General boating

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Yarr

Boat; General boating

Acknowledgement of an order, or agreement. Also aye, aye.

Yards held rigidly perpendicular to their masts and parallel to the deck. This was rarely the best trim of the yards for efficiency but made a pretty sight for inspections and in harbor. The term is ...

Fardage

Boat; General boating

Wood placed in bottom of ship to keep cargo dry.

Handsomely

Boat; General boating

With a slow even motion, as when hauling on a line "handsomely".

Yardarm

Boat; General boating

The very end of a yard. Often mistaken for a "yard", which refers to the entire spar. As in to hang "from the yardarm" and the sun being "over the yardarm" (late enough to have a drink).