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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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ways
Sailing; General sailing
Balks of timber arranged in a kind of chute to haul vessels upon or to launch them off.
traveler
Sailing; General sailing
A fitting across the boat to which sheets are led. In many boats the traveler may be adjusted from side to side so that the angle of the sheets can be changed to suit conditions. Also An iron ring, ...
rig
Sailing; General sailing
The arrangement of a vessel's spars, rigging, and sails, as schooner rig, cutter rig, lugger rig. To rig is to fit the spars with rigging, &c. To rig out is to fit out.
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.
bulwark
Sailing; General sailing
A vertical extension above deck level designed to keep water out of and sailors in the boat.
fall aboard
Sailing; General sailing
One ship sailing or driving into another. A sail is said to fall aboard when the wind is so light that it will not stay blown out.
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