General boating

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Hawse pipe

Boat; General boating

The shaft or hole in the side of a vessel's bow through which the anchor chain passes.

V-hull

Boat; General boating

The shape of a boat or ship in which the contours of the hull come in a straight line to the keel.

Topsail

Boat; General boating

The second sail (counting from the bottom) up a mast. These may be either square sails or fore-and-aft ones, in which case they often "fill in" between the mast and the gaff of the sail below.

Fluke

Boat; General boating

The wedge-shaped part of an anchor's arms that digs into the bottom.

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Boat; General boating

The vessel's angle of lean or tilt to one side, in the direction called roll. Typically refers to a lean caused by flooding or improperly loaded or shifted cargo (as opposed to 'heeling', which see).