General sailing

General sailing

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

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General sailing

end for end

Sailing; General sailing

To shift a spar, rope, &c., by reversing the direction of the ends.

chine

Sailing; General sailing

The intersection of the bottom and sides of a flat or v-bottomed boat. A line, running along the side of the boat, where the bottom forms an angle to the side. Not found on round-bottom boats.The ...

mast rope

Sailing; General sailing

The heel rope by which a topmast is sent up and lowered; sometimes termed heel rope.

give-way vessel

Sailing; General sailing

A term used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.

outrigger

Sailing; General sailing

A contrivance of some sort for extending a sail or stay outboard. A name for a kind of rowboat which has the rowlocks extended beyond the boat's side by iron rod brackets.

The midship section. The term is applied to the middle flat of a ship, where she gets no broader and no narrower ; that is, where the cross sections for some distance amidships are of the same size ...

boom crutch

Sailing; General sailing

Support for the boom, holding it up and out of the way when the boat is anchored or moored. Unlike a gallows frame, a crutch is stowed when boat is sailing.