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General sailing

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

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General sailing

sciatic stay

Sailing; General sailing

According to old authorities this is synonymous with Triatic stay, which see.

pay out

Sailing; General sailing

To feed line over the side of the boat, hand over hand. To veer or slack out chain or rope.

bark

Sailing; General sailing

Usually a three masted vessel, the fore and main masts square rigged and the mizzen mast or after mast rigged fore and aft.

lee helm

Sailing; General sailing

The helm put to leeward to luff, or to keep a vessel to or by the wind. Also synonymous with slack helm. If the centre of effort of the sails is much forward of the centre of lateral resistance, the ...

flowing sheet

Sailing; General sailing

In sailing free, when the sheets are eased up or slackened off.

masthead

Sailing; General sailing

The part of a mast above the hounds. To masthead is to hoist anything up to the truck, &c.

bark

Sailing; General sailing

Usually a three masted vessel, the fore and main masts square rigged and the mizzen mast or after mast rigged fore and aft.

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