hauteur de séchage
English translation: drying height
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| French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / Installation of port radar system (public procurement contract) | |||||||
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| 4 | drying height, dry dock height |
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drying height, dry dock height Explanation: Le séchage est la conservation du bateau hors de l'eau, en cale sèche. "Drying" is keeping the boat out of the water, on a dry-dock. https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cale_s%C3%A8che https://www.hisse-et-oh.com/sailing/des-idees-pour-fair-secher-mon-bateau |
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high water mark Explanation: Not my specialty, but the type of info that a port officer would need to know on his watch. |
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peer agreement (net): +1drying height Explanation: nothing to do with dry docks here is a definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying_height#:~:text=On a nau... On a nautical chart, the drying height is the vertical distance of the seabed that is exposed by the tide, above the sea water level at the lowest astronomical tide. On admiralty charts a drying height is distinguished from a depth by being underlined. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2020-07-22 09:52:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- an example here http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/navigation/theightstime.htm and here bilingually https://www.stmarys-harbour.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06... The depth here is CD+1.0m (a drying height of 1.0m) .... La profondeur à cet endroit est de PC + 1 m (hauteur de séchage de 1 m) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2020-07-22 10:04:36 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I still remember stuff from my 7 years as a seafarer! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 days (2020-07-27 11:36:52 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Glad to have helped |
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