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V Bottom
A hull with the bottom section in the shape of a "V".
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Variation
The angular difference between the magnetic meridian and the geographic meridian at a particular location.
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VHF Radio
A very high frequency electronic communications and direction finding system.
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Wake
Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind it, when moving across the waters.
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Wharf
A manmade structure bonding the edge of a dock and built along or at an angle to the shoreline, used for loading, unloading, or tying up vessels.
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Waterline
A line painted on a hull which shows the point to which a boat sinks when it is properly trimmed (see BOOT TOP).
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Way
Movement of a vessel through the water such as headway, sternway or leeway.
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Winward
Toward the direction from which the wind is coming.
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Yacht
A pleasure vessel, a pleasure boat; in American usage the idea of size and luxury is conveyed, either sail or power. (According to a 1992 Forbes Magazine story on the America's Cup competition, the word "yacht" comes from the Dutch verb
"jacht." The translation means "to throw up violently").
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YAW
To swing or steer off course, as when running with a quartering sea.
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Yawl
A two-masted sailboat with the small mizzen mast stepped abaft the rudder post.
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