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port tack port tack
port tack, the situation of a sailing vessel with her sails trimmed for a wind which comes over her port side. Although the verb to tack postulates a vessel sailing close hauled, a vessel on any point of sailing is on the port tack if the wind comes over her port side. However, if the wind is... Read more
cringle cringle
cringle, a short piece of rope worked grommet fashion into the bolt-rope of a sail and containing a metal thimble. In the days of sail they were used to hook in the tack and sheet tackles when they had to be moved up when a sail was reefed. In the days of square-rigged ships, cringles were used on... Read more
flowing flowing
flowing. 1. The situation of the sheets of a sail in a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel when they are eased off as the wind comes from broad on or abaft the beam, and the yards of a square-rigged ship when they are braced more squarely to the mast. A sailing vessel is said to have a flowing sheet... Read more
starboard tack starboard tack
starboard tack, the situation of a sailing vessel with her sails trimmed for a wind which comes over her starboard side. Although the verb ‘to tack’ postulates a vessel sailing close hauled, a vessel on any point of sailing is on the starboard tack if the wind comes over her starboard... Read more
fly-by-night fly-by-night
fly-by-night, the name given to an additional sail which acted as a sort of studding sail. It was set by naval sloops, which were not issued with studding sails, during the 18th and early 19th centuries. It was normally a square sail set on a temporary yard when the wind came from directly astern,... Read more
boom boom
boom. 1. A spar used to extend the foot of a sail, or to which the foot is attached. In square-rigged ships, studding sails are set on studding-sail booms extended from the ends of the yardarms. Such booms (including booms temporarily rigged at deck level to extend the clews of the lower sails)... Read more
taunt taunt
taunt, an old expression for a sailing ship with very high masts and narrow sails. Such a rig enabled a ship to point higher to the wind, but it was apt to wring, or twist, a ship's side because of the relatively narrow base for the shrouds supporting the masts. North European ships—German,... Read more
bobstay bobstay
bobstay, a chain or heavy wire rigging running from the end of the bowsprit to the ship's stem or cutwater. Particularly heavy rigging was required in this position since the fore-topmast in sailing vessels was stayed to the bowsprit, exerting a strong upward pull when the sails were full of wind.... Read more
weather helm weather helm
weather helm. A ship under sail is said to carry weather helm when, due to the balance of the hull and sails, the tiller, or helm, is held a few degrees to the weather side to maintain a straight course. This is a safety factor because, if the helm is released for any reason, the vessel will turn... Read more

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