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- radar
- stands for "Radio Detection and Ranging"; an electronic equipment that uses radio pulse to determine the bearing and distance to objects
- rake
- describes the fore and aft inclination from vertical e.g. inclination of a funnel mast stem etc.
- rating
- a seaman other an officer
- ratlines
- short lengths of rope tied horizontally between shrouds to form rope ladder; ratlines serve as foot and hand holds when going aloft
- reefer
- a ship which is equipped to carry refrigerated cargo as well as other cargo
- Registro Italiano
- the Italian Classification Society or RINA for short
- rescue boat
- a self-propelled small boat designed to rescue persons in distress and to gather together the survival craft
- rhumb
- 1. a curve on a surface of a sphere e.g. earth which cuts all the meridians at a constant angle other than a right angle; the curve is also known as loxodrome; 2. any point of the compass other than a cardinal point
- rhumb line
- any part of a rhumb as projected on a chart
- rider plate
- a continuous flat plate forming the top or bottom of a girder
- rigging
- the ropes wires lashings etc. used to support and work the masts booms and sails of a vessel
- righting lever
- perpendicular distance between centre of gravity G and the imaginary vertical line passing through the centre of buoyancy B; it causes the floating body to right itself until both centres G and B are in line i.e. the lever becomes zero; commonly abbreviated as GZ
- ro-ro ship
- a vehicle carrier which is equipped with ramps at the ends to allow vehicles to roll-on roll-off; it is built like a multi-storey carpark
- rose box
- a perforated box fitted at the end of suction pipe to keep out material that may choke the pump; used in cargo hold bilges; also known as strum box
- rubbing band
- a band of resilient material fitted around the hull to protect against contact damage
- rudder post
- another name for stern post i.e. the vertical member of the stern frame where the rudder is attached to it
- rudder stock
- the vertical shaft that connects the rudder to the steering gear
- rudder trunk
- small compartment located directly below the tiller and enclosing the rudder stock coming in from the hull external
