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| Balance | The degree to which all the forces on a boat are symmetrical so the vessel sails with just a slight weather helm. |
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| Balance Frames | Those frames of a ship's hull which are equal in area, one forward and one aft of the ship's center of gravity. |
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| Bald-Headed | Sailing term used to indicate a sailing vessel underway with no headsails set. |
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| Bale | A metal ring on a boom, pole or mast where blocks or shackles may be attached. |
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| Ballast | Lastre
Weight at the bottom or the lower portion of the boat to give her stability and/or to provide satisfactory fore and aft trim.. Ballast can be place inside the hull of the boat or externally in a keel. Heavy substances can be loaded by a vessel to improve stability, trimming, sea-keeping and to increase the immersion at the propeller. Sea water ballast is commonly loaded in most vessels in ballast tanks, positioned in compartments right at the bottom and in some cases on the sides, called wing tanks. On a tanker, ballast is seawater that is taken into the cargo tanks to submerge the vessel to a proper trim. |
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| Ballast Tanks | Tanks carried in various parts of a ship for water ballast, for stability and to make the ship seaworthy. |
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| Balloon Jib | A reaching headsail that has a big draft and is usually light-weight |
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| Bar | A region of shallow water usually made of sand or mud, usually running parallel to the shore. Bars are caused by wave and current action, and may not be shown on a chart. |
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| Bar Shot | Iron in a "dumbbell" shape shot into enemy rigging to cut lines and sails. |
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| Bar Taut | Said of a rope when it is under such tension that it is practically rigid. |
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| Barber Hauler | A sail control used to change the athwartships lead of the jib sheet by pulling the sheet toward the centerline of the boat. |
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| Bare Boat Charter | A charter in which the bare ship is chartered without crew; the charterer, for a stipulated sum taking over the vessel for a stated period of time, with a minimum of restrictions; the charterer appoints the master and the crew and pays all running expenses. |
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| Bare Poles | Condition of a sailing ship when all sails have been taken down in a severe storm, very often a hazardous undertaking if there is a high sea running. |
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| Barge | (1) A cargo carrying vessel, usually without an engine, towed or pushed by a tug. Small barges for carrying cargo between ship and shore are known as lighters. (2) Also a term in sail racing - a boat which forces its way illegally between another contestant and the starting line is said to be barging. |
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| Barnacle | A small shellfish which sticks to the bottoms of ships. |
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