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Sailing Terms # 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aboard | on the boat |
| astern | behind the stern of the boat |
| backstay | the standing rigging on a keep boat running from the stern to the top of the mast-keeping the mast from falling forward |
| batten | a thin slat that slides into a pocket in the leech of a sail-helping it hold its shape |
| beating | a course sailing upwind |
| bight | a loop in a line |
| Bitter | the end of a line |
| boom | the spar extending directly aft from the mast to which the foot of the mainsail is attached |
| bow | the forward part of the boat |
| bowline | (Boe-lin) a knot designed to make a loop that will not slip and can be easily untied |
| centerboard | a pivoting board that can lowered and be used like a keel to keep a boat from slipping to leeward |
| cleat | a nautical fitting that is used to secure a line |
| fairlead | a fitting that guides a jib sheet or other lines back to the cockpit or along the deck |
| figure-8-knot | a knot designed to act as a stopped in the end of a line-takes the form of a eight |
| dockline | a line used to secure a boat to the dock |
| dock | wooden structure where a boat may be tied up and/or the action of bringing the boat to rest alongside the structure |
| foot | the bottom edge of a sail |
| gudgeon | a fitting attached to the stern of a boat into which the pintles of the rudder are inserted--attaches the rudder to the boat |
| headway | progress made forward |
| haul in | to tighten a line |
| gooseneck | the strong fitting that connects the boom to the mast |
| heel | the lean of a boat caused by the wind |
| hull | the body of the boat |
| leech | the after edge of a sail |
| keel | the heavy vertical fin beneath a Keel boat that keeps it upright and keeps it from slipping sideways in the water--it is fixed to the boat |
| beam | the width of a boat at its widest point |
| in irons | a boat that is head-to-wind, making no forward headway |
| helm | the tiller |
| head | the top of a sail and/or the bathroom on a boat |
| heave | to throw |
| halyard | a line used to hoist or lower a sail |
| fore | forward--front of the boat |
| foresail | a jib or genoa |
| forestay | the standing rigging on a keep boat running from the bow to the mast to which the jib is hanked on |
| foreward | toward the bow |
| fouled | tangled |
| block | a pulley on a boat |
| clew | the lower, aft corner of a sail. |
| close reach | (point of sail) sailing in a direction with the wind forward of the beam--about 70 degrees from the bow |
| close-hauled | the point of sail closest to the wind |
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