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Boating Accident Information:
Boating Glossary of Terms

With regards to boating, there are a lot of special terminology that is used. Below are links to some of these terms. If you or a loved one has suffered due to a boating accident or injury, fill out this simple form for a free case evaluation within 24 hours.

A

At Anchor
C

Cabin motorboat
Capsizing
Collision with another vessel
Collision with fixed object
Collision with floating object
Cruising
D

Documented yacht
Drifting
F

Fallen Skier
Fault of operator
Fiberglass (plastic) hull
Fire explosion (fuel)
Fire explosion (other)
Flooding
Fueling
G

Grounding
I

Improper loading
Improper lookout
Inboard-outboard
M

Maneuvering
Motorboat
Motor vessel
N

Numbered vessel
O

Open Motorboat
Overloading
P

Personal Watercraft
R

Rules of the Road
S

Sailboat or auxiliary sailboat
Sinking
Speeding
Steel hull
Struck by boat or propeller
Swamping
T

Towing
W

Wood hull

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