The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Slip of the Wheel

Sea Terms

The lost motion of the propeller. The difference shown between the distance run by log or observation and the distance made according to the number of revolutions shown by the propeller. Head-winds, head-seas and opposing currents are counted as slip.

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