General sailing

General sailing

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

Industry: Sailing

Add a new term

Contributors in General sailing

Become a Contributors

General sailing

hove down

Sailing; General sailing

Said of a vessel that is very much careened or heeled by the wind or other cause.

reef points

Sailing; General sailing

A horizontal line of light lines on a sail which may be tied loosely around the sail or in some cases to the boom, reducing the area of the sail during heavy winds.

rove

Sailing; General sailing

The condition of a line that has been passed through a sheave hole or through any aperture.

moulds

Sailing; General sailing

Curves used by draftsmen. The skeleton frames made by shipwrights to cut the frames by.

counter

Sailing; General sailing

At the stern of the boat, that portion of the hull emerging from below the water, and extending to the transom. Apr to be long in older designs, and short in more recent boats.