General sailing

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.

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 ...