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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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barquentine
Sailing; General sailing
A vessel with the foremast rigged square, and the other masts 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.
ways
Sailing; General sailing
Balks of timber arranged in a kind of chute to haul vessels upon or to launch them off.
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.
whiten deck
Sailing; General sailing
Make a mixture of 1-lb. oxalic acid to 1 gallon of water. Damp the deck with this and wash off.
long leg and a short one
Sailing; General sailing
In beating to windward, when a vessel can sail nearer her course she sails the intended course on one tack than another. Thus, say her course is E and the wind S.E. by E. she would lie E. by N. one ...
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