Parts Of A Sailboat

Front 1

Hull

Back 1

shell or body of the boat

Front 2

deck

Back 2

flat upper lid covering parts of hull

Front 3

bow

Back 3

front of boat

Front 4

cockpit

Back 4

recess in the hull where sailors sit

Front 5

stern

Back 5

back of boat

Front 6

transom

Back 6

part of hull extending across stern

Front 7

mast

Back 7

vertical spar that holds sails up

Front 8

forestay

Back 8

mast support wire leading to bow

Front 9

shrouds

Back 9

mast support wires leading to hull sides

Front 10

turnbuckle

Back 10

shroud tension adjustor

Front 11

clevis pin

Back 11

removable link between turnbuckle and hull

Front 12

cotter pin

Back 12

locks clevis pin in place

Front 13

shackle

Back 13

u shaped metal link closed with clevis pin

Front 14

boom

Back 14

horizontal spar at bottom of mainsail

Front 15

main sail

Back 15

large sail set behind mast

Front 16

jib

Back 16

small sail set behind mast

Front 17

jib

Back 17

small set set ahead of mast

Front 18

mainsheet

Back 18

controls angle between mainsail and boat

Front 19

jib sheet

Back 19

controls angle between jib and boat

Front 20

rudder

Back 20

steering blade mounted on transom

Front 21

gudgeons/ pintles

Back 21

mating parts of rudder hinges

Front 22

tiller

Back 22

handle attached to top of rudder

Front 23

tiller extension

Back 23

secondary hangle on tieller

Front 24

blocks

Back 24

sea going pulleys

Front 25

fairleads

Back 25

prevents lines from getting tangled

Front 26

cleats

Back 26

grip and hold lines

Front 27

centerboard trunk

Back 27

houses centerboard

Front 28

thwart

Back 28

supports top of cb trunk and provides seat

Front 29

centerboard - daggerboard

Back 29

blade that projects into water to stop side slipping

Front 30

daggerboard

Back 30

vertical lifting

Front 31

centerboard

Back 31

swings back and up

Front 32

horn cleat

Back 32

Front 33

tube cleat

Back 33

tube cleat

Front 34

cam cleat

Back 34

Front 35

catamarans

Back 35

double hull

Front 36

cat rigged

Back 36

single sail

optimists, laser, sabot, sunfish

Front 37

keel boat

Back 37

larger than dinghies, equipped with heavy underwater fin - keel

Front 38

painter

Back 38

bowline

Front 39

clew

Back 39

lower rear corner

Front 40

head

Back 40

top part of sail

Front 41

luff (sail)

Back 41

side closest to mast

Front 42

foot (sail)

Back 42

side closest to beam

Front 43

Tack (sail)

Back 43

Angle between beam and mast

Front 44

Leech

Back 44

unattached side of sail

Front 45

Gooseneck

Back 45

attach the beam to it

Front 46

Sheeve

Back 46

top part of mast

Front 47

Shackle

Back 47

connects headboard

Front 48

headboard

Back 48

top part of mainsail

Front 49

hanks

Back 49

connects jib to forestay

Front 50

bailer

Back 50

plastic cup

Front 51

heading up

Back 51

push tiller toward mainsail, go into wind

Front 52

bearing off, heading down

Back 52

psuh tiller away from mainsail, go away from wind

Front 53

what to do when mainsail leech fluttering?

Back 53

bear off

Front 54

ticklers

Back 54

short piece of yarn

Front 55

windward tickler flutter

Back 55

head down

Front 56

leeward ticker flutter

Back 56

head up

Back 57

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