General sailing

General sailing

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

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hand taut

Sailing; General sailing

As tight or taut as a rope can be got by the hand without swigging upon it.

unrig

Sailing; General sailing

To dismantle a ship or any part of her, as to unrig a topmast or bowsprit.

Pieces of rope, sometimes plaited, by which sails when furled are kept to the yards. The pieces of rope by which sails are secured when furled, such as the tyers of the mainsail, by which that sail, ...

set flying

Sailing; General sailing

Not set on a stay or bent by a lacing; a jib in a cutter is set flying.

limber clearer

Sailing; General sailing

A small chain which is kept rove through the limber holes in the floors at the side of the keelson, to allow the bilge water to flow freely to the pumps; occasionally the chain is worked backwards ...

becket

Sailing; General sailing

A piece of rope used to confine or secure spars, ropes, or tackles. Generally an eye is at one end ; sometimes an eye at either end; or a knot at one end and an eye at the other.