DICTIONARY OF

Fishing Boat's Register 137 Flake
Fishing Boat's Register. Certificate of registry of a fishing boat.
Fishing Lights. Statutory lights required to be shown by a vessel engaged in fishing.
Fish Plate. Name given to boundary iron on outboard side of a superstructure deck.
Fish Sides. Convex timbers on sides of a made mast.
Fish Tackle. Small tackle at head of fish davit. Used for lifting flukes of anchor to billboard
or anchor bed.
Fish Tail. Name sometimes given to rotator of patent log.
Fitting Out Supplying and fitting hull of a vessel with all the additional fixtures, rigging and
attachments it requires.
Fitzroy Beacon. Type of dan buoy used by surveying ships. Is somewhat similar to
Ormonde beacon, but is floated by two 25-gallon oil drums and has a heel weight of 1 ½
cwt.
Five Eight Rule. Used for finding area of a plane surface having one curved side. From base
line, perpendiculars are drawn to ends of curve, a third perpendicular being drawn at mid
length of base. Area of either space is found by adding five times length of end ordinate to
eight times length of middle ordinate, subtracting length of third ordinate, and multiplying
result by 1/12 th of common interval.
Fix. Position of ship when found by intersection of two or more position lines.
Fixed Laydays. Lay days that are specified by number, and not derivable by calculation,
rate of working, etc.
Fixed Light. Applied to a navigational aid that shows a continuous light, without eclipse or
occulation.
Fixed Signs.* Four signs in which weather was supposed to be less variable than usual when
Sun was in them. They were Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius.
Fixed Stars. Name that distinguishes stars from planets. More particular, to distinguish stars
that have no proper motion from those that have.
Fizgig. Steel or iron implement with two or more barbed prongs. When attached to a shaft
carrying a line, is used for spearing fish. Neptune's trident is a form of fizgig. Fjord. A deep,
narrow and winding gulf.
Flag. Any colours or signal bunting other than pendants, but including burgees and
triangular flags.
Flag Lieutenant. Lieutenant in R.N. who is on staff of, and personally attends, a nag officer.
Flag of Convenience. A foreign flag under which a ship is registered to avoid taxation etc,
at home.
Flag Officer. Naval officer entitled to fly the flag of his rank. Includes Rear-Admiral, Vice-
Admiral, Admiral, Admiral of the Fleet, and Chief officer of a yacht club.
Flag Ship. Warship carrying an admiral in command of a squadron or fleet.
Flake. To coil a rope so that each coil, on two opposite sides, lies on deck alongside
previous coil; so allowing rope to run freely.