General sailing

General sailing

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

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log board

Sailing; General sailing

The slate on which the hourly occurrences in navigating a ship-her speed, canvas, courses, the strength of wind, direction of wind, and general condition of weather-are set down.

Long pieces of plank or timber, usually three-sided, and sometimes called harpings, secured to the frames of a vessel in a fore-and-aft direction, when she is building, and representing the dividing ...

garboard

Sailing; General sailing

Used in conjunction with strake. Refers to the planks, or strakes, on either side of and adjacent to the keel.he strake of plank next above the keel into which it is rabbeted and bolted.

bailer

Sailing; General sailing

A small basin-like vessel, used for throwing water out of a boat.

hounds

Sailing; General sailing

The projections on a mast which support the lower cap, cross trees, and rigging.

scarph

Sailing; General sailing

A method of joining pieces. of wood by tapering their ends. A box scarph is when the ends are not tapered, but a half thickness cut out of each part so that when put together the parts form only one ...

adrift

Sailing; General sailing

Loose, not on moorings or towline. Floating with the tide. Generally driving about without control. Also a vessel is said to be adrift when she breaks away from her moorings, warps, &c. The term is ...