General sailing

General sailing

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

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forge ahead

Sailing; General sailing

When a vessel that is hove to gathers way; generally when a vessel moves past another.

full

Sailing; General sailing

When all the sails are filled with the wind and quite steady.

carlings

Sailing; General sailing

Pieces of timber fitted fore and aft between the beams to support the mast.

feel the helm

Sailing; General sailing

In close hauled sailing when a vessel begins to gripe or carry weather helm. Also generally, when a vessel begins to gather headway so that she can be steered, or 'feel her helm'.

cant frames

Sailing; General sailing

The frame in the bow and quarter of a vessel that are not square to the keel.

A four-sided fore and aft sail set on the mast, and supported by a spar from the mast diagonally to the peak of the sail.This is a time-honoured contrivance for setting a sail that has no boom, but a ...