http://www.proz.com/?sp=h_a&eid_c=9126&id=175736

- port à flot (24-hr access) = A harbour to which there is always access, whatever the tide is doing. You need to check how much your boat draws - how much of her there is underneath the waterline - before making sure whether you can get in/out safely at a given time though! (Not the same thing as a “floating harbour” : http://www.rchme.gov.uk/thesaurus/mon_types/F/82940.htm)


- port à seuil = harbour/dock with sill.
A “seuil” is a sill in the foundations of a harbour/dock entrance structure. (http://www.rchme.gov.uk/thesaurus/mon_types/D/91744.htm)

- bassin à flot (draught of 1.5-2m) = open basin, wet dock, non-tidal basin, dock basin.
A basin which is closed by a lock. Wet docks always have a more or less the same amount of water in them, whatever the tide is doing. The lock gates are only opened at high tide, which is the only time when boats can enter or leave this dock.
(http://www.rchme.gov.uk/thesaurus/mon_types/D/87745.htm)


- mouillage à chaîne-mère = “Mediterranean mooring, mooring stern-to, mooring bow-to”. (Although your term describes the type of mooring set-up udnerwater, Brits and US refer to it as "Med-mooring".)
A “chaîne-mère » is one of the chains linking the fixed points of a buoy’s mooring to the central point. It’s a set up which enables boats to be moored stern-to or bow-to http://www.sailnet.com/collections/articles/index.cfm?articl... Common in the Med, even referred to as “Mediterranean mooring” by British sailors rather than the more common GB mooring alongside. In fact, it is not just used in the Med. Almost all the boats in my local harbour (La Trinité sur Mer) are moored this way. As marinas become more crowed the technique is used in the UK too. http://www.tor.cc/articles/mooring.htm

For a diagram of what this means underwater, have a look at this : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/portfrejus/amarrage2.htm

You have a long chain (chaîne mere) on the bottom running parallel to a pontoon but at about a boat and a half length’s from the pontoon. From this main chain, several shorter chains (chaîne fille) set at right angles to the pontoon link the main chain to rings fixed onto the pontoon.


- port d'échouage (depth +2.00m) = dry harbour, standing harbour.
A harbour where the boats are left high and dry at low tide. (Avoid using “dry dock” which is “cale sèche” : http://www.rchme.gov.uk/thesaurus/mon_types/D/69452.htm)

- chambre de vases = Not sure without more description but as it is with “port d’échouage”, I suspect it is either “camber” : http://www.rchme.gov.uk/thesaurus/mon_types/C/91328.htm, (Traditionally a dock where cambering, the bending of beams for shipbuilding, took place. Now used for a small dock) ; or perhaps even “lock chamber” http://www.rchme.gov.uk/thesaurus/mon_types/L/92505.htm (The space enclosed between the gates and side-walls of a lock) – but “vases”, being what’s left when the water’s gone, in context?


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Note added at 2002-04-03 15:06:59 (GMT) Post-grading
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Quick \"Moderator\'s Note\".

Eve if terms are related, it\'s best to post just one term per question. From a practical point of view, someone needing help with similar or identical terms will find the glossary that much easier to use as a result.

Cheers,

Nikki

Co-Moderator FR>EN

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Note added at 2002-04-03 15:13:32 (GMT) Post-grading
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In addition to making the glossary easier to use, some folks who can answer one or two of the terms do so, which is helpful. However, others might be dissuaded from doing so if they can\'t answer all.

All the best,

Nikki

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Just wondering whether \"Les Vases\" might not be the name for a local beach. La Plage des Vases : www.activart.com/erika/pages/reportage.html

Note on “chambres des Vases”. \"Chambre\" appears to be synonymous locally (Le Croisic) for \"bassin\".
\"Des bassins appelés «chambres» le divisent (la chambre des Vases est réservée aux bateaux de plaisance.\"

Thus \"Les Vases\" bassin is used for cruising boats - ie it\'s the local yacht marina.

http://www.vito-tourisme.com/villes/sitevilles/lecroisic/adv...