Terms
- Bow is the front part of the hull
- Stern is the rear part of the hull
- Port is the left side of the vessel when facing the bow
- Starboard is the right side of the vessel when facing the bow
- Waterline is an imaginary line circumscribing the hull that matches the surface of the water when the hull is not moving.
- Amidships is the middle portion of the vessel in the fore and aft direction.
- Baseline is an imaginary reference line used to measure vertical distances from.
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