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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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General sailing
hoist
Sailing; General sailing
The length of the luff of a fore-and-aft sail, or the space it requires for hoisting. The hoist of a flag is the edge to which the roping is stitched. To raise anything by halyards or tackles.
trim
Sailing; General sailing
Fore and aft balance of a boat. The position of a ship in the water in a fore-and-aft direction. To trim a vessel is to set her in a particular position, by the head or stern. The term is sometimes ...
stern
Sailing; General sailing
The after part of the boat. The timber at the fore end of a vessel into which the ends of the plank are butted. To stem is to make headway, as against a current.
bight
Sailing; General sailing
The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.
look
Sailing; General sailing
The direction a vessel points when sailing by the wind. As, she "looks high," "looks up well," "looks a high course."
deaden-her-way
Sailing; General sailing
To stop a vessel's way by backing and filling, or by hauling a sail aback, or by yawing her about with the helm,
studding sails
Sailing; General sailing
Sails set outside the courses and topsails in square rigged ships; called by sailors "stu'n's'ls."
