1 See the STLFSI Key for a list of data series used in the index. For more details on the construction of the STLFSI, see the appendix to the January 2010 issue of the St. Louis Fedâs National Economic Trends. Newsroom: St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index.
The front of the boat is called the bow. The rear is the stern. If someone asks you to âthrow me the bowline,â you should toss him the rope at the front of the boat. A bathroom on a boat is called a head.
A paddle is an implement for manually moving and guiding a small boat. A paddle consists of a shaft with a broad flat surface, called a blade, on one or both ends. The area where the blade joins or tapers into the shaft is called the throat. Paddles differ from oars in that they are used without oar locks, the attachments that clamp the oars to a boat.