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General sailing

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

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General sailing

dead weight

Sailing; General sailing

Concentrated weight in a vessel's pattern, such as a heavy cargo of ore or ballast.

beacon

Sailing; General sailing

A stake, boom, or post put on a sandbank or shoal as a warning for vessels.

strand

Sailing; General sailing

Yarns twisted together and they then make the parts or strands of a rope.

reef cringles

Sailing; General sailing

The large cringles in the leeches of sails through which the reef pendants are rove and tacks or sheets hooked.

burton

Sailing; General sailing

A tackle composed of two single blocks; a double Spanish burton consists of two single and one double block.

meet her

Sailing; General sailing

When a vessel begins to fly to or run off the wind, to stop her doing so by the helm. Generally to check a vessel's tendency to yaw by using the helm.

stern sheets

Sailing; General sailing

The seat in the aft end of a boat. Sometimes the three-cornered bottom board aft in a boat is termed the stern sheet. This board in' a yachts gig, in the bow or aft, is usually a wood grating. In ...

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