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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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General sailing
slack in stays
Sailing; General sailing
Slow in coming head to wind, and still slower in paying off.
high and dry
Sailing; General sailing
The situation of a vessel that is ashore when the ebb tide leaves her dry.
rake
Sailing; General sailing
To lean forward or aft from the vertical, as raking masts, raking sternposts, raking stem. The fore or aft angle of the mast. Can be deliberately induced (by adjustment of the standing rigging) to ...
holding water
Sailing; General sailing
Resting with the blades of the oars in water to check a boat's way or atop her.
bulwark
Sailing; General sailing
A vertical extension above deck level designed to keep water out of and sailors in the 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.
