General sailing

General sailing

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

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General sailing

dip the ensign

Sailing; General sailing

To lower the ensign as a salute, or token of respect.

horns

Sailing; General sailing

The projections which form the jaws of gaffs or booms. The outer ends of the crosstrees are sometimes termed horns.

through bolt

Sailing; General sailing

A bolt that passes through timber and plank, and clinched.

An interior partition commonly used to stiffen the hull. May be watertight.The athwartship partitions which separate a vessel into compartments, cabins, &c. Fore and aft partitions are also termed ...

tripping line

Sailing; General sailing

Rope used to cant a spar, as trip halyards for a topsail, or the line bent to the crown of an anchor to trip it or break it out of the ground.

a-weather

Sailing; General sailing

The situation of the helm when it is hauled to windward. To haul a sail a-weather is to haul the sheet in to windward instead of to leeward, to form a back sail, to box a vessel's head off the wind ...