generally athwart ships.
DE BABOR A ESTRIBOR (TRANSVERSAL)- perpendicularmente a la línea central del barco; los asientos del bote de remos son transversales.

AWEIGH - The position of anchor as it is raised clear of the bottom.
A LA PENDURA - la posición del ancla cuando se levanta claramente del fondo.

B    indice

BATTEN DOWN - Secure hatches and loose objects both within the hull and on deck.
ARRANCHAR - asegurar las escotillas y los objetos dentro del casco y en cubierta

BEAM - The greatest width of the boat.
ESLORA - La dimensión mas larga de la embarcación

BEARING - The direction of an object expressed either as a true bearing as shown on the chart, or as a bearing relative to the heading of the boat.
RUMBO - La dirección del barco expresada como verdadero referente a una carta o relativo, referente a la proa del barco

BELOW - Beneath the deck.
DEBAJO - debajo de la cubierta

BIGHT - The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.
SENO - La parte del cabo en el medio, sobre la que se hace el nudo

BILGE - The interior of the hull below the floor boards.
SENTINA - el interior del casco debajo de los tableros del suelo

BITTER END - The last part of a rope or chain.The inboard end of the anchor rode.
CHICOTE - El extremo libre de un cabo.

BOTE - A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship. One definition is a small craft carried aboard a ship.
BARCO - un término bastante indefinido. Un vehículo flotante más pequeño que una nave. Una definición es una embarcación pequeña llevado a bordo de una barco.

BOAT HOOK - A short shaft with a fitting at one end shaped to facilitate use in putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off.
CORNAMUSA - un eje corto con una fijación en un extremo para facilitar uso en fondeos, remolques, etc.

BOOT TOP - A painted line that indicates the designed waterline.
LINEA DE FLOTACION - Una linea pintada que indica el nivel de flotación o de carga

BOW - The forward part of a boat.
PROA - La parte delantera del barco

BOW LINE - A docking line leading from the bow.
LINEA DE PROA

BOWLINE - A knot used to form a temporary loop in the end of a line.
AS de GUIA

BRIDGE - The location from which a vessel is steered and its speed controlled. "Control Station" is really a more appropriate term for small craft.
BITACORA o PUENTE DE MANDO

BRIDLE - A line or wire secured at both ends in order to distribute a strain between two points.
??? - un cabo asegurado en ambos extremos para distribuir una tensión entre dos puntos.

BRIGHTWORK - Varnished woodwork and/or polished metal.
EVANISTERIA - artesanía en madera barnizada y/o metal pulido.

BULKHEAD - A vertical partition separating compartments.
MAMPARO - una partición vertical que separa los compartimientos

BUOY - An anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazard or a shoal and for mooring.
BOYA - un flotador anclado para marcar una posición respecto al agua o a un peligro o a un bajío y para el fondeo.

BURDENED VESSEL - That vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rules, must give way to the privileged vessel. The term has been superseded by the term "give-way".
BARCO SIN PRIORIDAD - Aquel barco que tiene que ceder el paso.

C    indice

CABIN - A compartment for passengers or crew.
CAMAROTE

CAPSIZE - To turn over.
¿VOLVAR? - para volcar

CAST OFF - To let go.
ZARPAR - Partir

CATAMARAN - A twin-hulled boat, with hulls side by side.
CATAMARAN

CHAFING GEAR - Tubing or cloth wrapping used to protect a line from chafing on a rough surface.
??? - Tubo o tela para proteger un cabo de un rozamiento.

CHART - A map for use by navigators.
CARTA NAUTICA

CHINE - The intersection of the bottom and sides of a flat or v-bottomed boat.
QUILLA

CHOCK - A fitting through which anchor or mooring lines are led. Usually U-shaped to reduce chafe.
GUIA: para guiar cabos, o la cadena del ancla

CLEAT - A fitting to which lines are made fast. The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped.
CORNAMUSA

CLOVE HITCH - A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
BALLESTRINQUE DE CORNAMUSA

COAMING - A vertical piece around the edge of a cockpit, hatch, etc. to prevent water on deck from running below.
BRAZOLA - Pieza vertical al filo de una carlinga o escotilla, para que el agua derive y no entre.

