General sailing

General sailing

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

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General sailing

gangway ladder

Sailing; General sailing

The steps hung from the gangway outside the vessel. Sometimes there is also a board, or kind of platform, called the "Gangway Board."

extreme breadth

Sailing; General sailing

The greatest breadth of a vessel from the outside of the plank on one side to the outside of the plank on the other side, wales and doubling planks being included and measured in the breadth.

gig

Sailing; General sailing

A long boat of four or six oars kept for the owner of a yacht.

riding down

Sailing; General sailing

When men go aloft and hang on the halyards and assist by their weight in hoisting sails.

lee board

Sailing; General sailing

A very old-fashioned contrivance to cheek leeway. The board is usually trapeziform, and hung from the gunwale on either side. When sailing to windward it is dropped on the lee side to prevent lee ...

span

Sailing; General sailing

A rope made fast by both ends to a spar or stay, usually for the purpose of hooking a tackle. Very long spans are now commonly fitted to gaffs for hooking the peak halyards.