the helm is what onboard a boat

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the helm is what onboard a boat

Stern – The back of a boat. Helm – A tiller or wheel and any associated equipment for steering a ship or boat. Ours is a wheel and we let our passengers take the helm at times during the cruise.

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If it’s your first time on a sailboat, we want to make sure you know what you’re getting into! When you hop aboard our 54-foot catamaran, our captain can get you up to speed on how the boat works, but below are some terms to help you out.

Mast – A pole that rises vertically from the deck of a boat and supports sails. Our mast rises 72 feet in the air.

Mainsail – The mainsail on the mast drives the sailboat windward (toward the wind). Ours features our Wild Hearts logo and phone number.

Boom – A horizontal pole that attaches to the mast and extends the foot (bottom) of the mainsail. Ours stretches a wide 30 feet.

Bow – The forward part of a boat, where some of our guests like to sit and sunbathe.

Stern – The back of a boat.

Helm – A tiller or wheel and any associated equipment for steering a ship or boat. Ours is a wheel and we let our passengers take the helm at times during the cruise.

To view our open-ocean catamaran firsthand, go ahead and book a sail! There are plenty of cruises to choose from, so you can pick the right fit for your group.

Parts of a Boat: Understanding the Anatomy of Your Boat

If you want to be a boater, you’ll need to learn a new vocabulary because boats don’t have a front and back, or a kitchen and a bathroom. Here’s a guide to basic nautical terminology, specifically having to do with the parts of a boat.

1. Ballast – Weight in the form of heavy material (water, metal or stone) placed low in a boat hull to improve stability and performance of the boat.

2. Berth – A bed or bunk if it’s in a boat or a slip for a boat to dock in.

3. Bilge – The lowest part of a boat hull that sometimes collects water.

4. Bimini – A canvas or composite (hard) top attached to a boat to provide protection from sun and rain.

5. Bow – The front of the boat. Multihulls may have two or three bows.

6. Bulkhead – An upright wall within the hull of a boat that may add structural integrity or a separation of living spaces.

7. Cabin – A room inside the boat, which can refer to the entire interior or just one room designed for sleeping.

8. Casting deck/platform

– A surface at the front or back part of a boat that’s elevated so you can fish without obstructions and have a better view of the water.

9. Cleat – A wood, plastic or metal fitting onto which you tie or loop a line. This can be on a boat or a dock.

10. Cockpit – A protected, somewhat enclosed space on deck, usually from where a boat is controlled or steered.

11. Console – A raised structure on the deck of a boat that usually holds the helm or steering station and may include a toilet or stowage space in the compartment below.

12. Deck – The exterior flat surface of a boat.

13. Dinette – An area of the boat with a table and seats used for dining.

14. Flybridge – Also referred to as a “flying bridge” this is the area on top of a boat cabin, which usually holds a steering station and sometimes a social space.

15. Galley – A boat kitchen, which may be inside the boat or outside on deck.

16. Gunwale – Also known as gunnel, this is the outermost top edge of a boat hull, usually where the deck and hull come together.

17. Hardtop – A top or roof added to a boat cabin-top or console. It serves to protect the driver and sometimes also passengers from the elements.

18. Hatch – An opening in the deck or cabin of a boat that serves as a window or door.

19. Helm – The steering station, which includes engine controls and a wheel or joystick.

20. Hull – The body or shell of the vessel.

21. Livewell – A tank designed to keep caught fish or bait alive during fishing.

22. Propeller – A rotating device with blades designed to move a boat forward or backward through the water.

23. Rigging – The wires, cables or lines, which support a mast on a boat.

24. Rudder – An appendage below the waterline that steers the boat.

25. Saloon

– A room in a boat that is an interior social space used like a living room in a house.

26. Stern – The back part of the boat.

27. Swim platform – A structure fixed to the transom or aft portion of the boat designed to make getting onto the boat from the water or dock easier.

28. T-top – A metal or composite structure designed to hold a canvas or hardtop to protect the boat driver from the sun.

29. Transom – The back of the boat that comes up from the hull bottom and connects the two hull sides together.

30. V-berth – A bed in the bow of a boat. Since bows are usually pointy, the bed or the room that holds that bed is V-shaped.

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Ship’s wheel

A ship’s wheel or boat’s wheel is a device used aboard a water vessel to steer that vessel and control its course. Together with the rest of the steering mechanism, it forms part of the helm.^{[clarification needed]} It is connected to a mechanical, electric servo, or hydraulic system which alters the vertical angle of the vessel’s rudder relative to its hull. In some modern ships the wheel is replaced with a simple toggle that remotely controls an electro-mechanical or electro-hydraulic drive for the rudder, with a rudder position indicator presenting feedback to the helmsman.

History

Until the invention of the ship’s wheel, the helmsman relied on a tiller—a horizontal bar fitted directly to the top of the rudder post—or a whipstaff—a vertical stick acting on the arm of the ship’s tiller. Near the start of the 18th century, a large number of vessels appeared using the ship’s wheel design, but historians are unclear when the approach was first used.^[1] Some modern ships have replaced the wheel with a simple toggle that remotely controls an electromechanical or electrohydraulic drive for the rudder, with a rudder position indicator presenting feedback to the helmsman.

Mechanism

Front and overhead view of a traditional ship’s wheel in motion.

The steering gear of earlier ships’ wheels sometimes consisted of a double wheel where each wheel was connected to the other with a wooden spindle that ran through a barrel or drum. The spindle was held up by two pedestals that rested on a wooden platform, often no more than a grate.

A tiller rope or tiller chain (sometimes called a steering rope or steering chain) ran around the barrel in five or six loops and then down through two tiller rope/ chain slots at the top of the platform before connecting to two sheaves just below deck.

resource: wikipedia