COCKPIT- An opening in the deck from which the boat is handled.
BAÑERA del barco

COIL - To lay a line down in circular turns.
ADUJAR cabos en forma CIRCULAR

COURSE - The direction in which a boat is steered.
RUMBO

CUDDY - A small shelter cabin in a boat.
CONEJERA

CURRENT - The horizontal movement of water.
CONEJERA

D    indice

DEAD AHEAD - Directly ahead.
AVANTE TODA MAQUINA

DEAD ASTERN (Atras) - Directly aft.
ATRAS TODA MAQUINA

DECK - A permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part thereof.
CUBIERTA

DINGHY - A small open boat. A dinghy is often used as a tender for a larger craft.
LANCHA AUXILIAR

DISPLACEMENT - The weight of water displaced by a floating vessel, thus, a boat's weight.
DESPLAZAMIENTO

DISPLACEMENT HULL - A type of hull that plows through the water, displacing a weight of water equal to its own weight, even when more power is added.
DESPLAZAMIENTO DEL CASCO

DOCK - A protected water area in which vessels are moored.The term is often used to denote a pier or a wharf.
MUELLE

DOLPHIN - A group of piles driven close together and bound with wire cables into a single structure.
GRUPO DE BOYAS

DRAFT - The depth of water a boat draws.
CALADO

E    indice

EBB - A receding current.
CORRIENTE DE RETROCESO O DE VACIADO

F    indice

FATHOM - Six feet.
BRAZA -SEIS PIES

FENDER - A cushion, placed between boats, or between a boat and a pier, to prevent damage.
DEFENSA

FIGURE EIGHT KNOT - A knot in the form of a figure eight, placed in the end of a line to prevent the line from passing through a grommet or a block.
LASCA

FLARE - The outward curve of a vessel's sides near the bow. A distress signal.
AMURA - Tambien LLAMARADA

FLOOD - A incoming current.
CORRIENTE de llenado o a favor

FLOORBOARDS - The surface of the cockpit on which the crew stand.
ENTARIMADO de la bañera

FLUKE - The palm of an anchor.
PLATIJA - la palma de un ancla

FOLLOWING SEA - An overtaking sea that comes from astern.
MAR DE POPA

FORE-AND-AFT - In a line parallel to the keel.

FOREPEAK - A compartment in the bow of a small boat.
ARCON DE PROA de un bote pequeño

FORWARD - Toward the bow of the boat.
Hacia proa

FOULED - Any piece of equipment that is jammed or entangled, or dirtied.
ESTROPEADO

FREEBOARD - The minimum vertical distance from the surface of the water to the gunwale.

G    indice

GALLEY - The kitchen area of a boat.
COCINA

GANGWAY - The area of a ship's side where people board and disembark.
PASARELA - el área del lado de una nave donde la gente sube y desembarca

GIVE-WAY VESSEL - A term used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.
BARCO SIN PRIORIDAD - El Barco que tiene que ceder el paso.

GRAB RAILS - Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.
PASAMANOS - Agarraderas fijas para asirse por seguridad cuando se mueve por el barco.

GROUND TACKLE - A collective term for the anchor and its associated gear.
EQUIPO DE FONDEO

GUNWALE - The upper edge of a boat's sides.
REGALA

H    indice

HARD CHINE - An abrupt intersection between the hull side and the hull bottom of a boat so constructed.
LA RODA???

HATCH - An opening in a boat's deck fitted with a watertight cover.
ESCOTILLA, PORTILLO

HEAD - A marine toilet. Also the upper corner of a triangular sail.
un aseo de barco. También la boya superior de una trinángulo de regata

HEADING - The direction in which a vessel's bow points at any given time.
La dirección que apunta la proa de un barco en un momento dado

HEADWAY - The forward motion of a boat. Opposite of sternway.
AVANCE - El movimiento hacia avante de un barco

HELM - The wheel or tiller controlling the rudder. HELMSPERSON (Timonel) - The person who steers the boat.
TIMON - TIMONEL

HITCH - A knot used to secure a rope to another object or to another rope, or to form a loop or a noose in a rope.
BALLESTRINQUE

