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Caution: Slippery When Wet
Posted on: 08-12-2022 by Floor Covering Media

 

 

Would you describe the deck surface on your sailboat as unusually slippery? What safety issues does this possible hazard raise for yourself and the crew? How should one deal with the dilemma of slippage on the deck of a sailboat?

 

 

These are slippery issues. Improvesailing.com suggests the proper footwear, which is a good start. However, that is only one part of the solution. There is also the deck itself. Products are available to assist with a slippery boat deck, which include but are not limited to paints, clear sprays, flooring and matting:

 

Total Tread (Non-skid deck paint)

Slip Doctors (Clear, Non-slip spray)

Sinnsidelin (Flooring for boat decks)

Foammaker (Marine mats for boat decks)

 

 

Looking for boat detailing tips? Learn how to buff and wax non skid surfaces. 

 

 

Surface areas for sailboats isn't a common conversation that most people typically tend to have in passing. However, it is a subject that merits further discussion in this particular case. Brace yourself for some strange new words.

 

 

Learning about boating is likely to require expanding your vocabulary; as the jargen and terminology that boating people use to communicate may seem a bit dense, even like a second language, until you develop a proficiency for it.

 

 

 

Seasoned sailers may have noticed that greenhorns, competent under most conditions and somewhat familiar with the vessel, aren't entirely familiar with simple boating terminology. These are the important terms that the more experienced sailers use, as they communicate with each other on the water, which obviously demonstrates that knowledge is no substitute for experience.

 

 

 

According to the American Sailing Association, learning the basics of sailing require knowing all of the parts of the boat. Certainly there are a few of these terms that are interchangeable among different boats and these aren't the only terms. This is an introduction to a new language, which after spending more time on the water, you'll gradaully learn and use; likely on a daily basis.

 

 

Bow

Bow pulpit

Cockpit

Cockpit coaming

Companionway

Deck

Hull

Keel

Lifeline

Rudder

Stanchion

Stern

Stern pulpit

Transom

Wheel

 

Speaking of interchangeable terms, see how Encarta's dictionary provides curious readers a general list of sailboat parts that slightly differ from the ones listed above; most if not all of which should be familiar to experienced sailers.

 

 

The above image of a sailboat was cropped from the Encarta dictionary.

 

Batten

Boom

Boom Vang

Bow

Centerboard

Cleat

Cockpit

Crosstree

Forestay

Hull

Jib

Jib Sheet

Mainsail

Mainsheet

Mast

Rudder

Sail Pane

Shroud

Telltale

Tiller

Traveler

Wind Indicator

 

The ASA image depicts 15 boat parts. Encarta's image depicts 22 boat parts. 

 

 

Notably, there are other parts of a sailboat that the above sources didn't list.

 

Badge

Bobstay

Boomkin

Bowsprit

Brace

Dinghy

Dolphin Striker

Figurehead

Gilding

Halyard

Jackline

Padeye

Port/Starboard

Rigging

Rope

Sail

Spar

Spinnaker pole

Square Rig

Standing

Stem

Taffrail

Yard

 

 

Archimedes' principle explains buoyancy is achieved through displacement. In order to displace enough water to remain afloat without being submerged, the boat must have an average density less than water. It is why the hull of the boat must be hollow, as the air within the boat is lighter than the surrounding water. Regardless of a vessel's hollow composition, whether it is concrete or fiberglass, its average density is less than water because of the air within it.

 

 

A hollow basketball can float. The air inside it has a density less than water.

 

 

A solid bowling ball cannot float. It's average density is not less than water.

 

 

It will sink not much unlike the way anchors sink, when dropped in the water.

 

 

Displacement is how all vessels from sailboats to aircraft carriers stay afloat.

 

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