General sailing

General sailing

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

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General sailing

sea way

Sailing; General sailing

Generally used in the sense of waves in an open sea, meaning a disturbed sea.

Additional ropes, stays, tackles used to prevent spars being carried away if their proper stays give out, as preventer backstays for the topmast, preventer bobstay. A preventer is also any rope or ...

off

Sailing; General sailing

The opposite to near (which see), as "Off the wind." "Nothing off" is an order given to a helmsman to steer nothing to leeward of a particular course, or to sail nothing off the wind, but to keep the ...

jib topsail

Sailing; General sailing

A triangular headsail made of light canvas set upon the topmast stay above the jib.

bridle

Sailing; General sailing

A short length of wire with a line attached at the midpoint. A bridle is used to distribute the load of the attached line. Often used as boom travelers and for spinnaker down hauls. or The parts of ...