General sailing

General sailing

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

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diagonal lines

Sailing; General sailing

Lines which cross the sections of a vessel shown in the body plan, in a diagonal direction with the middle vertical line.

Crossing the stream of the tide so that it comes broadside on. If a vessel in beating to windward crosses a tide fairly at right angles on one tack, she will stem it on the next or have it stern on, ...

thimble

Sailing; General sailing

A ring, pear-shaped or circular, with a groove outside for ropes to fit in. When the thimble is pear-shaped it is usually termed a "heart thimble or thimble heart." These thimbles are used for the ...

fly

Sailing; General sailing

The part of a flag which blows out; the opposite side to the hoist; the halyards are bent to the hoist.

fine

Sailing; General sailing

To sail a vessel "fine" is to keep her so chose to the wind that her sails are on the point of shaking; considered sometimes good sailing if done with great watchfulness. Too fine means too near the ...

lee

Sailing; General sailing

The side sheltered from the wind. The opposite side to that from which the wind blows.

jack stay

Sailing; General sailing

A rod of steel shaped as a railway metal, or a rope, usually wire rope, for sails or yards to travel on. Also the steel railway or wire rope stay on the boom of laced sails on which the hanks or ...