A term applied to the strake of shell plating or the side planking above a weather deck. It helps to keep the deck dry and also serves as a guard against losing deck cargo or men overboard. Where bulwarks are fitted, it is customary to provide openings in them which are called freeing ports, to allow the water that breaks over to clear itself.
Iplanga elisecaleni ngaphezu ngaphezu komgangatho wemo-zulu yenqanawe inceda ekugcineni umgangatho owomileyo kwaye likwanqanda ukulahleka kwemithwalo yomgangatho okanye amadoda asenqanaweni.