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362 Cards in this Set
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Of a sail, when the wind is on the wrong side |
Aback |
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Toward the stern, as in _____ the beam |
Abaft |
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Off the boat at right angles to the centerline |
Abeam |
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Toward the stern or behind the boat |
Aft |
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Toward the stern |
After |
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When the hull or keel is touching the bottom |
Aground |
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A buoy or other device deployed to mark channel, a navigational feature, or a hazard |
Aid to navigation |
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Above the deck, usually in the rig |
Aloft |
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At or toward the middle of the boat |
Amidships |
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A device lowered to the bottom while secured to the boat to hold the boat stationary |
Anchor |
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The combination of true wind and the wind effect of motion as felt aboard a moving boat |
Apparent wind |
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Behind the stern |
Astern |
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Across the boat from side to side |
Athwartships |
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The act of setting a sail aback |
Backing |
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A wire support from the top of the mast to the stern |
Backstay |
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Similar to backing |
Backwinding |
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Weight placed low in the boat to give it stability |
Ballast |
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A slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support the sailcloth |
Batten |
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A pocket sewn into a sail to hold a batten |
Batten pocket |
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An aid to navigation that's fixed in place |
Beacon |
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The width of a boat at its widest point |
Beam |
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The region of the boat's sides halfway between the bow and stern |
Beam |
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The point-of-sail where the wind is abeam of the boat |
Beam reach |
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To turn the boat away from the wind, fall off |
Bear away |
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To sail to windward close-hauled |
Beat, beating |
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A knot used to tie a line to another line or to an object |
Bend |
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To attach, as a sail to a spar |
bend on |
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Hidden from the wind, is when one sail is ____ by another |
Blanketed |
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A pulley |
Block |
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A pole with a hook on one end useful for snagging a line or a ring |
Boat hook |
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A rope sewn into the edge of a sail, often used to attach it to the mast or boom |
Bolt rope |
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The sea bed, or bed under any body of water |
Bottom |
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The spar that supports the foot of the mainsail |
Boom |
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An item of running rigging, often a block and tackle, used to hold down the boom |
Boom vang |
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The forward part of a boat |
Bow |
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A knot that forms a loop in the end of a line |
Bowline |
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A dock line tied between the bow of a boat and a dock |
Bow line |
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The point of sail between a beam reach and a run |
Broad reach |
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A floating object anchored to the bottom |
Buoy |
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Sailing on a run with the wind on the same side as the mainsail |
By the lee |
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The interior of a boat |
Cabin |
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A fitting with spring loaded jaws used to secure a line |
Cam cleat |
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A cylindrical buoy used as an aid to navigation |
Can buoy |
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To turn over |
Capsize |
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To undo completely a line that has been secured |
Cast off |
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A boat with two hulls |
Catamaran |
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A board that pivots down from the bottom of the boat to provide sideways resistance |
Centerboard |
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Damage caused to a sail or a line by rubbing |
Chafing |
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Material used to prevent chafe |
Chafing gear |
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Metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay or shroud is connected |
Chainplate |
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A narrow passage; a deeper water route often marked with aids to navigation |
Channel |
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A nautical map |
Chart |
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A fixed fairlead through which dock lines are led |
Chock |
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A fitting used to secure a line under load |
Cleat |
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The aft lower corner of a sail |
Clew |
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The point of sail where a boat sails as close to the wind as possible |
Close-hauled |
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The point of sale between close-hauled and a beam reach |
Close reach |
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The area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from which the boat is steered and sailed |
Cockpit |
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To make up a line into tiny loops |
Coil |
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A line that has been coiled |
coil |
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To tack |
come about |
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The entrance from the cockpit or deck to the cabin |
Companionway |
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The direction in which a boat is being steered |
Course |
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And eye formed by sewing a rope or metal ring into, for example, a sail |
Cringle |
