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Created OnFebruary 6, 2018
byCapt. Angad S Cheema
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The intended horizontal direction of travel of a craft.

The intended direction of movement of a vessel through the water

Related:

  • Arrived ship
  • Hog (Hogging)
  • Brackish water arrival draught (BWAD)
  • Displacement
  • Butterworth Tank Cleaning System
  • Dead reckoning (DR)

By Capt. Angad S Cheema

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