General boating

General boating

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General boating

Luff and touch her

Boat; General boating

To bring the vessel so close to wind that the sails shake.

Moor

Boat; General boating

To attach a boat to a mooring buoy or post. Also, to a dock a ship.

Scandalise

Boat; General boating

To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed. Also used in the past as a sign of ...

Disrate

Boat; General boating

To reduce in rank or rating; demote.

Bowse

Boat; General boating

To pull or hoist.

Worm, serve, and parcel

Boat; General boating

To protect a section of rope from chafing by: laying yarns (worming) to fill in the cuntlines, wrapping marline or other small stuff (serving) around it, and stitching a covering of canvas ...