rudders
Ship direction fins
Rudders is the plural of rudder, a flat piece mounted at the back of a boat or aircraft that swivels to steer it.
Figuratively, anything that guides direction can be a rudder: Without clear leadership, the company lacked a rudder.
Someone without a rudder drifts aimlessly through life.
Vessel's steering mechanism
- tillerBoat steering lever
- steeringControlling direction of movement
- keelHull's structural base
- sternStrict or ship's aft
boat · ship · vessel · navigation · yacht · sailboat · propeller · hull
helm
Vessel's steering mechanism
stern · boat · ship · vessel · navigation · yacht · sailboat · propeller · hull · watercraft
guidance
Advice for decisions
- directionWay something faces
- leadershipAbility to direct others
- steeringControlling direction of movement
compass · course · control · influence · anchor · foundation · guide · navigator · decision · authority
tail
Rear animal appendage
- stabilizerThing ensuring steadiness
- yawRotational side deviation
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
fuselage · fin · elevator · aileron · cockpit · flight · pilot · control · vertical · horizontal
- submarinessub, subs, torpedo, submarines, hull
- ship designship design, deck plans, stability, buoyancy, ship construction
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- maritime historysailors, ships, seamen, sailing ships, celestial navigation
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
ruddersanchors
Weighted devices securing vessels
brakes · drag chutes · sea anchors · drogue
rudderskeels
Ships' bottom beams
stabilizers · anchors · ballast · fins · centerboards