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    Glossary of nautical terms

    Longitude

    Longitude

    Long in the jaw

    Long in the jaw

    Log

    Log

    Loft (and to loft)

    Loft (and to loft)

    Lock-off

    Lock-off

    LOA

    LOA

    Lloyd’s Register of Yachts

    Lloyd's Register of Yachts

    Lizard

    Lizard

    List, to

    List, to

    Link shackle

    Link shackle

    Lines

    Lines

    Line start

    Line start

    Line

    Line

    Limber hole

    Limber hole

    Lignum vitae

    Lignum vitae

    Half-tide

    Half-tide

    H – Hotel

    H - Hotel

    Half-decker

    Half-decker

    Half-breadth plan

    Half-breadth plan

    Halyards

    Halyards

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