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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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General sailing
straight of breadth
Sailing; General sailing
The distance where the breadth of a ship is equal or nearly equal amidships; now generally termed parallel length of middle body, because the two sides of a ship may be for some distance parallel to ...
tholes
Sailing; General sailing
Pins fitted into the holes in rowlocks for oars to work in. Now replaced by a pintled horn.
lay her course
Sailing; General sailing
A vessel is said to lay her course when sailing close-hauled, if her head points nothing to leeward of it.
fend off
Sailing; General sailing
To ward off the effects of a collision by placing a fender between the vessel and the object which is going to be struck.
eyes of the rigging
Sailing; General sailing
The loops spliced into the ends of shrouds to go over the mast, and for the rigging screws.
bowsprit bitts
Sailing; General sailing
Timbers fitted into carlines on the deck to take the bowsprit.
tackle
Sailing; General sailing
An arrangement of ropes and pulleys for increasing power; a purchase.
