PLB

Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried on a lifejacket or harness for personal survival use.

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Related P-terms

P.F.D.

Personal Flotation Device — a lifejacket, buoyancy aid, or similar wearable buoyancy.

Pintle

The pin of a rudder fitting that drops into a gudgeon on the transom, allowing the rudder …

Point

(1) To sail close to the wind. (2) A legacy unit of compass direction equal to 11¼° (32 po…

Pay out

To let out or surrender a line in a controlled way.

Painter

The line permanently attached to the bow of a dinghy or tender.

Port tack

Sailing with the wind coming over the port side; under the COLREGs, a port-tack vessel nor…

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