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A line used to tension the luff of a sale |
Cunningham |
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A board that lowers vertically down from the bottom of the boat to provide sideways resistance |
Daggerboard |
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The generally horizontal surface that encloses the top of the hull |
Deck |
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A small boat |
Dinghy |
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A place where a vessel is berthed, but generally used to refer to the pier, quay, or pontoon to which it's tied when in that berth |
Dock |
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To bring a boat to its dock |
dock |
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A line used to tie a boat in its dock |
Dock line |
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The process of bringing a boat into its dock |
Docking |
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A line used to tension the luff of a sail by pulling down the boom at the gooseneck |
downhaul |
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In the direction towards which the wind is blowing |
Downwind |
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The depth of a boat out of the water |
Draft |
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The curvature of a sail |
Draft |
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To let out a line that has load on it |
Ease |
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Directly to windward |
Eye of the wind |
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Smooth, unobstructed |
Fair |
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A fitting used to lead a line fair and at the correct angle to a winch, cleat, or other fitting |
Fairlead |
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To lay out a line in parallel links so it can run freely |
Fake, flake |
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To turn away from the wind, bear away |
Fall off |
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A cushion, usually an inflated cylinder of rubber or similar material, placed between a boat and a dock |
Fender |
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The distance over which a wind has blown uninterrupted |
Fetch |
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A raised edge around a horizontal surface or shelf |
Fiddle rail |
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A piece of hardware that is fixed to the boat or its spars |
Fitting |
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To lay in even loose folds, as a sail |
Flake |
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An incoming tide |
Flood tide |
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The bottom edge of a sail |
Foot |
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The direction parallel with the centerline of a boat |
Fore and aft |
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The forward part of the deck, usually forward of the forwardmost mast |
Foredeck |
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Heavy-weather tactic of sailing slowly to windward under much-reduced canvas |
Fore-reach |
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A sail set forward of the mainsail, often a jib or a head sale |
Foresail |
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A stay that supports the mast from forward |
Forestay |
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Toward the bow |
Forward |
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Tangled, snagged |
fouled |
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The height of the hull above the waterline |
Freeboard |
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About a sail, when it is not flapping or luffing |
Full |
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To stow a sail or a spar or a stay |
Furl |
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An outgoing tide |
Ebb tide |
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The living quarters inside a boat |
Accommodations |
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The angle at which a sale is presented to the wind |
Angle of attack |
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A bed on a boat |
Berth |
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The lowest interior regions of the hull |
Bilge |
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A pump for removing water from the bilge |
Bilge pump |
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The stand on which the boat's main compass is mounted |
Binnacle |
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A pulley |
Block |
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An upright partition in the interior of a boat |
Bulkhead |
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Any of the four principal points of the compass, N, E, S and W |
Cardinal Point |
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A pin with a formed head used to connect rigging |
Clevis pin |
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When beating, the tack that brings the boat on the closest approach to the destination |
Closest tack |
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The roof of the trunk cabin |
coach roof |
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The kitchen on a boat |
Galley |
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General term for equipment aboard a sailboat |
Gear |
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A large jib that extends aft of the mast |
Genoa |
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Under the navigational rules, the vessel that is obliged to adjust its course or speed to avoid collision with another vessel |
Give-way vessel |
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A device for heating a cylinder in a diesel engine prior to starting |
Glow plug |
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To be moving backward |
Going astern |
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An articulated fitting that connects a boom to a mast |
Gooseneck |
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A metal ring set into a sail |
Grommet |
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Collective term for a boat anchors and their rodes |
Ground tackle |
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The top edge of the deck where it joins the hall |
Gunwale |
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An increase in wind speed that lasts just a short while |
Gust |
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A line used to raise and lower a sail |
Halyard |
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A metal clip or fabric tab used to attach a sales luff to a stay |
Hank |
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A covered opening in the deck |
Hatch |
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top of a sail |
Head |
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Toilet compartment on a boat |
Head |
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A boat's position when it's bow it's pointing directly into the wind |
Head to wind |
