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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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channel plates
Sailing; General sailing
Braces secured to the sides of vessels and extended by pieces of timber termed channels. The rigging screws are shackled to the channel plates.
reef
Sailing; General sailing
To shorten sail by reefing. Also to shorten a spar, as to take a reef in the bowsprit.
hogged
Sailing; General sailing
The situation of a vessel when she rises higher in the middle part than at the ends; the opposite of sagged.
bring to wind
Sailing; General sailing
To luff a vessel close to the wind after she has been sailing off the wind.
carvel built
Sailing; General sailing
Built with the plank flush edge to edge, and the seams caulked and payed.
man
Sailing; General sailing
To apply manual power to anything, as "Man the capstan," "Man the boat.
ship
Sailing; General sailing
A larger vessel usually thought of as being used for ocean travel. A vessel able to carry a "boat" on board.
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