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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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General sailing
spales
Sailing; General sailing
Cross shores used to keep the frame of a vessel in position whilst building.
eating to windward
Sailing; General sailing
A vessel is said to eat to windward when she, apparently, soaks out to windward of her wake.
wrinkle
Sailing; General sailing
Something worth knowing; a piece of valuable experience. Wrinkles in copper are generally a sign of severe strains in vessels, or that the vessel "works," or that her frame and plank shifts when she ...
slack
Sailing; General sailing
Not fastened; loose. Also, to loosen. Not taut. To slack up a rope or fall of a tackle is to ease it.
dodger
Sailing; General sailing
A screen, usually fabric, erected to protect the cockpit from spray and wind.
stringers
Sailing; General sailing
Strengthening strakes of plank, steel, or iron inside or outside a vessel's frame.
