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| Hawse | That part of a ship's bow where the hawse holes and hawse pipes are situated. |
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| Hawse Hole | A hole in the hull for mooring lines, cable, or chain to run through. |
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| Hawse Pipe | Pipes made of heavy cast iron or steel through which the anchor chain runs; placed in the ship's bow on each side of the stem, or in some cases also at the stern when a stern anchor is used. |
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| Hawse Plug or Block | A stopper used to prevent water from entering the hawse hole in heavy weather. |
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| Hawser | A heavy line or cable used for towing, mooring or anchoring a large vessel |
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| Hazard | An object that might not allow safe operation. A group of rocks just under the water or a submerged wreck could be a navigational hazard. |
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| Haze | To make life onboard for the crew as uncomfortable as possible, by keeping them at work at all hours, often unnecessarily. |
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| Head | (1) A marine toilet or the compartment containing a toilet. (2) Generally, the top or forward part. (3) The upper corner of a triangular sail. (4) The top portion of a mast. |
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| Head Down | To turn the boat away from the wind. also Fall Off. |
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| Head Sea | A sea which is traveling in the opposite direction to that of the boat |
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| Head to Wind | Where the boat is pointed directly into the wind, sails luffing |
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| Head Up | Change direction so as to point closer to where the wind is coming from. The opposite of falling off. |
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| Headboard | A small wooden, metal or plastic insertion at the head of a mainsail. |
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| Headed | When the wind shifts toward the bow. Opposite of lifted. |
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| Header | (1) A wind shift further forward relative to the boats direction or heading. (2) A bar or angle under a deck the same size as deck beams. It is used around stair openings in deck, small hatch openings, or at dead end of longitudinals. |
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