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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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hulk
Sailing; General sailing
A vessel whose seagoing days are over, but is still useful as a store ship.
dog watches
Sailing; General sailing
The divided watch between four and eight in the evening ; thus the first dog watch is from four to six, and the second from six to eight.
boxhauling
Sailing; General sailing
In tacking a ship to make her turn on her heel by hauling the head sheets aweather, and getting sternway on. Practised by square-rigged ships, sometimes in working narrow channels.
right
Sailing; General sailing
To bring a vessel back to the upright position after she has been heeled.
soundings
Sailing; General sailing
To be near enough to land for the deep sea lead to find a bottom. A series of depth measurements.
a-hull
Sailing; General sailing
A ship under bare poles, with her helm lashed a-lee. An abandoned ship.
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