TRANSLATIONS OF SAILING TERMS

Translations of Sailing Terms

English	Portugese	Spanish	French
A
anchor	âncora	ancla	ancre
antenna / aerial	antena	antena	antenne
autopilot	piloto automático	piloto automático	pilote automatique
B
backstay	contraestai	contraestay/estai	pataras
ballast	balastro	lastre	ballast
ballast	lastro	lastre	lest
barometers	barómetro	barómetro	baromètre
beam	boca	manga	bau
bear away	arribar	arribar	abattre
bearing	azimute	marcación	relèvement
binoculars	binóculos	prismáticos	jumelles
block	moitão	motón	poulie
boat	barco	barco	bateau
boathook	croque	bichero	gaffe
bolt	parafuso	perno	boulon
boom	retranca	botavara	baume
bottom	obras vivas	fondo	oeuvres-vives
bottom board	paneiro	enjaretado	plancher
breakwater	quebra-mar	rompeolas	brise-lames
bulb	bolbo	bulbo	bulbe
bulkhead	antepara	mamparo	cloison
buoy	bóia	boya	bouée
burgee	galhardete	grímpola	guidon
C
call signal	indicativo de chamada	distintivo de llam	indicatif radio
capsizes	virar	zozobrar	chavirer
carbine hook	mosquetão	mosquetón	mousqueton
catamaran	catamaran	catamarán	catamaran
chain	amarra	cadena	chaine
channel	canal	canal	chenal
chart	carta náutica	carta náutica	carte
chart table	mesa de cartas	mesa de navegacion	table à cartes
cockpit	poço	pozo	cockpit
cold front	frente fria	frente frio	front froid
compass	agulha (bússola)	compás	compas
course	rumo	rumbo	route
crow's nest	cesto da gávea	nido de cuervo	nid-de-pie
current	corrente	corriente	courant
D
deck	coberta	cobierta	pont
deck	convés	cobierta	pont
depth	pontal	puntal	creux
deviation	desvio	desvio	déviation
dinghy / tender	bote	bote / chinchorro	annexe
dock line	cabo de amarração	cabo de amarre
draught	calado	calado	tirant d'eau
drowning	afogar	ahogar	noyade
E
ebb	vazante	vaciante	marée descendante
echo sounder	sonda	sonda	sondeur
electrical panels	quadro eléctrico	tablero eléctrico	tableau électrique
ensign	bandeira nacional	pabellon	pavillon
epirb	epirb	epirb	balise de détresse
F
fender	defensa	defensa	défense
fibreglass	fibra de vidro	fibra de vidrio	fibre de verre
fire extinguisher	extintores	extintor	extincteur
fishing	pesca	pesca	pêche
flashlight	lanterna	linterna	feu
flood	enchente	entrante	marée montante
foot	esteira (vela)	pujamen	bordure
fore / bow	proa	proa	proue
forestay	estai	estay	étai
freeboard	altura do bordo	franco bordo	franc-bord
furler	enrolador	enrollador	enrouleur
G
gale	tempestade	tempestad	ouragan
gale warning	aviso de tempestade	aviso de temporal	avis de coup de vent
genoa	genoa	genoa/foque genové	génois
H
halyard	adriça	driza	drisse
hank	garruncho	garrucho	mousqueton
harness	arnês	arnés	harnais
hatch	alboi	escotilla	écoutille
hatches	vigias	escotilla	capot
helm wheel	roda de leme	rueda del timón rueda de cabillas	barre à roue
high pressure	alta pressão	alta présion	anticyclone
hight tide	preia-mar	pleamar	pleine
holed	rombo	desfondado	troué
hull	casco	casco	coque
hypothermia	hipotermia	hipotermia	hypothermie
J
jetty	molhe	muelle	jetée
K
keel	patilhão	zapata	quille
kell	quilha	quilla	quille
knife	faca	cuchillo	couteau
knot	nó	nudo	noeud
L
ladder	escada	escala	échelle
land fill	terrapleno	terraplén	terre-plein
leech	valuma	baluma	chute
leeward	sotavento	sotavento	sous le vent
leeway	deriva	deriva	dérive
length over all (	comprimento fora a fora	eslora	longueur hors tout
life jacket	colete salva vidas	chaleco salvavidas	gilet de sauvetage
liferaft	balsa salva-vidas	balsa neumática	radeau de sauvetage
liferaft	jangada	balsa neumática	canot pneumatique
lighthouse	farol	faro	phare
load waterline	comprimante à linha de	eslora de flotació	ligne de flotassion
lock	eclusa	esclusa	écluse
lock gate	comporta	compuerta	porte d'écluse
low pressure	baixa pressão	baja présion	dépression
luff	testa	gratil	guindant
luff up	orçar	orzar	lofer
lull	calmaria	calma	accalmie
M
main sail	vela grande	vela mayor	grand voile
mast	mastro	palo	mât
mizzen	mezena	mesana	artimon
mooring	acostar	amarrar	amarrage
N
nail	prego	clavo	clou
navigation lights	luzes de navegação	luces de navegació	feu de navigation
O
oar	remo	remo	aviron
osmosis	osmose	osmosis	osmose
outboard engine	motor fora de borda	motor fuera borda	moteur hors bord
P
patent log	odómetro	corredera	loch
penant	flâmula	gallardete	flamme
piano	piano	piano	piano
pier	ponte-cais	embarcadero	quai / jetée
pontoon	pontão	potón	ponton
port	bombordo	babor	bâbord
propeller	hélice	hélice	hélice
pump	bomba	bomba	pompe
Q
quay	cais	desembarcadero	quai
R
race	regata	regata	course
reef	rizes	rizo	ris
reef down	rizar	tomar rizos	prendre un ris
rigging	aparelho	aparejo	gréement
rivet	rebite	remache	rivet
roller furling	genoa de enrolar	enrollador de géno	genoi à enrouleur
rope	cabo	cabo	cordage
rowlock	forquilha/tolete	tolete	dame de nage
rudder	leme	timón	safran
S
sails	velas	velas	voiles
schooner	escuna	goleta	goélette
sextant	sextante	sextante	sextant
shackles	manilha	grillete	manille
sheave	roldana	roldana	réa
sheet	escota	escota	écoute
ship	navio	buque	navire
shore	costa	costa	côte
shroud	brandal	obenque	hauban
solar panel	painel solar	placa/panel solare	panneaux solaires
spinnaker	balão / spi	spinnaker	spinnaker
spinnaker boom	pau de palanque / spi	tangón de spinnake	tangon de spi
spreader	vau	crucetas	barre de flèche
spring	rejeira	esprín	garde
stand	estofa	margen	étale
starboard	estibordo	estribor	tribord
stern / aft	popa	popa	poupe
sunk	afundar	hundir	couler
T
tack	amuras	amura	amures
tack	mudar de bordo	virar	virer de bord
thermometer	termómetro	termómetro	thermomètre
thimble	sapatilho	guardacabo	cosse
tide	maré	marea	marée
tight/water proof	estanque	estanco	étanche
tiller/helm	cana de leme	caña de timón	barre / barre franche
to anchor	fundear	fondear	mouiller
to ease	folgar	amollar	choquer
to gybe	cambar	trasluchar	empanner
to lie a´hull	pairar	al pairo	mettre à sec de voiles
top sides	obras mortas	obra muerta	oeuvres-mortes
topping lift	amantilho	amantillo	balancine
tow	reboque	remolque	remorque
transom	painel de popa	espejo de popa	tableau arrière
trimaran	trimaran	trimaran	trimaran
turnbuckle	esticador	tensor	ridoir
V
variation	declinação	variación	déclinacion
U
warm front	frente quente	frente cálido	front chaud
water supply	aguada	aguada	provision de l'eau
waterline	linha de água	linea de flotasión	ligne de flotassion
wave	onda	ola	lame
wheather report	boletim meteorológico	parte meteorológic	bulletin météo
winch handle	manivela	palanca	levier
winches	molinete	winches	winches
windward	barlavento	barlovento	au vent
wood	madeira	madera	bois

