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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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General sailing
starved of wind
Sailing; General sailing
When a vessel is sailed so near the wind that she does not have enough of it, or feel the weight of it.
Jacobs ladder
Sailing; General sailing
A rope ladder, lowered from the deck, as when pilots or passengers come aboard.
amidships
Sailing; General sailing
In or toward the center of the boat. The middle part of a ship. To put the helm amidships is to bring it in a line with the keel. Generally the word has reference to the middle fore-and-aft line of ...
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Sailing; General sailing
The dial of a compass upon which the points are marked. Cardinal Points - The compass points, E., W., N., and S.