HOLD - A compartment below deck in a large vessel, used solely for carrying cargo.
ARCON, COFRE

HULL - The main body of a vessel.
CASCO

I    indice

INBOARD - More toward the center of a vessel; inside; a motor fitted inside a boat.
DENTRO DE LA BORDA

INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY - ICW: bays, rivers, and canals along the coasts (such as the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts), connected so that vessels may travel without going into the sea.
CANAL INTERIOR

J    indice

JACOBS LADDER - A rope ladder, lowered from the deck, as when pilots or passengers come aboard.
PASARELA DE CUERDA

JETTY - A structure, usually masonry, projecting out from the shore; a jetty may protect a harbor entrance.
DIQUE

K    indice

KEEL - The centerline of a boat running fore and aft; the backbone of a vessel.
QUILLA

KNOT - A measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour.
NUDO - Milla por hora

KNOT - A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, to form a loop or a noose, to tie a small rope to an object, or to tie the ends of two small ropes together.
NUDO marinero

L    indice

LATITUDE - The distance north or south of the equator measured and expressed in degrees.
LATITUD

LAZARETTE - A storage space in a boat's stern area.
COFRE DE POPA

LEE - The side sheltered from the wind.
SOTAVENTO

LEEWARD - The direction away from the wind. Opposite of windward.
SOTAVENTO

LEEWAY - The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
ABATIMIENTO

LINE - Rope and cordage used aboard a vessel.
CABO

LOG - A record of courses or operation. Also, a device to measure speed.
REGISTRO

LONGITUDE - The distance in degrees east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England.
LONGITUD

LUBBER'S LINE - A mark or permanent line on a compass indicating the direction forward parallel to the keel when properly installed.
MARCA del compas para seguir el rumbo

M    indice

MARLINSPIKE - A tool for opening the strands of a rope while splicing.
una herramienta para abrir los filamentos de una cuerda mientras que empalma.

MIDSHIP - Approximately in the location equally distant from the bow and stern.
CENTRO DEL BARCO

MOORING - An arrangement for securing a boat to a mooring buoy or a pier.
FONDEO

N    indice

NAUTICAL MILE - One minute of latitude; approximately 6076 feet - about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280 feet.
Milla nautica

NAVIGATION - The art and science of conducting a boat safely from one point to another.
NAVEGACION

NAVIGATION RULES - The regulations governing the movement of vessels in relation to each other, generally called steering and sailing rules.
REGLAS DE NAVEGACION

O    indice

OUTBOARD - Toward or beyond the boat's sides. A detachable engine mounted on a boat's stern.
FUERABORDA

OVERBOARD - Over the side or out of the boat.
POR LA BORDA

P    indice

PIER - A loading platform extending at an angle from the shore.
EMBARCADERO

PILE - A wood, metal or concrete pole driven into the bottom. Craft may be made fast to a pile; it may be used to support a pier (see PILING) or a float.
MUERTO

PILING - Support, protection for wharves, piers etc.; constructed of piles (see PILE)
????

PILOTING - Navigation by use of visible references, the depth of the water, etc.
PILOTAJE

PLANING - A boat is said to be planing when it is essentially moving over the top of the water rather than through the water.
PLANEANDO

PLANING HULL - A type of hull shaped to glide easily across the water at high speed.
CASCO PLANEADOR

PORT - The left side of a boat looking forward. A harbor.
AMURA DE BABOR

PRIVELEGED VESSEL - A vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rule, has right-of-way (this term has been superseded by the term "stand-on").
BARCO CON PREFERENCIA

Q    indice

QUARTER - The sides of a boat aft of amidships.
ALETAS

QUARTERING SEA - Sea coming on a boat's quarter.
MAR DE ALETA

R    indice

RODE - The anchor line and/or chain.
CADENA DE ANCLA

ROPE - In general, cordage as it is purchased at the store. When it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use it becomes line.
CABO, MAROMA

RUDDER - A vertical plate or board for steering a boat.
PALA DEL TIMON

RUN - To allow a line to feed freely.
LARGAR UN CABO

RUNNING LIGHTS - Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.
LUCES DE NAVEGACION

