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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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jib topsail
Sailing; General sailing
A triangular headsail made of light canvas set upon the topmast stay above the jib.
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.
glass
Sailing; General sailing
The term by which a sailor knows the barometer. Also a telescope, and the sand glass used to denote half-hours on board ship, or the half-minute or quarter-minute glass used when heaving the log.
lapper
Sailing; General sailing
A foresail which extends back of and overlapping the mast, such as a 110% genoa jib.
wall sided
Sailing; General sailing
Up and down sides of a vessel that neither tumble home nor flare out.
sea cock
Sailing; General sailing
A through hull valve, a shut off on a plumbing or drain pipe between the vessel's interior and the sea.
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