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General sailing

Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.

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General sailing

calm

Sailing; General sailing

Stillness of the air. Stillness or smoothness of the sea. An unrippled sea. Dead calm, stark calm, flat calm, clock calm, glass calm, glass smooth sea.

bark

Sailing; General sailing

Usually a three masted vessel, the fore and main masts square rigged and the mizzen mast or after mast rigged fore and aft.

handsomely

Sailing; General sailing

Steadily; with care. Not too fast nor yet too slow, but with great care; cleverly. As "Lower away handsomely." In easing up a sheet, if the man is likely to let it fly, the master or mate will sing ...

lee-going tide

Sailing; General sailing

The tide that is running to leeward in the direction of the wind. The opposite to weather-going tide, which see.

bark

Sailing; General sailing

Usually a three masted vessel, the fore and main masts square rigged and the mizzen mast or after mast rigged fore and aft.

bark

Sailing; General sailing

Usually a three masted vessel, the fore and main masts square rigged and the mizzen mast or after mast rigged fore and aft.

bale

Sailing; General sailing

A fitting on the end of a spar, such as the boom, to which a line may be led.

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