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racing punt
Some punts were also propelled by sculls or paddles, while a few stepped a
single mast and carried sail. The racing punt was about 30 feet long, 18 inches
in the beam (14.5 inches measured across the bottom of the punt inside) and 6-7
inches deep.
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
NT best and best punt
NT semi-racer punt
railway boat
Open day boats working from canal/railway interchange basins.
USE station boat (Birmingham)
rally plaque
Small, usually metal, plate commemorating participation in a canal rally.
Designed for display.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat equipment
ram's head
This refers to either the top of the stock of a wooden rudder on horse
narrow boat or butty boat or to the Z shaped metal bar attached to the top of
the rudder post on motor narrow boats.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT rudder stock
NT swan's neck
randan
A development of the Thames wherry and also gave its name to the system by
which it was propelled. This combined sculling and rowing in the same craft, for
it had three hands and a cox. Stroke and bow were oarsmen, while the second
person sculled. This method of propulsion was widely used from the
mid-nineteenth century, for both speed and convenience.
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT human powered boat
RT Thames wherry
ratline
Thin lines tied between the shrouds of a sailing vessel, forming a ladder
to allow a crew to get up the mast.
CL components
BT rigging component
RT shroud
reaming iron
A wedge shaped blade with either a fantail or square shoulder, used for
opening a tight seam before caulking.
UF deck iron
UF opening iron
CL tools and equipment
BT caulking iron
rebate plane
Wood or metal planes which are flat across the sole, in which the cutting
iron extends to the extreme edge on one or both sides; they are used for forming
and cleaning up rebates (a rebate is a rectangular recess or step along the edge
of a piece of wood or other materials).
CL tools and equipment
BT plane
recreational craft
Craft designed for recreational use on inland waterways. Do not use for
indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL transport
BT <craft by function>
NT bittern
NT camping boat
NT canoe
NT college barge
NT cruiser
NT day boat (leisure)
NT dodger
NT dory
NT dragon boat
NT fishing dinghy
NT gig
NT hotel boat
NT launch
NT peter boat
NT punt
NT skiff
NT slipper launch
NT trail boat
NT trip boat
NT Yarmouth One Design
NT yeoman
USE reedlighter
reedlighter
Double ended open boats used in the smallest broadland cuts to carry
roofing reeds from the marsh to drying grounds. Also used as lightening craft.
UF reed barge
CL transport
BT Norfolk wherry
reef point
A short rope sewn into a sail to tie up the sail when it has been rolled
up or 'reefed'.
CL components
BT sail component
Regents Canal barge
A class of unrigged Thames barge built to fit the locks on the Regent's
Canal using the wide waterway through London and up to the paper mills on the
Southern Grand Union (Grand Junction).
UF Regents Canal lighter
CL transport
BT Thames barge
RT Thames sailing barge
USE Regents Canal barge
reins (driving)
Run along the horse's flanks through rings on the harness and are used to
drive the horse.
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
reins (general)
Ropes or leather straps that come over the collar and are used for
controlling or leading the horse.
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
reverse frame
An angle frame set in a metal vessel with its toe to the outer shell
plating.
CL components
BT frame
rib
A thin frame in a lightly constructed vessel such as a canoe.
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
ribbon plate
China souvenir plates with lace-effect edging, hung for decorative
purposes in canal narrow boat cabins. A ribbon was often threaded through the
'lace holes' to add to the decorative effect.
UF hanging up plate
UF lace plate
CL tools and equipment
BT boat equipment
rigger's screw
A strong iron cramp with a central screw. Used to hold and compress wire
strands when splicing wire ropes.
CL tools and equipment
BT rope working equipment
BT sailmaking equipment
BT shipbuilding equipment
rigging
The ropes, cables and associated equipment which locates masts and spars
on a sailing vessel.
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
BT ship's equipment
RT rigging component
rigging component
Component object in a the rigging of craft. Do not use for indexing. Use a
more specific term.
CL components
BT wind powered propulsion system component
NT brail
NT brail winch
NT chain plate
NT clewline
NT deadeye
NT fore roller
NT halyard
NT halyard roller
NT horse (component)
NT lanyard
NT leeboard
NT leeboard clam
NT main sheet
NT ratline
NT rigging screw
NT running block
NT sheet roller
NT shroud
NT slab line
NT starting block
NT stay
NT stayfall
NT stayfall block
NT tack line (rigging component)
NT tack roller
NT yard
RT rigging
rigging screw
Metal device with 2 opposite turning screw threads which is used to
tighten rigging on a sailing vessel.
UF bottle screw
CL components
BT rigging component
RT girder chain
River Ant wherry
Norfolk wherries sized up to 50ft x 12ft.
CL transport
BT Norfolk wherry
River Bure wherry
Norfolk wherries up to 54ft x 12ft 8in.
CL transport
BT Norfolk wherry
river class boat
Type of steel narrow boat built for British Waterways in the 1950s by E.C.
Jones and Son of Brentford and Thames Launch Works Ltd of Teddington. They were
mainly named after English Rivers with 3 letters in their name. They all had
'blue tops' to cover the hold. All were butty boats except two.
CL transport
BT <narrow boat by type>
RT blue top
NT harbourmaster unit
River Severn craft
Craft based primarily on the River Severn. Do not use for indexing. Use a
more specific term.
CL transport
BT barge
NT Bristol barge
NT Kennet barge
NT Severn flat
NT Severn wherry
NT Stroud barge
NT trow
USE rypek
River Waveney wherry
Norfolk wherries up to 70ft x 16ft.
