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Junk
Boat; General boating
Old cordage past its useful service life as lines aboard ship. The strands of old junk were teased apart in the process called picking oakum.
Hauling wind
Boat; General boating
Pointing the ship towards the direction of the wind; generally not the fastest point of travel on a sailing vessel.
Buntline
Boat; General boating
One of the lines tied to the bottom of a square sail and used to haul it up to the yard when furling.
Bimini top
Boat; General boating
Open-front canvas top for the cockpit of a boat, usually supported by a metal frame.
Mizzen staysail
Boat; General boating
Sail on a ketch or yawl, usually lightweight, set from, and forward of, the mizzen mast while reaching in light to moderate air.
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