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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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General sailing
hogging piece
Sailing; General sailing
A piece of timber worked upon top of the keel to prevent its hogging or rising in the middle.
stays
Sailing; General sailing
A line or wire from the mast to the bow or stern of a ship, for support of the mast (fore, back, running, and triadic stays). A vessel is said to be in stays when she is going through the operation ...
inspection port
Sailing; General sailing
A watertight covering, usually small, that may be removed so the interior of the hull can be inspected or water removed.
steerage way
Sailing; General sailing
When a vessel moves through the water so that she can be steered. In simply drifting or moving with the tide a vessel has no steerage way on, and cannot be steered; therefore steerage way means that ...
freshen hawse
Sailing; General sailing
To veer out or heave cable, so that a different part will take the chafe of the hawse pipe.
two-blocked
Sailing; General sailing
Said when a tackle has been used so that its two blocks come close together.
ship
Sailing; General sailing
To put anything in position. To engage as one of the crew of a vessel. To ship a sea, to ship a crutch, to ship a seaman.
