In naval architecture, a taffrail is the handrail around the open deck area toward the stern of a ship or boat. The rear deck of a ship is often called...

or taffrail logs, operating on physical principles in a manner similar to a car's odometer by towing a vane or rotor from the stern (or taffrail) by...

up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite the bow, the foremost part of a ship. Originally...

the bridge, usually located in a superstructure. Common names for decks Taffrail, the handrail around the poop deck Quarter gallery, a projecting area at...

Porthole Quarter gallery Quarterdeck Rib Rudder Ship's wheel Skeg Stem Starboard Stern or poop Sternpost Strake Taffrail Tiller Top Transom Whipstaff Winch...

to masthead (if the vessel has more than one mast) and then down to the taffrail. It is a sign of celebration, and is done for celebratory occasions, anniversaries...

motion. A taffrail is the handrail around the open afterdeck or poop deck. On wooden sailing ships like man-of-war or East Indiaman the taffrail is usually...

the cat-harpins to the water's edge, and from the jib-boom-end to the taffrail." Lever, D. (1998). The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor, Dover Maritime...

between perpendiculars, 145 feet at the keel 207 ft (63 m) billet head to taffrail 175 ft (53 m) at waterline Beam 43 ft 6 in (13.26 m) Height foremast: 198 ft...

Movements. Don Kindell, ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 15 August 2014. Taffrail 1973, p. 92. Taffrail 1973, p. 95. Hastings, Max (2021). Operation Pedestal: The Fleet...