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G cramp
A general term for cramps made in the form of the letter G, used for all
types of holding and assembling.
CL tools and equipment
BT cramp
gabbart
The typical Scottish sailing barge from which most Scottish Canal craft
were developed. A long narrow flat vessel or lighter with a hatchway extending
almost the full length of the decks, sometimes fitted with masts that may be
lowered to pass under bridges.' (Youngs Nautical Dictionary 1863). Sloop rigged
sailing craft, size 60ft x 13ft 6 inches, designed for the river Clyde.
CL transport
BT Scottish barge
RT scow
gaff
A long spar of wood or metal. Usually circular in cross section, to which
is fastened the upper edge of a sail.
CL components
BT mast and spar component
RT bobbin
NT spar
game block
A slotted block used to hold a plank while boring it from edge to edge. It
was often made from an old rudder stock, the slot being cut by sawing into the
hole for the tiller. The plank would be held in by a wedge and the whole block
could be chocked up at an angle to suit the operator. the plank would be moved
through the slot as the work progressed.
CL tools and equipment
BT boatbuilding equipment
gang lighter
Boats working with other lighters in a specific train.
CL transport
BT barges designed to work in multiple units
gansey
Woollen jersey, name derived from 'Guernsey' type jersey knitted for
boatmen as for fishermen. Worn on Leeds and Liverpool Canal and on Birmingham
Canals.
CL costume
garboard strake
The lowest strake of planking adjoining the keel.
CL components
BT strake
gate
Bar across a rowlock to retain an oar.
CL components
BT human powered propulsion system component
gauging stick
A measuring device used to calculate the tonnage that a boat was carrying.
A graduated stick would be placed over the side of the boat with a bracket
resting on the gunwhale so that the 'dry inches' above the waterline could be
measured.
CL tools and equipment
BT measuring equipment
NT float type gauging stick
NT folding gauging stick
gear
Collective term for the harness, collar etc of a boat horse, mule or
donkey.
UF tack (equine equipment)
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
gig
Open rowing boat. Of clinker build with a straight sheer or sides below
the gunwales. At one time popular on inland waterways and in harbours,
especially on the Thames, although declining in popularity from the 1860s.
CL transport
BT human powered boat
BT recreational craft
gimbal
Pivoted rings used for keeping things, eg. a compass, horizontal in a
moving vessel such as a ship.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT ship's compass
gin block
A single sheave open framed pulley block for cargo lifting purposes.
CL components
BT cargo handling system component
girder chain
A length of chain fitted across the width of the hold of a narrow
boat,usually below the beams, and fitted with a rigging screw to enable the
chain to be tightened or slackened. The chains and beams provide rigidity for
the hold of the boat.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT rigging screw
girder strings
The strings used to secure the running planks of a narrow boat in place.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT running planks
USE belly band
Glamorganshire Canal boat
Double ended boat 60ft x 8ft 6in loading to 20 tons on a draught of 2ft
9in often with a simple day cabin.
CL transport
BT Welsh narrow boat
Glamorganshire Canal boat number plate
Painted tinplate sign with the boat registration number on it, roughly 1ft
square with irregular corners.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat plate
Glasgow Paisley Ardrossan boat
Very little known. Cargo fly boat, 74ft 4 inches long.
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
globe lamp
Lamps with a large globular glass surrounding an oil burner, usually with
a circular oil reservoir below with shaped wire glass protectors affixed.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat lighting equipment
BT ship's lamp
gouge
Cutting chisels having a long, curved blade; used for hollowing out wood,
or for making holes, channels, or grooves in wood or stone.Used by shipwrights.
CL tools and equipment
BT boatbuilding equipment
BT cutting equipment
BT woodworking equipment
grab bucket
A bucket in two halves, capable of being mechanically opened and closed to
pick up loose materials.
CL components
BT cargo handling system component
grab dredger
A dredger with a crane operated set of jaws lifting individual portions of
materials.
UF clamshell
CL transport
BT dredger
grafting spade
A digging tool used for trenching.
CL tools and equipment
BT canal construction equipment
Grand Union Canal tub boat
Built in 1932 for the Grand Union Canal Company by Peter Brotherhood of
Peterborough. 18ft x 7ft x 4ft 6in with a 10 ton capacity. Experimental and
never used in service.
CL transport
BT tub boat
Grand Union Canal wide boat
72ft x around 11ft wide built to narrow boat style usually 7ft wide at the
bottoms with the hull widening above
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
Grand Western and Chard Canal tub boat
Tubs 26ft x 6ft 6in carried 10 tons on a draught of 2ft 3in. There were
pointed bows on the first ones which carried 8 tons. In use on the Chard Canal
until 1867. The last pair of boats operated on the Grand Western Canal Barge
Section until 1924.
CL transport
BT tub boat
USE grappling iron
grapnel anchor
An anchor consisting of multiple prongs joined at their bases to a shank
and ring.
CL tools and equipment
BT anchor
grappling iron
A hook with multiple prongs joined at their bases to a ring and shank, and
measuring 10-15 inches overall. Used for retrieving things from the canal e.g.
dead animals or rope and for moving sacks.
UF grapnel
CL tools and equipment
BT salvaging equipment
USE rond anchor
grounds
Timbers which support and on to which the shutts planking is fastened on a
narrow boat.
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
RT shutts
guard iron
Usually metal strips, convex in a D section, fastened to the sides and
ends of wooden or metal vessels to provide protection from impact and abrasion.
UF rubbing strake
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
USE countersunk head nail
gun punt
Used for wildfowling, a double-ended flat bottomed dinghy evolved,
normally clinker built of wood and mounting a fixed gun. Aim was usually by
pointing the gun punt by means of extra paddles like table tennis bats.
CL transport
BT punt
USE gunwhale
gunwhale
Pronounced 'gunnel' the upper edge or top side of a boat or ship above the
waterline; so named as cannon on early warships were fired above the 'whale' or
upper line.
UF gunnel
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT blopping board
gusset
A metal plate, usually triangular, used to join two structural members to
each other at right angles.
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
Gwauncaegurwen mine boat
Boats used to carry men and coal from the mine at Gwauncaegurwen at the
head of the Upper Clydach River.
CL transport
BT mine boat
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