General sailing

General sailing

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

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wing and wing

Sailing; General sailing

A schooner before the wind with the main sail off the lee quarter, and the foresail boomed out to windward. Some. times termed goose winged.

sweep

Sailing; General sailing

A long bend. To sweep is to impel by sweeps or large oars; formerly, vessels as large as 300 tons used sweeps, and by hard work could make three knots an hour. Sweeps are not permitted in yacht ...

steady the helm

Sailing; General sailing

To bring the helm or tiller amidships after it has been moved to port or starboard, as the case may be.

edge away

Sailing; General sailing

To gradually keep a vessel more off a wind after sailing close hauled.

An architectural term, but used in America for a booby hatch or raised deck. A mansard roof to a house is a light structure above the masonry. It took its name from Mansard, a French architect of the ...