General sailing

General sailing

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

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General sailing

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.

barquentine

Sailing; General sailing

A vessel with the foremast rigged square, and the other masts rigged fore and aft.

head reach

Sailing; General sailing

In sailing by the wind when a vessel passes another either to windward or to leeward. A vessel is said to "head-reach" when she is hove to, but forges ahead a knot or two.

ditty bag

Sailing; General sailing

Small bag used for carrying and stowing small personal items or kits.

holding water

Sailing; General sailing

Resting with the blades of the oars in water to check a boat's way or atop her.

shrouds

Sailing; General sailing

Lateral supports for the mast, usually of wire or metal rod.

The lower after end of anything, as heel of the keel, heel of the mast (the fore part of the lower end of a mast is called the toe), heel of a yard, heel of the bowsprit. The amount of list a vessel ...