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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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windlass
Sailing; General sailing
A horizontal barrel, revolved by cranks or handspikes, for getting in the anchor. In yachts a small neat capstan is used.
barrel
Sailing; General sailing
The part of a capstan, windlass, or winch round which the cable or rope is wound whilst heaving. Sometimes termed the drum.
lazy jack
Sailing; General sailing
Light lines from the topping lift to the boom, forming a cradle into which the mainsail may be lowered.
take an even strain
Sailing; General sailing
Laying hold of the line and applying enough pressure to remove all slack prepratory to hauling. "Take An Even Strain" is an admonish to calm down.
close-hauled
Sailing; General sailing
With all the sheets trimmed flat aft, and every rope that helps extend the sails hauled taut. Hauled as close to the wind as the sails will admit without shaking their luffs. When a square-rigged ...
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