Parts of a Boat Vocabulary

The right side of a vessel

• Port

• Starboard

• Cleat

• Stern

The upper edge of vessel's side......

• Keel

• Propeller

• Gunwale

• Bow

The maximum width of a vessel....

• Keel

• Draft

• Gunwale

• Beam

The left side of a vessel....

• Cleat

• Starboard

• Stern

• Port

A vessel that uses an inboard jet drive....

• Hull

• Personal Watercraft

• Personal Vessel

• Propeller

Freeboard

• The Body of a vessel.

• Main centerline of a vessel or the extension of hull that increases stability in the water.

• Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could come on board.

• The left side of a vessel....

Bow

• Body of a vessel

• Left side of a vessel

• Front of a vessel

• Rear of a vessel

Propeller

• Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened.

• Rotates and powers a boat forward or backward

• Main centerline of a vessel or the extension of hull that increases stability in the water.

• Front of a vessel

Keel

• Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened.

• Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could come on board.

• The maximum width of a vessel....

• Main centerline of a vessel or the extension of hull that increases stability in the water.

Hull

• Body of a vessel

• Rear of the vessel

• Maximum width of a vessel

• Left side of a vessel