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Reinforcement at the head of a sale |
Headboard |
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To steer away from the wind, bear away, fall off |
Head down |
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The wind shift in which the wind shifts forward |
Header |
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A metal or plastic cover that fits over a forestay to accept the luff tape of a jib when it's hoisted |
headfoil |
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The direction in which a boat's bow is pointing |
Heading |
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Any sail set forward of the forward mast, a jib |
Headsail |
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The stay between the top of the mast and the bow |
Head stay |
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To steer more toward the wind |
Head up |
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Forward motion |
Headway |
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To hold a boat almost stationary by setting the sails and rudder in opposition |
Heave to |
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If a boat to lean sideways under the pressure of the wind on the sails |
Heel |
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The tiller or wheel with which the boat is steered |
Helm |
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The person at the helm steering the boat |
Helmsman |
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A region of high barometric pressure |
High pressure |
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Time at which the tide is at its highest |
High tide |
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To haul a loft |
Hoist |
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A tank in which sewage is stored |
Holding tank |
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The watertight structural shell of a boat |
Hull |
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Toward the center line of the boat, inside the hull |
Inboard |
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Of a boat that's head to wind having lost all headway |
In irons |
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A gentle breeze, perfect for a quiet evening sale |
Zephyr |
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Of a sheet, the one that is currently being used to trim the sail |
Working |
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A supplementary anchor |
Kedge |
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Use an anchor to haul a grounded boat off the bottom |
Kedge off |
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The main structural member along the bottom of a boat's hull, on a sailboat often an appended fin-shaped structure that contains ballast |
Keel |
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A sailboat that has a keel and a ballast, usually combined |
Keelboat |
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A fastening made by in entwining a rope, line, lines, or cord with itself or with other ropes, lines, or chords |
Knot |
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Units of speed, one nautical mile 6076 feet per hour |
Knot |
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A wind that blows over water as a result of air cooling over the land |
Land breeze |
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Of, for example, A jib Sheet, the windward one that's not under load |
Lazy |
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The after edge of a sail |
Leech |
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Sheltered area to the leeward of something (a boat, building, island) that's protected from the wind |
Lee |
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The tendency of a sailboat when sailing to turn down wind |
Lee Helm |
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The side away from the wind, or downwind side |
Lee side |
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A shore towards which the wind is blowing |
Lee Shore |
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The directions, or side of the boat, away from the wind |
Leeward |
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A wire supported on stanchions around the perimeter of the deck to prevent crew falling overboard |
Lifeline |
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A wind shift in which the wind shuts aft |
Lift |
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A length of rope that has a specific purpose on board |
Line |
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A storage compartment |
Locker |
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A written record of activities pertinent to the operation of a boat |
Logbook, log |
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A region of low barometric pressure |
Low pressure |
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Time in which the tide is at its lowest |
Low tide |
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The fixed marker on the compass that indicates on The Compass Card the boats heading |
Lubber's line |
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The forward edge of a sail |
Luff |
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The fluttering of a sail when the boat is too close to the wind for the sail's trim |
Luff |
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To head up so that the sails luff |
Luff |
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The direction to word Earth's magnetic north pole |
Magnetic north |
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The boom that supports the mainsail |
Main boom |
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The principal mast on a sailboat |
Mainmast |
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The sail attached to the aft of the mainmast |
Mainsail |
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The line used to control the main boom and that's also to trim the Mainsail |
Mainsheet |
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To secure, as when tying a line to a cleat |
Make fast |
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General term for an aid to navigation |
Mark |
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A fixed vertical spar that holds up a sail or sails |
Mast |
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To tie up a boat |
Moor |
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A permanently set anchor |
Mooring |
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A buoy attached to a mooring into which a boat can be moored |
A Mooring Buoy |
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A boat with more than one hull |
Multihull |
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A map used for the purpose of navigation |
nautical chart |
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To conduct a vessel's passage on a body of water |
Navigate |
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The act of navigating |
Navigation |
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A light required to be displayed on a vessel in darkness and poor visibility |
Navigation light |
