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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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General sailing
side lights
Sailing; General sailing
The red (port) and green (starboard) lights carried by vessels when under way.
nail-sick
Sailing; General sailing
On a clench-built boat when the nail fastenings have become loose in a boat.
bark
Sailing; General sailing
Usually a three masted vessel, the fore and main masts square rigged and the mizzen mast or after mast rigged fore and aft.
bark
Sailing; General sailing
Usually a three masted vessel, the fore and main masts square rigged and the mizzen mast or after mast rigged fore and aft.
square topsail schooner
Sailing; General sailing
A combination of fore and aft sails and small square sails. They were popular for coastal trading in the early 1800s. Prince Edward Island built a number of topsail schooners and many were sold in ...
bark
Sailing; General sailing
Usually a three masted vessel, the fore and main masts square rigged and the mizzen mast or after mast rigged fore and aft.
give her
Sailing; General sailing
A general prefix to an order, as "Give her sheet";" Give her the jibheaded topsail;" "Give her chain," &c.
