Types and Parts of Boats

Boats come in many styles and shapes, but the names of the different parts are the same. These are the most important terms. 


Recreational Boat / Motor Boat 

Front view:

                                                                                                          

• Beam - Maximum width of a vessel
• Freeboard: Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could come on board
• Draft: Depth of water needed to float a vessel
• Propeller: Rotates and powers a boat forward or backward
• Keel: Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull that increases stability in the water  

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Propulsion

Tug Boat       

















Sail boat                

Passenger Liner / Cruise Ship

Mercantile ship / Container ship 

  

                                               Fishing boat  /   

Rubber Dinghy                                                                                               Ferry Boat

       

                                                                                                          

Hydrofoil

 Main Types of Boats

Barge = chiatta

Canoe = canoa

Catamaran = catamarano

Cruise ship = nave da crociera

Ferry = traghetto

Fishing boat = barca da pesca

Hydrofoil = aliscafo

Lifeboat = scialuppa di salvataggio

Mercantile ship = nave mercantile
Patrol boat = motovedetta

Recreational / pleasure boat = barca di diporto

Row boat = barca a remi

Rubber dinghy = gommone
Sailboat = barca a vela

Trawler (fishing boat with net) = peschereccio (per la pesca a strascico)
Tugboat = rimorchiatore

Parts of a Boat/Ship

All-round white light = luce di coronamento (a poppa)

Beam = larghezza/lunghezza fuori tutto

Bearing = mozzo meccanico

Bilge = sentina

Bitt / Bollard = bitta (grandi barche: dove si attacca la cima)

Bow = prua (davanti / forward)

Bulkhead = paratia

Cleat = galloccia (piccole barche: dove si attacca la cima)

Deck = ponte

Draft / underwater body = pescaggio /opera viva

Freeboard / top side = bordo libero / parte superiore /opera morta

Gunwale = capo di banda (bordino superiore della murata)

Hold = stiva

Hull = scafo

Keel = chiglia

Mooring = ormeggio (posto)

Moorings = ormeggi (cime)

Outboard motor = motore fuori bordo

Port = sinistra (parte sinistra della nave)

Propeller = elica propulsore

Propeller shaft = asse dell’elica o albero ruotante

Red and green lights = luci di via

Rudder = timone

Rudder blade = pala del timone

Rudder shaft = asse del timone

Seacock = presa a mare
Shaft seal = sigillo fra la pala e l’asse del timone

Starboard = dritta (parte destra della nave)

Steering quadrant = quadrante dello sterzo

Stern = poppa (dietro / aft)

Strut = braccio

Transom = specchio di poppa

Waterline = linea di galleggiamento

Wheel / helm  = ruota del timone