General sailing

General sailing

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

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lug-sheet

Sailing; General sailing

Term used in a racing schooner for the sheet attached to the clew of the foresail. In a modern racing schooner the foresail sheet is on the boom of the foresail in the usual way and the foresail ...

A bowsprit that is fitted to run in and out and "reef" like an old cutter's. Since 1900 most yachts have their bowsprits fitted in a shoe. Running Bowsprits also enable a boat to measure less length ...

ton

Sailing; General sailing

A weight of 2240lb. avoirdupois or in the US 2000 lbs. There are also metric tons, long tons, short tons, and various others such as Panama Canal and Suez Canal tons.In hydraulics 35 cubic feet of ...

deck

Sailing; General sailing

A permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part thereof. The platforms supported on the beams of ships. The old three deckers had upper deck, main deck, middle deck, lower deck, and orlop ...

hold on

Sailing; General sailing

The order given after hauling on a rope not to slack any up, as "Hold on all that."

helm's a-lee

Sailing; General sailing

The usual call made in tacking or in going about, as a signal for the crew to work the sheets, &c. The helm is a-lee when the tiller is "put down" or to leeward.