- In
naval architecture, a
taffrail is the
handrail around the open deck area
toward the
stern of a ship or boat. The rear deck of a ship is
often called...
- or
taffrail logs,
operating on
physical principles in a
manner similar to a car's
odometer by
towing a vane or
rotor from the
stern (or
taffrail) by...
- up over the sternpost,
extending upwards from the
counter rail to the
taffrail. The
stern lies
opposite the bow, the
foremost part of a ship. Originally...
- the bridge,
usually located in a superstructure.
Common names for
decks Taffrail, the
handrail around the **** deck
Quarter gallery, a
projecting area at...
-
Porthole Quarter gallery Quarterdeck Rib
Rudder Ship's
wheel Skeg Stem
Starboard Stern or ****
Sternpost Strake Taffrail Tiller Top
Transom Whipstaff Winch...
- The
taffrail log
carried a
serial number (3295 M / -) and the ship's agent,
George Parkes was
asked if that
serial number matched the
taffrail log carried...
- to
masthead (if the
vessel has more than one mast) and then down to the
taffrail. It is a sign of celebration, and is done for
celebratory occasions, anniversaries...
- motion. A
taffrail is the
handrail around the open
afterdeck or **** deck. On
wooden sailing ships like man-of-war or East
Indiaman the
taffrail is usually...
-
between perpendiculars, 145 feet at the keel 207 ft (63 m)
billet head to
taffrail 175 ft (53 m) at
waterline Beam 43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)
Height foremast: 198 ft...
- ("land"). A
loanword may have one part
misanalysed to a
false cognate: e.g. a
taffrail is a type of rail, but the word
comes from
Dutch tafereel ("carved panel")...
