1 Terms
Contributors in General boating
General boating
Cuntline
Boat; General boating
The "valley" between the strands of a rope or cable. Before serving a section of laid rope e.g. to protect it from chafing, it may be "wormed" by laying yarns in the cuntlines, giving that section an ...
Quarterdeck
Boat; General boating
The aftermost deck of a warship. In the age of sail, the quarterdeck was the preserve of the ship's officers.
Knockdown
Boat; General boating
The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
Turtling
Boat; General boating
The condition of a sailboat's (in particular a dinghy's) capsizing to a point where the mast is pointed straight down and the hull is on the surface resembling a turtle shell.
Owner
Boat; General boating
Traditional Royal Navy term for the Captain, a survival from the days when privately-owned ships were often hired for naval service.
Afloat
Boat; General boating
Of a vessel which is floating freely (not aground or sunk). More generally of vessels in service ("the company has 10 ships afloat").
