Sailing Flashcards

Front 1

Bow Pulpit

Back 1

The railing at the end of the boat, sometimes extending past the deck

Front 2

Traveller

Back 2

a device that allows for changing the position where the mainsheet tackle connects to the boat.

Front 3

Stern Pulpit

Back 3

Pulpit at stern of boat

Front 4

Lifelines

Back 4

Guard preventing from falling over. Skipper referred to these jokingly as trip lines

Front 5

Spreaders

Back 5

A spreader is a spar on a sailboat used to deflect the shrouds to allow them to better support the mast

Front 6

Headstay

Back 6

Piece of rigging supporting the mast. Head means its at the front

Front 7

Rudder

Back 7

a flat piece, usually of wood, metal, or plastic, hinged vertically near the stern of a boat or ship for steering.

the tiller is the stick that controls the rudder

Front 8

Halyard

Back 8

a rope used for raising and lowering a sail, spar, flag, or yard on a sailing ship

Front 9

Fairlead vs Padeye

Back 9

A fitting used to change the direction of a line, giving it a better angle from a sail or block to a winch or cleat.

the padeye guides the threaded line.

Front 10

Downhaul

Back 10

a line which is part of the rigging on a sailboat; it applies downward force on a spar or sail. The most common downhaul on a modern sailboat is attached to the spinnaker pole, though this may be referred to as the foreguy in some rigging nomenclature. The term is also commonly applied to the cunningham on the mainsail.

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Outhaul

Back 11

An outhaul is a line which is part of the running rigging of a sailboat, used to extend a sail and control the shape of the curve of the foot of the sail. It runs from the clew (the back corner of the sail) to the end of the boom.

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Cunnningham

Back 12

a type of downhaul used on a rigged sailboat to change the shape of a sail

The cunningham differs from a typical downhaul in the way that it attaches to the sail

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Shackle

Back 13

Essentially shackles i know (prison, chain gang)

Front 14

Spring/Breast Line

Front 15

Fenders

Back 15

Protects boat from scratching

Front 16

Cleats

Back 16

A fitting used to secure a line under strain.

Front 17

Coming About

Back 17

tacking

when a boat turns its bow into the wind through the 'no-go zone' so that the direction from which the wind blows changes from one side to the other.

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Running Rigging

Back 18

the rigging of a sailing vessel that is used for raising, lowering and controlling the sails

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Standing Rigging

Back 19

supports the mast and other spars

Front 20

Heel

Back 20

to tip because of wind

Front 21

Leeward

Back 21

the side sheltered or away from the wind.

Front 22

Spinmaker

Back 22

a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind, i.e. with the wind 90°–180° off bow. The spinnaker fills with wind and balloons out in front of the boat when it is deployed

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Hanks

Back 23

a ring, link, or shackle for securing the luff of a staysail or jib to its stay or the luff or head of a gaff sail to the mast or gaff

Front 24

Bolt Rope

Back 24

a rope sewn around the edge of a vessel's sail to prevent tearing.

Front 25

In irons

Back 25

What justin loves to do when he sails

when the bow of the ship is headed into the wind and the ship has stalled and is unable to maneuver.

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Head to wind

Back 26

bow faces directly into the wind

Front 27

Close Hauled

Back 27

sails are trimmed in tightly and it is sailing as close to the wind as it can without entering the no go zone. This point of sail lets the boat travel diagonally to the wind direction, or 'upwind'.

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Close Reach

Back 28

See diagram

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Beam Reach

Back 29

See diagram

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Broad Reach

Back 30

See diagram

Front 31

Running

Back 31

Steering a boat within roughly 30 degrees either side of dead downwind

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Starboard Tack

Back 32

if the wind is coming from anywhere on the starboard side

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Port Tack

Back 33

if the wind is coming from anywhere on the port side

Front 34

Heading up

Back 34

Heading up refers to turning the bow towards the wind direction.

Front 35

Sailing by the lee

Back 35

when sailing by the lee or directly downwind, her leeward side is the side on which her mainsail lies

Front 36

Bow line knot

Back 36

Common uses are tying sheets to clews, tying off to rings or rails, or used twice to tie two lines together.

Front 37

figure eight knot

Back 37

rope rescue

Front 38

Cleat Hitch

Back 38

secures rope to cleat

Front 39

Clove Hitch

Back 39

tying a fender to a stanchion or grab rail, or tying the boat to a piling or dock rail

Front 40

Reef / Square knot

Back 40

a square knot, originally used for reefing sails.

Front 41

Navigation Rules

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1. Port-tack boat gives way to the starboard-tack boat – upwind or downwind.

2. If two vessels might come close or collide, the “stand-on” vessel maintains course and speed. The “give-way” vessel alters course and/or speed to pass at a safe distance.

3. Windward boat gives way to the leeward boat on the same tack, whether sailing upwind or downwind.

4. Overtaking boat gives way to the vessel ahead, whether a sailboat or a powerboat.

5. Recreational powerboats generally give way to sailboats. It’s true most of the time. Stay away from working power vessels, fishing boats, ferries, tugboats, barges, and ships, especially in navigational channels.

Front 42

Boom

Back 42

a spar (pole), along the foot of a fore and aft rigged sail that greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail. The primary action of the boom is to keep the foot of the sail flatter when the sail angle is away from the centerline of the boat

Front 43

Boom vang

Back 43

used on a sailboat to pull down the boom on off-wind points of sail when the wind in the mainsail would lift the boom