20 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Sailing > General sailing
General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
Industry: Sailing
Add a new termContributors in General sailing
General sailing
man ship
Sailing; General sailing
An old-fashioned custom in the Navy of mustering the crew along the bulwarks to cheer upon parting company or meeting another ship after racing. Losing yachts man the weather deck or bulwarks and ...
mizzen staysail
Sailing; General sailing
A sail set "flying" from a yawl's mizenmast head to an eye bolt on deck forward of the mizenmast. Generally set with a quarterly wind.
fore foot
Sailing; General sailing
The foremost part of the keel at its intersection with the stem under water.
futtocks
Sailing; General sailing
The timbers which abut above the floors called first, second, and third futtocks. This should properly be written foothooks.
holding on to the land
Sailing; General sailing
To keep the land aboard in sailing; not departing from the land.
ears of a bolt
Sailing; General sailing
The lugs or upper projections of a bolt with a score in it, into which another part is fitted and held by a through pin so as to form a joint like that of a gooseneck.
jointed traveller
Sailing; General sailing
The iron hoop is in two half moons, each end has an eye turned in; the two halves are connected by these eyes. The object in having a jointed traveller is to facilitate lowering.
