17 Terms
Contributors in General boating
General boating
Catboat
Boat; General boating
A cat-rigged vessel with a single mast mounted close to the bow, and only one sail, usually on a gaff.
Ahull
Boat; General boating
1. When the boat is lying broadside to the sea. 2. To ride out a storm with no sails and helm held to leeward.
Waterway
Boat; General boating
1. Waterway, a navigable body of water. 2. A strake of timber laid against the frames or bulwark stanchions at the margin of a laid wooden deck, usually about twice the thickness of the deck ...
Fish
Boat; General boating
1. To repair a mast or spar with a fillet of wood. 2. To secure an anchor on the side of the ship for sea (otherwise known as "catting".)
Dressing down
Boat; General boating
1. Treating old sails with oil or wax to renew them. 2. A verbal reprimand.
Tumblehome
Boat; General boating
A description of hull shape when viewed in a transverse section, where the widest part of the hull is someway below deck level.
