General sailing

General sailing

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

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draw

Sailing; General sailing

A sail is said to draw when it is filled by the wind. To let draw is to ease up the weather sheet of a sail after it has been hauled to windward, arid trim the lee sheet 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.

A board lowered through a slot in the centerline of he hull to reduce sideways skidding or leeway. Unlike a daggerboard, which lifts vertically, a centerboard pivots around a pin, usually located in ...

standing part

Sailing; General sailing

The part permanently made fast to something, and not hauled upon. In cordage or lines it's the standing end is the opposite of the running end. The main part of a line as distinguished from the bight ...

gant-line

Sailing; General sailing

A whip purchase; a single block with a rope rove through it. A gant-line is used to hoist the rigging to the masthead on beginning to fit out.

accommodation ladder

Sailing; General sailing

A side ladder, with platform, for boarding vessels. In the case of yachts, they are usually made to fold up on the bulwarks when the yacht is under way.