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Laws established to prevent collisions on the water |
Navigation rules |
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Tide at the moon's first and last quarters |
Neap tide |
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An area where sewage, treated or untreated, may not be discharged into the water |
No discharge Zone |
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The zone in relation to the wind where the sails cannot generate power |
No sail zone |
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A buoy with a cone shaped top used as an aid to navigation |
Nun Buoy |
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Any point of sail where the wind is abaft the beam |
Off the wind |
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Any point of sail where the wind is forward of the beam |
On the Wind |
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Away from the center line of a boat, outside the gunwale |
Outboard |
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A portable motor that attaches usually to the stern of a boat |
out board |
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A line used to tension the foot of the Mainsail |
Outhaul |
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A pair of rulers hinged together, used for drawing parallel lines |
Parallel rule |
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A short length of rope or wire used as a connector (example mooring ____) |
Pendant (pronounced pennant) |
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A structure built over the water on pilings |
Pier |
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To sail too close to the wind, so that the sails luff |
Pinch |
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One of 32 divisions on the traditional compass card |
Points of the compass |
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I'm moored floating structure to which a boat can be tied |
Pontoon |
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A sudden, unplanned turning of a boat toward the wind that occurs in strong winds |
Broach |
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To rent a boat |
Charter |
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Short steep waves |
Chop |
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Plotting your position based on the course and distance from a previously known position |
Dead reckoning |
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The keel or centerboard, rudder, and sails |
Foil |
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Temporarily fixing broken equipment |
Jury- rigging |
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A line through some point on which you presume your boat to be located as a result of an observation or measurement |
LOP (line of position) |
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A moored floating structure to which a boat can be tied |
Pontoon |
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The direction of boat is sailing relative to the wind |
Point of sail |
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A harbor |
Port |
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The left hand side of a boat when facing forward |
Port |
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A window that can be opened |
Port light |
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Any course where the wind is blowing on the port side of the boat |
Port tack |
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Any course where the wind is blowing on the starboard side of the boat |
Starboard tack |
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The effect of a propeller that pushes the boats stern sideways |
Prop walk |
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The flow of water off a turning propeller |
Prop wash |
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A device which way do blades that when rotated to test water or air to create thrust |
Propeller |
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An increase of wind strength of short duration, usually with less strength than a gust |
Puff |
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A guard rail at the bow or stern of the boat to which usually the life lines are connected |
pulpit |
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The sides of a boat between the beam and stern |
Quarter |
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A bed or bunk fitted into the aft quarter of a boat accommodations |
Quarter berth |
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A solid structure to which vessels tie up to load and unload |
Quay |
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What is COB? |
Crew Overboard |
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What is COB first response Y, T, P, S C |
Yell, throw, point, set, call |
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A device that enhances a boat visibility to radar |
Radar reflector |
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Distance from |
Range |
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Two objects in alignment that provide guidance, as when negotiating a channel |
Range |
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Water drawn from outside the boat |
Raw water |
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Any point-of-sale between close-hauled and a run |
Reach |
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An area of rock or coral, usually submerged, that presents a hazard to navigation |
Reef |
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To reduce the area of a sail that is exposed to the land |
Reef |
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To attach, as a sail |
Rig |
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The total assembly of sails, spars, and rigging aboard a sailboat |
Rig |
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Wires and lines used to support spars and to control sails |
Rigging |
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The line and or chain that connects an anchor to the boat |
Rode |
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A mechanism for furling a sail by rolling it around its stay |
Roller furling |
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To a sailor, raw material for making up lines |
Rope |
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A device that secures a line by clamping onto it |
rope clutch |
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The movable appendage attached to a boat under the water and with which it can be steered |
Rudder |
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The point of sale on which the wind is aft |
Run |
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The adjustable rigging used to raise and lower or trim the sails |
Running rigging |
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The harness worn around the upper body to which a safety tether can be attached |
Safety harness |
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The length of strong line or webbing with a closable hook at each end |
Safety tether |
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A fabric cover for a sail |
