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KKK KILO KKK
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| KEDGE
ANCHOR |
A light anchor used for kedging
off |
| KEDGING
OFF |
Freeing a grounded boat by
hauling in on an anchorline that has been secured in deeper water by a
dinghy |
| KEEL |
The fin attached to the underside
of the hull. It is filled with lead ballast to provide upright stability
and prevent sideslipping by countering the lateral force of the wind |
| KEEP
HER FULL |
To keep the sails full and
drawing |
| KETCH |
A two masted yacht with the
smaller after mast stepped ahead of the rudder post |
| KNOCKDOWN |
When a boat is knocked on
her beam-ends by a sudden gust or squall, especially under spinnaker |
| KNOT |
A measure of speed in nautical
miles per hour |
| KUMATAGE |
A bright appearance in the
horizon, under the sun or moon, arising from the reflected
light of those bodies from the small rippling waves on the surface
of the water
FROM Bowditch´s Navigator, 24th edition (1854) page 295, thanks to John Lynch Cummins
(moon river)
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