General sailing

General sailing

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

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General sailing

bark

Sailing; General sailing

Usually a three masted vessel, the fore and main masts square rigged and the mizzen mast or after mast rigged fore and aft.

marline spike

Sailing; General sailing

An iron implement tapering to a sharp point, used to open the strands of rope for splicing, to turn eye bolts, &c.

A fitting to which lines are made fast. The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped. Pieces of wood with one or more arms fastened to spars, &c., for belaying to, or to ...

standing part

Sailing; General sailing

The part permanently made fast to something, and not hauled upon. In cordage or lines it's the standing end is the opposite of the running end. The main part of a line as distinguished from the bight ...

laid

Sailing; General sailing

The make of a rope, as cable laid, hawser laid, single laid, laid with the sun.

sea boat

Sailing; General sailing

A vessel fit to go to sea. A good sea boat is a relative term, and means a vessel that does not pitch badly or labour in a sea, or does not ship much water, and is, above all things, handy in a sea.