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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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slack tide
Sailing; General sailing
The tide between the two streams when it runs neither one way nor the other. There are high-water slack and low-water slack.
boss
Sailing; General sailing
A slang American term for sailing master, or chief in command, or the manager or master of any business or show.
crow's nest
Sailing; General sailing
A place of shelter at the topgallant masthead for a look out man, used by whalers in northern latitudes.
barra boats
Sailing; General sailing
Vessels of the Western Isles of Scotland, with almost perfect V section.
fall off
Sailing; General sailing
To drop away from the wind; when a vessel is hove to she is said to fall off if her head falls to leeward, in opposition to coming to; also when a vessel yaws to windward of her course and then falls ...
spirketting
Sailing; General sailing
Timber worked inside a vessel under the shelf in a fore-and-aft direction.
balloon sails
Sailing; General sailing
Balloon canvas is a term applied to sails of large dimensions, made of light cotton canvas. The chief balloon sail is the spinnaker used for sailing when the wind is aft. A balloon jib used to fill ...
