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PY Number - Portsmouth Numbering System (or Yardstick)

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Glossary of nautical terms

Put about, to

Pushpit

Purchase

Punt

Pulpit

Pudding, puddening

Prow

Propeller

Prolonged blast

Prohibited area

Proa

Prime meridian

Preventer

Pratique

Pram, praam

Pound

Pot life

Position line, Line of Position (LOP)

PY Number – Portsmouth Numbering System (or Yardstick)

Port tack

How to make duck boards for your cockpit

Refilling a liquid-filled compass

Dropping the kite: a top tip

Sling your hook without the stress

Rough trip ahead?

Turning the screws the right way

Deck paint – proper preperation…

A good rain guard washboard

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How to get a crew place sailing around the world

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