General sailing

General sailing

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

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hold her head up

Sailing; General sailing

A vessel is said to "hold her head up" well that does not show a tendency to fall off.

made

Sailing; General sailing

Built, as built mast, meaning that the mast is not made of one piece of timber, but by several pieces bound together like a cask. A term of reproach to a boat builder when applied to his work, in ...

even keel

Sailing; General sailing

Said of a vessel when she is not heeled either to port or starboard, also when her keel is horizontal, that is when she is so trimmed that her draught forward is the same as aft.

laid

Sailing; General sailing

The make of a rope, as cable laid, hawser laid, single laid, laid with the sun.

fitted out

Sailing; General sailing

When a vessel is "all-a-taunto,'' which see. A vessel ready to proceed to sea.

glass

Sailing; General sailing

The term by which a sailor knows the barometer. Also a telescope, and the sand glass used to denote half-hours on board ship, or the half-minute or quarter-minute glass used when heaving the log.