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Parts of a Boat Translated
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1 beam largeur Breite largh feixe 1
2 berth couchette 2
3 bilge cale Bilge bilge 3
4 bilge keel biquille quilha de bilge 4
5 bow boeg proue bug prua dziob curva proa 5
6 bowsprit boegspriet beaupré Bugspriet 6
7 bulkhead cloison anteparo 7
8 buoyancy drijfvermogen flottabilité Auftrieb 8
9 cabin cabine Kabine cabine 9
10 capstan cabestan eixo tracionador 10
11 centre board zwaard quille de dérive schwert deriva miecz placa do centro orza 11
12 chine bouchain 12
13 cockpit cockpit Cockpit cabina do piloto 13
14 companionway descente 14
15 deck dek pont Deck plataforma 15
16 displacement déplacement Verdrändung deslocamento 16
17 draft tirant d'eau Tiefgang esboço 17
18 drainage hole trou de nable furo da drenagem 18
19 draught tirant d'eau esboço 19
20 fin keel vinkiel quille profonde quilha da aleta 20
21 foredeck voordek avant pont 21
22 freeboard vrijboord franc bord Freibord 22
23 gangplank loopplank passerelle 23
24 gangway passerelle discenderia 24
25 guardrail garde-corps 25
26 gunwale plat bord 26
27 hatch luik écoutille portal 27
28 headroom hauteur sous barrots 28
29 height hauteur altura 29
30 hold cale preensão 30
31 hull romp coque Rumpf carena delle barche 31
32 hull length romplengte longueur coque comprimento do hull 32
33 keel kiel quille Kiel quilha 33
34 length overall longueur Lange Uber alles lungh comprimento total 34
35 length waterline lengte waterlijn longueur flottaison Lange Wasserlinie waterline do comprimento 35
36 lifting keel hefkiel dériveur quilha levantando 36
37 outboard hors-bord externo 37
38 planking aiguillot 38
39 plate cadène placa 39
40 port-hole patrijspoort hublot vigia 40
41 poup poupe 41
42 prow boeg proue bug prua dziob proa 42
43 pulpit balcon 43
44 pushpit balcon arrière 44
45 quarter quart arrière quarto 45
46 rudder roer safran ruder timone ster leme timón 46
47 seacock vanne 47
48 stanchion chandelier 48
49 stem étrave haste 49
50 stern achtersteven arrière steven poppa rufa popa 50
51 sun deck zonnedek ponte cielo plataforma do sol 51
52 taff-rail lisse de pavois taff-trilho 52
53 thwart banc 53
54 tiller helmstok barre du gouvernail Pinne rebento 54
55 tiller extension helmstokverlenger stick Pinnenausleger extensão do rebento 55
56 toe rail rail de fargue trilho do dedo do pé 56
57 tonnage jauge 57
58 topsides oeuvres mortes 58
59 transom tableau specchio poppa 59
60 traveller barre d'écoute Traveller 60
61 twin-keel biquille gêmeo-quilha 61
62 underside oeuvres vives lado de baixo 62
63 waterline waterlijn ligne de flottaison Wasserlinie 63
64 waterline length lengte waterlijn longueur flottaison Lange Wasserlinie comprimento do waterline 64
65 width largeur largh feixe 65