Sail cover |
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The arrangement of sails on a sailboat trig |
Sail plan |
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The length of wedding used to secure sails |
Sail tie |
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Material from which sails are made |
Sailcloth |
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Sailing on a run with the Wind on the same side of the boat has the Mainsail |
Sailing by the lee |
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The area in the accommodations used for lounging and dining |
Saloon |
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The ratio of the length of anchor rode deployed to the vertical distance from the bow to the bottom |
Scope |
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A a drain |
Scupper |
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A wind that blows from the sea toward the land as a result of hot air Rising off the land |
Seabreeze |
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Marine valve, often fitted to a thru hull fitting |
Seacock |
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To make fast, as a line |
secure |
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To make safe |
Secure |
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A braced strut above the forward crossbeam on a catamaran |
Seagull Striker |
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A device on a winch that enables it to grasp and gather the tail of a line as it is wound in on the winch |
Self tailer |
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A closeable metal connector used in rigging |
Shackle |
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A tool for tightening and loosening a shackle |
Shackle key |
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The connector between the transmission and the propeller shaft |
Shaft coupling |
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The waterproofing seal around a propeller shaft |
Shaft seal |
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A line used to control the alignment of a sail relative to the boat and wind |
Sheet |
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Electricity obtained on board through a connection to shoreside power |
Shore power |
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A wire that provides athwartships support to the mask |
Shroud |
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The deck between the trunk cabin and the gunwale |
Sidedeck |
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Navigation light that shines on one side of the boat in an arc that extends from the back to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam |
Sidelight |
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A system of reefing a sail by lowering it part way to remove a slab from exposure to the wind |
Slab reefing |
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The period when the tide is neither adding nor flooding |
Slackwater |
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A birth where the boat docks between peers, pontoon, or pilings |
Slip |
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Sailboat with one mast, a mainsail, and one headsail |
Sloop |
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A block that opens to fit around the middle of a line |
Snatch block |
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To hold a line under tension by wrapping it around a cleat or a winch |
Snub |
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Water depths printed on a nautical chart |
Soundings |
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A pole used to support a sale, example Mast, boom |
Spar |
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A large, lightweight, rounded sale used when sailing downwind |
Spinnaker |
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An athwartships strut on a mask that holds a crowd away from the mast |
Spreader |
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Tide at the new moon or full moon |
Spring tide |
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A post that supports life lines |
Stanchion |
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Rigging, example shrouds and stays, that supports spars and that remains in place when a boat is not sailing |
Standing rigging |
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In a situation when two vessels converge, the vessel that must maintain its course and speed |
stand-on vessel |
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The right hand side of a boat when looking forward |
Starboard |
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Any course where the wind is blowing on the starboard side of the boat |
Starboard tack |
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A piece of standing rigging that supports a mast in the fore and aft Direction |
Stay |
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A sail set on a stay other than the head stay |
Staysail |
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Navigation light that shines on both sides of the boat in an arc from the back to 22.5 degrees about the being used on a sailing vessel that is under power, also Masthead light |
Steaming light |
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A a lever in the shape of a quarter Circle attached to the rudder stock by which the steering cables turn the rudder |
steering quadrant |
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The very back of a boat where the hull sides meet |
Stem |
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A fitting on the bow of the boat to which the forstay and jib are attached |
stem head fitting |
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The aft part of the boat |
Stern |
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Navigation light that shines on both sides of the boat in an arc from the stern to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam |
Stern Light |
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A tube through which a propeller shaft passes from inside to outside a boat |
Stern tube |
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To put away in his seaman like manner |
Stow |
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Part of a self tailer |
Stripping arm |
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A type of shaft seal |
stuffing box |
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To ease a loaded line by snubbing it to keep it under control |
Surge |
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The area around which of boat will swing at the full extent of its anchor rode |
Swinging room |
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Weather data covering a wide area |
Synoptic scale |
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The forward lower corner of sail |
Tack |
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To change course by turning the bow of the boat through the wind |
Tack |
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Of course designation according to the side of the boat onto which the wind is blowing, port or starboard |
Tack |
