| A boat in common parlance is a watercraft, generally | | | | depending upon the design, can be the wheelhouse |
| smaller in size to most ships. A boat consists of | | | | or the cockpit. |
| structures called hulls and some system of propulsion, | | | | The toilet compartments are called the heads, and a |
| such as paddles, oars, a setting pole, a sail, | | | | trip to relieve oneself is called the head call. During |
| paddlewheels and so forth. | | | | olden days, the cord used to maneuver a sailboat |
| The somewhat horizontal but arched structure that | | | | was made of linen; today it is made of cotton. That |
| spans the boats hull is known as the deck. Unlike a | | | | cord is known as the line. Though they have their |
| ship, where there are numerous decks, a boat | | | | own names, "halyards" is the name given to the cord |
| conventionally has just has one. The cabins floor is | | | | used for raising flags or sails; sheets control the sails |
| called the sole. The base of the deck is known as | | | | positioning. |
| the deck head. The vertical bulkheads divide the | | | | The cords and the wire are collectively termed |
| internal area. Some bulkheads are significant in the | | | | rigging. The cords and the wires that are set up |
| overall structure of the boat. The boats front side is | | | | before the boat sets for sail is referred to as |
| known as the bow (or prow); the back of the boat | | | | standing rigging; the cords that are used while the |
| is the stern. The starboard and the port are the right | | | | boat is in motion is known as running rigging. For |
| and the left sides of the boat, respectively. | | | | example, the halyard or the sheet is part if the |
| Today, the command area of a big boat is called | | | | running rigging, and the forestay is a part of the |
| perhaps inappropriately the bridge. The bridge, | | | | standing rigging. |