General sailing

General sailing

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

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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.