BoatUS Magazine Classified Ad Abbreviations

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Word Abbreviation
Air Conditioning a/c
Aluminum alum
And &
Antenna ant
Asymmetrical asym
Auto Helm a/helm
Auto Pilot a/pilot
Available avail
Batteries batt
Battery Charger batt chgr
Bedroom bdrm
Bimini bim
Bottom Paint bttm paint
Cabin cbn
Cabins cbns
Canvas cnvs
Center cntr
Condition cond
Convertible conv
Covers cvrs
Cushions cshns
Cylinder cyl
Depth Finder/SounderD/S
Diesel dsl
Differential GPS DGPS
Dodger ddgr
Electric elec
Electronics electrncs
Enclosure encl
Equipped equip
Excellent excel
Fiberglass f/g
Fly Bridge F/B
Forecastle foc'sle
Forward fwd
Freezer frzr
Fresh Water fsh wtr or fw
Fresh Water Cooled fwc
Furling frl
Fuel Tank f-tanks
Galvanized galv
Generator gen
Hardware hrdwr
Headroom hdrm
Heads heads
Heat & Air Condheat/ac
Hot Water hot wtr or hw
Horsepower hp
Hours hrs
Immaculate immac
Inboard I/B
Includes incl
Word Abbreviation
Interior intr or int
Inverter inv
Knot Depth Finder K/F/D
Large lg
Length Overall LOA
Less Than <
Located loc
Medium med
Microwave micrwv
Motor Yacht MY
Navigation nav
Offshore offshr
Or Best Offer obo
Original Owner orig ownr
Outboard O/B
Outdrive O/D or I/O
(inboard/outboard)
Perfect perf
Power pwr
Propeller prop
Radar rdr
Refrigerator frig
Rigging rig
Roller rlr
Rudder rddr
Self Tailing S/T
Shore Power shr pwr
Short Shaft ss (lower-case)
Shower shwr
Single Side Band SSB
Sleeps slps
Small sm
Spinnaker spin
Stateroom strm
Stainless Steel SS (in caps)
Stove stv
Sunbridge S/B
Tachometer tach
Tiller tllr
Trailer trlr
Transmission trans
Trawler trwlr
Trim Tabs t/tabs
Twin T/
VHF Radio VHF (all caps)
Washer/Dryer w/d
Weekends wknds
Wheel whl
Winch wnch
Wind Generator wind gen
With w/
Work wrk
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