General sailing

General sailing

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

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General sailing

A boat or a boat's gear able to meet the usual sea conditions. In every respect fit to go to sea. In chartering a ship it is insisted that she must be "tight, staunch and strong, and well equipped, ...

range

Sailing; General sailing

Scope. To range is to sheer about when at anchor; to range the cable, to place a lot on deck in fakes ready for veering out.-- To give a range of cable is to veer out enough in letting go the anchor ...

calm

Sailing; General sailing

Stillness of the air. Stillness or smoothness of the sea. An unrippled sea. Dead calm, stark calm, flat calm, clock calm, glass calm, glass smooth sea.

dinghy

Sailing; General sailing

A small open boat. A dinghy is often used as a tender for a larger craft. Orignally a small boat of Bombay, with a settee sail.

side lights

Sailing; General sailing

The red (port) and green (starboard) lights carried by vessels when under way.

mechanical advantage

Sailing; General sailing

A mechanical method of increasing an applied force. Disregarding the effects of friction, if a force of 100 pounds applied to a tackle is magnified to a force of 400 pounds, the purchase or ...