General sailing

General sailing

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

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longitude

Sailing; General sailing

The distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian measured from the North-South line through Greenwich Observatory in England.

crew

Sailing; General sailing

A ship's complement, and including every man employed on board in any capacity whatsoever, distinct from passengers.

duck

Sailing; General sailing

Light canvas of which boat sails and balloon sails used to be made. To duck is to dive under water.

A relative term used in sailing to define the action of one vessel which is eating to windward of another, thus, if a vessel is said to he weathering on another she is eating her out of the wind, or ...

graving dock

Sailing; General sailing

A dock which can be emptied of water by opening the gates as the tide falls, and its return prevented as the tide rises by closing the gates. Used for clearing the bottoms of vessels, repairing the ...