General sailing

General sailing

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

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missing stays

Sailing; General sailing

To fail in an attempt to tack, or to go from one tack to the other.

The curved portion of a sail extending past a straight line drawn between two corners. In a mainsail, the roach extends past the line of the leech between the head and the clew and is often supported ...

sheer

Sailing; General sailing

The line of the upper deck when viewed from the side. Normal sheer curves up towards the bow and stern. Reverse sheer curves down towards the bow and stern. Compound sheer, curving up at the front of ...

along the wind

Sailing; General sailing

Sailing along the wind means to sail with the wind from a point to four points free, or with the wind abeam.

board

Sailing; General sailing

In beating to windward a board is the time a vessel is on one tack and the distance she makes on that tack. Thus it may be a long board or a short board. Working to windward by a long board and a ...

cable

Sailing; General sailing

A rope or chain by which a vessel is held at anchor. The length for a cable, according to the Admiralty, is 120 fathoms. The length of a cable for a yacht varies from 45 fathoms for a 10-tonner to ...

check

Sailing; General sailing

To check a sheet is to ease it a little. To check a vessel's way as by a warp, or by backing a sail. To check a tide is to keep a vessel from her course, in order to allow for the influence or drift ...