S    indice

SATELLITE NAVIGATION - A form of position finding using radio transmissions from satellites with sophisticated on-board automatic equipment.
NAVEGACION POR SATELITE

SCOPE - Technically, the ratio of length of anchor rode in use to the vertical distance from the bow of the vessel to the bottom of the water. Usually six to seven to one for calm weather and more scope in storm conditions.
LA CANTIDAD DE CADENA PARA FONDEAR

SCREW - A boat's propeller.
HELICE

SCUPPERS - Drain holes on deck, in the toe rail, or in bulwarks or (with drain pipes) in the deck itself.
IMBORNALES

SEA COCK - A through hull valve, a shut off on a plumbing or drain pipe between the vessel's interior and the sea.
GRIFO DE FONDO

SEAMANSHIP - All the arts and skills of boat handling, ranging from maintenence and repairs to piloting, sail handling, marlinespike work, and rigging.
ARTES DE UN MARINERO

SEA ROOM - A safe distance from the shore or other hazards.
DISTANCIA DE SEGURIDAD

SEAWORTHY - A boat or a boat's gear able to meet the usual sea conditions.

SECURE - To make fast.
HACER FIJO, ASEGURAR

SET - Direction toward which the current is flowing.
DIRECCION DE LA CORRIENTE

SHIP - A larger vessel usually thought of as being used for ocean travel. A vessel able to carry a "boat" on board.
BARCO

SLACK - Not fastened; loose. Also, to loosen.
SOLTAR, ESTAR SUELTO

SOLE - Cabin or saloon floor. Timber extensions on the bottom of the rudder. Also the molded fiberglass deck of a cockpit.
SALON

SOUNDING - A measurement of the depth of water.
SONDA

SPRING LINE - A pivot line used in docking, undocking, or to prevent the boat from moving forward or astern while made fast to a dock.
SPRING

SQUALL - A sudden, violent wind often accompanied by rain.
CHUBASCO, GALERNA

SQUARE KNOT - A knot used to join two lines of similar size. Also called a reef knot.
RIZO

STANDING PART - That part of a line which is made fast.The main part of a line as distinguished from the bight and the end.
FIRME

STAND-ON VESSEL - That vessel which has right-of-way during a meeting, crossing, or overtaking situation.
BARCO CON DERECHO DE PASO

STARBOARD - The right side of a boat when looking forward.
ESTRIBOR

STEM - The forward most part of the bow.
BOTALON

STERN - The after part of the boat
POPA .

STERN LINE - A docking line leading from the stern.
????

STOW - To put an item in its proper place.
ESTIBAR

SWAMP - To fill with water, but not settle to the bottom.
???

T    indice

THWARTSHIPS - At right angles to the centerline of the boat.
perpendicularmente a la línea central del barco

TIDE - The periodic rise and fall of water level in the oceans.
MAREAS

TILLER - A bar or handle for turning a boat's rudder or an outboard motor.
CAÑA DEL TIMON

TOPSIDES - The sides of a vessel between the waterline and the deck; sometimes referring to onto or above the deck.
FRANCOBORDO

TRANSOM - The stern cross-section of a square sterned boat.
COSTILLAS DEL BARCO

TRIM - Fore and aft balance of a boat.
PANTOQUEO

U    indice

UNDERWAY - Vessel in motion, i.e., when not moored, at anchor, or aground.
ARRANCADA

V    indice

V BOTTOM - A hull with the bottom section in the shape of a "V".
QUILLA EN V

W    indice

WAKE - Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind it, when moving across the waters.
ESTELA

WATERLINE - A line painted on a hull which shows the point to which a boat sinks when it is properly trimmed (see BOOT TOP).
LINEA DE FLOTACION

WAY - Movement of a vessel through the water such as headway, sternway or leeway.
MOVIMIENTO

WINDWARD - Toward the direction from which the wind is coming.
DE BARLOVENTO

Y    indice

YACHT - A pleasure vessel, a pleasure boat; in American usage the idea of size and luxury is conveyed, either sail or power.
YATE

YAW - To swing or steer off course, as when running with a quartering sea.
DESVIO