What is the running gear on a boat? I tried to google it but I just got a lot of stuff about shoes?

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How far is one nautical mile ?

Running rigging, or running gear, is that part of a ship's rigging which is not fixed in place. Halyards and sheets used to hoist or control a sail, for example.
Rigging which is fixed in place, like shrouds and stays, used to hold the mast up, are known as "standing rigging"

List four engineering skills required in boat building?

Sterndrive or I/O Motor
Inboard Motor
Outboard Motor
OMC
Cobra
Johnson
Mercury
Marine Engine

Boating question and studying? Can you help please?

Here are several sites with boating terms:
http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/...
http://terrax.org/sailing/glossary/gr.as...

glassmaster boats?


search for these terms to find more of these glossaries: "boating terms" + "running gear"

Do propguards improve performace of outboards on sailboats?

Running gear is the sheets and halyards used to raise and control the sails.

where can I find an exhaust housing for a 1989 evinrude 175hp?

the running gear would be the mast jib sail and all ropes to Riggs the jib sail

Where are some good firewalls?

Simple answer is on a yacht the sails. On a motor boat is the engine.. This could be inboard or outboard..eg on an inboard this could be a 5.7 mercruiser(350 chev)

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Could also be the propeller (screw) and propeller shaft or driveline, as in a car. Engine to shaft to screw= motion.

what is a cuddy?

The running gear is what makes the boat move. The propellers on a motorboat push the boat forward. Without the props the engines just burn gas. On a sailboat the same principle applies. Without the sails the wind is just blowing, but once the sails are up the boat moves.

when doe's a boat become a ship?

it is part of the shaft that turns the propellar taht is turns by the steam turbine or gas turbines
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