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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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General sailing
midship
Sailing; General sailing
Approximately in the location equally distant from the bow and stern.
bow scarf
Sailing; General sailing
A method of joining two pieces of timber by letting each into the other one-half its own thickness; sometimes termed a butt scarf.
corky
Sailing; General sailing
Light, buoyant, easily set in motion by the waves ; floating with a high side out of the water.
cambered
Sailing; General sailing
When the keel of a vessel has its ends lower than its middle, thus. Opposed to rockered.
lanyards
Sailing; General sailing
Hopes rove through dead eyes, by which shrouds and stays are setup.
shackle
Sailing; General sailing
A U-shaped crook with an eye in each end, through which a screw bolt is passed. Variously used, and are often preferred to hooks. (Fig. 93.) There is a shackle at every fifteen fathoms of cable, so ...
