General sailing

General sailing

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

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General sailing

waisters

Sailing; General sailing

Green hands, or old decrepit seamen, who are stationed about in the waist of a vessel to haul upon rope.

slack in stays

Sailing; General sailing

Slow in coming head to wind, and still slower in paying off.

A rope used to steady or support a spar. A line used to control the end of a spar. A spinnaker pole, for example, has one end attached to the mast, while the free end is moved back and forth with a ...

under-run

Sailing; General sailing

To follow up a rope, chain hawser, or cable, by hauling it in from a boat which moves in the direction that the cable is laid out.

pile

Sailing; General sailing

A wood, metal or concrete pole driven into the bottom. Craft may be made fast to a pile; it may be used to support a pier.

wallow

Sailing; General sailing

To lie in the trough of a sea and roll heavily; to roll under the sea.

handsomely

Sailing; General sailing

Steadily; with care. Not too fast nor yet too slow, but with great care; cleverly. As "Lower away handsomely." In easing up a sheet, if the man is likely to let it fly, the master or mate will sing ...