General sailing

General sailing

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

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General sailing

To speak to a ship at sea by signals or otherwise. To attract the attention of a ship by singing out "Ship ahoy!" or "Neptune ahoy." To "hail from" a locality is to belong to a particular place by ...

lights

Sailing; General sailing

The lights which all vessels must exhibit between sundown and sunrise.

half-breadth plan

Sailing; General sailing

A drawing showing the horizontal sections or waterlines of a vessel by halves.

lead-water-line

Sailing; General sailing

The line of flotation when a vessel is properly laden or ballasted.

broadside on

Sailing; General sailing

When a vessel moves sideways, or when she is approached by an object at right angles to her broadside.

mariner

Sailing; General sailing

A sailor. Two hundred years ago it was spelled "maryner," and appears to have only been applied to men who were perfect as seamen. Thus, from a muster roll made in the seventeenth century, we find so ...