CL transport
BT Norfolk wherry
rivet
Headed pin like or bolt like fastener of some malleable material used for
uniting 2 or more pieces by passing the shank through the hole in each piece and
then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head.
CL components
BT fastener
NT countersunk head rivet
NT pan head rivet
NT round head rivet
RT buttstrap
Rob Roy
A kayak type of canoe developed by McGregor and fitted with a sail.
CL transport
BT canoe
RT kayak
Rochdale Canal steam packet
An iron hulled steam packet boat. The fleet was closed down by the
Rochdale Canal Company in 1921 due to rising costs.
CL transport
BT Mersey barge
Rochdale flat
Flat designed to fit the locks of the Rochdale canal.
CL transport
BT canal flat
NT bale boat
rock drill
A larger version of a chisel for making tunnels.High-powered pneumatic or
electrically driven devices or machines used for boring holes into rock.
UF star drill
CL tools and equipment
BT drilling equipment
CL tools and equipment
BT docking equipment
BT ship's equipment
USE bobbins
rond anchor
A hook-shaped anchor for mooring to banks.
UF catcher
UF dog leg
UF ground anchor
UF ryepeck
CL tools and equipment
BT anchor
rope gauge
A sliding measuring device for rope.
CL tools and equipment
BT measuring equipment
BT rope working equipment
rope working equipment
Equipment use for working rope in an inland waterways context. Do not use
for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT <tools and equipment by material worked upon>
NT fid
NT marline spike
NT rigger's screw
NT rope gauge
NT serving mallet
ropework
Decorative and/or functional rope features found on inland waterways
craft.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat equipment
NT monkey's fist
NT turk's head
RT fender
rose on puffer
A canal puffer given bulwarks to cover it for shore head work.
CL transport
BT Scottish barge
RT shorehead puffer
NT steam scow
USE rove bunter
rough punt
The original punt which was used for fishing on inland lakes and
backwaters; able to move slowly through still waters without too much wash or
disturbance, it had ample space for fishing gear.
CL transport
BT punt
roughing plane
Planes with a single cutting iron, used for rough-shaping or preliminary
planing; suited for rougher work than the jack plane.
CL tools and equipment
BT plane
round head rivet
A rivet with a hemispherical head.
UF snap head rivet
CL components
BT rivet
round punch
Cylindrical metal rod that can be struck to make a round hole in the
material being worked upon.
CL tools and equipment
BT blacksmith's equipment
BT punch
round sterned day boat
Birmingham day boat with a bow and stern defined as different shapes.
CL transport
BT Birmingham day boat
rove
A disc with a square hole cut in its centre to fit over a spike.
CL components
BT fastener
RT rove bunter
rove bunter
A punch for driving roves over spikes.
UF rough bunter
CL tools and equipment
BT boatbuilding equipment
BT punch
RT rove
Rowley ragger
Boats built for the quarry industry carrying granite or rowley rag stone
from Rowley Regis.
CL transport
BT Birmingham day boat
rowlock
A bracket which swivels on the end of an outrigger to support an oar.
CL components
BT human powered propulsion system component
royalty class boat
A group of narrow boats built originally as protoypes for Associated Canal
Carriers Ltd in 1929 (becoming Grand Union Canal Carrying Company in 1934) and
then 6 pairs of boats (steel motors and wooden butty boats) in 1931/2. They were
named after British monarchs.
CL transport
BT <narrow boat by type>
USE guard iron
rudder
A blade of metal or wood, hung on hinges at the stern of the vessel to
control its direction of travel.
UF elum
UF hellum
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
RT butty tiller
NT float (component)
NT rudder pintle
NT swan's neck
NT tiller
rudder pintle
Metal hook and eye on which the rudder is hung and pivots. A common term
on narrow boats and canal craft.
CL components
BT fastener
RT rudder
NT rudder stock
rudder stock
A heavy near vertical timber of a rudder to which the blade and rudder
pintle are fastened.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT ram's head
NT rudder
NT rudder pintle
NT swan's neck
NT turk's head
rumtum
A form of whiff with roughly the same dimensions, used for 'rum-tum' races
on the Thames. They were fitted with sliding seats and full outriggers. Rum-tum
racing was introduced during the second half of the nineteenth century. Clinker
built.
CL transport
BT clinker built boat
BT whiff
Runcorn six planker
Carrying up to 30 tons of coal operated by Jonah Horsefield and Jo
Southern. Many built by Simpson Davies of Runcorn. Their 'six plank'
construction gave them a deeper hold than most narrow boats to take advantage of
the deeper waters on the Bridgewater Canal.
CL transport
BT narrow boat
runner
Rope from the winch or hoist to work cargo with hooks or strop.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat equipment
RT strop
running block
A semi circular wooden block with a hole in its centre, used as a guide
for the towing rope on narrow boats, using a portable T stud in the cabin roof.
CL components
BT rigging component
running planks
A series of portable planks approx 11 inches by 2 inches, set end to end
to form a walkway from the cabin to the bow of a canal narrow boat.
UF top planks
CL components
BT plank (boat component)
RT false cratch
NT girder strings
NT stand
NT tippet
ryepeck
A Thames Valley term for a rond anchor.
USE rond anchor
rypek
A pole with a v shaped metal head, used for propelling a vessel.
UF river shaft
CL components
BT human powered propulsion system component
RT thole pin
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