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Spanish to English Ships, Sailing, Maritime Translation Glossary

Spanish term English translation
Trinqueta staysail
trinquetilla small jib; fore-topmast staysail
TUBERÍAS DE RESPIROS Ventilation pipes
tubo dentado sawtooth soil tube bit
TUBO PARTIDO SPLIT SPOON
Un bordo al mar a tack offshore
un pleno al 15 hitting the jackpot
una guerra de bordos tacking battle
urca cargo ship
Entered by: Edward Tully
utilería Utility / Supply Room
vagones tanque de ferrocarril railroad tank cars; railway tank wagons
Entered by: Robert Carter
vaivén (rope type) ratline
varón rudder tackle / rudder chain / emergency steering chain
varillado rodding
vástagos de empujadores valve push-rods
Entered by: psicutrinius
vela de crucero Cruiser Sailing
vela de cuchillo fore-and-aft sail
vela de entre palos (mizzen) staysail
Entered by: William Pairman
vela de respeto spare sail
ventana de llegada arrival window
ventanas pegadas fixed windows
Verduguete (verduguillo) rubbing strake
veril edge of shallow waters
viajes de regimen scheduled trips
viento y marea (embarcación) viento y marea (small fiberglass offshore fishing boat)
vientos portantes favorable winds / fair wind
viga buque hull girder
viga de coronamiento header beam
vigilancia arbitral referee observation
virada tack, tacking, veering
visita de fondeo boarding inspection
vivero (barco de pesca) live well (fishing boat)
volando en popas at full sail/at full sail ahead
volumen de carga en loza slab load
winche de leva electrico electric or power winch
yodo del oleaje smell of the sea
zafa hidrostatica hydrostatic valve /hydrostatic release mechanism
ZAFARRANCHO station
zancón de estribor starboard skirt
zapata corrida strip footing
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