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