Merchant Vessel 1

A merchant vessel is a ship that transports cargo or passengers. The closely related term commercial vessel is defined by theUnited States Coast Guard as any vessel (i.e. boat or ship) engaged in commercial trade or that carries passengers for hire. This would exclude pleasure craft that do not carry passengers for hire or warships.

Merchant ships names are prefixed by which kind of vessel they are: 

• MV = Motor Vessel
• SS = Steam Ship
• MT = Motor Tanker or Motor Tug Boat
• MSV = Motor Stand-by Vessel
• MY = Motor Yacht
• RMS = Royal Mail Ship
• RRS = Royal Research Ship
• SV = Sailing Vessel (although these can be sub coded as type of sailing vessel)
• LPG = Gas carrier transporting liquefied petroleum gas
• LNG = Gas carrier transporting liquefied natural gas
• CS = Cable Ship or Cable layer
• RV = Research Vessel
• MFV = Motor Fishing Vessel

Merchant Ship types II

INTERNATIONAL CODE SIGNAL FLAGS

Alphabet Flags

A-Alpha	B-Bravo	C-Charlie	D-Delta	E-Echo	F-Foxtrot

G-golf	H-hotel	I-India	J-Juliet	K-Kilo	L-Lima

M-Mike	N-November	O-Oscar	P-Papa	Q-Quebec	R-Romeo

S-Sierra	T-Tango	U-Uniform	V-Victor	W-Whisky	X-X-Ray

Y-Yankee	Z-Zulu

Answering Pennant

Numeric Pennants

0	1	2	3
4	5	6	7
	8	9

Substitute Pennants

substitute 1	substitute 2	substitute 3

The first substitute repeats the upper flag or pennant of a hoist, the second substitute repeats the second flag or pennant, and so on.