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Of line reeved through a series of blocks to gain mechanical advantage |
Tackle |
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The end of the working line, (example halyard, sheet) after the winch or snubber that is taking the load |
Tail |
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To pull on the tail of a line |
Tail |
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A bag in which the line tails are stowed to keep them tidy |
Tail bag |
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A short length of light yarn or similar material attached to a sail to indicate the flow of air across it and thus the state of the sail's trend |
Telltale |
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Fitting in the hull used to draw in water or to discharge it |
Through-hull fitting |
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The difference in height between the water level at low tide and high tide |
Tidal range |
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The movement of a body of water caused by the gravitational effects of the Moon and Sun |
Tide |
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The publication that presents prediction data for tides in tabular form |
Tide table |
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A lever used to control the angle of the rudder and thereby steer the boat |
Tiller |
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A rail fitted around the outside edge of the deck |
Toerail |
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The optimal combination of sale trim, boat speed and pointing ability. When everything feels perfect, a boat is said to be ____both up wind and downwind |
In the groove |
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Sailing at a boat higher speed and wider tacking angle than normal |
Footing, driving, cracking off |
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I deflecting force caused by the earths rotation, it tends to make the wind direction move to the right in the northern hemisphere |
Coriolis force, Coriolis effect |
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Tilt of the mast in the fore and aft direction |
Rake |
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What is a PFD? |
A personal flotation device, or lifejacket |
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Recite the radio alphabet |
Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey X-ray Yankee Zulu |
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A 20-knot wind exerts how many times the force of a 10-knot wind? |
Four times |
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In a sail the difference between the angle of attack at the foot and at the head |
Twist |
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A screw used for tightening wire rigging |
Turnbuckle |
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The raised part of the deck above the accommodations |
Trunk cabin |
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The wind is observed at the stationary point |
Truewind |
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Direction towards Earth's north pole |
True north |
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A vessel with three hulls |
Trimaran |
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The position a sail is set relative to the wind |
Trim |
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To adjust the sail by hauling in on the sheet |
Trim |
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A car and track system that allows the mainsheet attachment point to the deck to be moved athwartships |
Traveler |
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The more or less flat surface that closes the hull at the stern |
Transoms |
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The gearbox that transmits engine revolutions usually reduced to a propeller |
Transmission |
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A device that transmits energy (depth ____, speed ____) |
Transducer |
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Attach net strung between the hulls of a multihull |
Trampoline |
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The path of boat has followed across the Earth's surface |
Track |
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A line or wire that supports a boom when it is not being supported by it sale |
Topping lift |
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RL fitted around the outside edge of the deck |
Toerail |
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A lever used to control the angle of the rudder and thereby steer the boat |
Tiller |
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In the direction from which the wind is blowing |
Upwind |
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A piece of running rigging used to restrain a spar (example a boom ____) |
Vang |
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A loop of plumbing raised above a boat's waterline with a vent to prevent back siphoning |
Vented Loop |
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Used as an all-inclusive term in the navigation rules to describe any craft capable of being navigated |
Vessel |
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The difference between the directions to True North and that to magnetic north |
Variation |
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A a berth in the forward cabin that follows the shape of the hull sides |
V-berth |
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In meteorology, the boundary where a mass of advancing warm air meets a mass of cold air |
warm front |
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A location chosen on a nautical chart, as a destination or a place to change course |
Waypoint |
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The line around the interface between the hull and the surface of the water |
Waterline |
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The tendency of the boat when sailing to head up into the wind |
Weather Helm |
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Device consisting of a gear-driven drum that is operated with a handle to provide mechanical advantage when hauling on a line also used to snub a line |
Winch |
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The surface a boat's hull, rig, and superstructure present to the wind |
Windage |
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Toward the wind |
Windward |
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Decide upon which the wind is blowing |
The windward side |
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The winch used primarily for raising an anchor |
Windlass |
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Sailing on a run with the jib and mainsail set on opposite sides of the boat |
Wing on wing |
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Sailing wing on wing |
Winging the jib |
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Of a sheet, the one that is currently being used to train the sail |
Working |
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Difference between forestay and headstay |
I don't know |
