General sailing

General sailing

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

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General sailing

In rowing, an order given by the person steering a boat when being rowed alongside a vessel or causeway to direct the oarsmen to cease rowing with the stroke about to be completed, and lay in their ...

sheepshank

Sailing; General sailing

A plan of shortening a rope by taking up a part and folding it into two loops or bights, and then putting a half hitch of each standing part over a bight.

ground tackle

Sailing; General sailing

A collective term for the anchor and its associated gear.

goose wing

Sailing; General sailing

A schooner "goose wings" when dead before the wind by booming out the gaff foresail on the opposite side to the mainsail. An uncertain operation, and a practice not now in much use, as the ...

sea anchor

Sailing; General sailing

A device used to slow down the leeward movement of a ship during heavy weather and/or to hold her steady in a relationship to wind and waves. A conical or parachute shaped open ended device attached ...