haul-out

plural haul-outs

1. A location where seals or sea lions haul out.

   At haul-outs, seals may rest and socialise but pup births are rare.

   2013, Roger Kirkwood, Simon Goldsworthy, Fur Seals and Sea Lions

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   Sea lions using haul-outs could be disturbed by closely approaching tour boats and charter/private vessels.

   1996, Glacier Bay National Park (N.P.) and Preserve, Cruise Vessel Management Plan, page 11

   Along the mainland coast of the SCB, however, haul-out and rookery sites are relatively scarce.

   2003, Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and San Clemente Island Range Complex, page 3-67

   I treated the complex of haul-outs at Cape Pierce as a single site and considered combined totals of the averaged daily counts from all haul-outs.

   2021, J.L Laake, D.G. Robertson, Steven C. Amstrup, Marine Mammal Survey and Assessment Methods, page 169

2. The act of hauling out (bringing ashore) a boat, especially for repair and maintenance.

   It's haul-out day, later in the season than is good for the boat or me,

   1996, Stephen Tudor, Haul-out: New and Selected Poems, page 50

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   Use the best bottom paint for your area to lengthen time between haul-outs.

   1978 June, Judith Archer, “How's Your Boating Dollar Drain”, in Boating, volume 43, number 6, page 114

   This boat hoist facility at Bryant's Marina, Inc., Seattle, Wash., is a handy haul-out, whether for repair, storage , shipment or other reasons.

   1959, Andrew R. Mack, Frederic R. Harris, Boat Handling Equipment in the Modern Marina, page 14

   Because the crane had a minimum charge, it was much cheaper to schedule a haul-out at the same time other boats were being moved in the yard.

   2000, James D. Howard, Jim Howard, Charles J. Doane, Handbook of Offshore Cruising, page 358

   Some yacht clubs have similar haul-out facilities to marinas and make them available to non-members, albeit at a higher rate than that for club boats.

   2011, Alastair Buchan, How to Sail on a Budget, page 102