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1
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Off the boat at right angle to centerline

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Abeam

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2
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The angle at which the apparent wind strikes the chord of the sail

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Angle of attack

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Behind the stern

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Astern

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4
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Across the boat from side to side

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Athwardships

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5
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A wire support from the top of the mast to the stern

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Back stay

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A slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support the sail cloth

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Batten

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7
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A pocket sewn into the sail to hold a batten

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Batten pocket

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8
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A navigation aid that is fixed in place

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Beacon

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9
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The width of the boat at its widest point

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Beam

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10
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To turn the boat away from the wind or fall off

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Bear away

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11
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Lowest interior region of the hull

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Bilge

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12
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The stand on which the boats main compass is mounted

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Binnacle

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13
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Another name for pulley

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Block

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14
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The spar that supports the foot of the sail

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Boom

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15
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Running rigging, block and tackle that holds down the boom

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Boom vang

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16
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A knot that forms a loop in the end of a line

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Bow Line

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17
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Upright partition in the interior of the boat

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Bulkhead

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18
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A floating object anchored to the bottom

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Buoy

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19
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Sailing on a run with the wind on the same side of the mainsail

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By the Lee

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20
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A fitting with a spring loaded jaws used to secure a line

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Cam cleat

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21
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A cylindrical buoy used as a nav aid

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Can buoy

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22
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Any of the 4 principal points on a compass

N E S W

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Cardinal point

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23
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A boat with 2 hulls

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Catamaran

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24
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Metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay or shroud is connected

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Chain plate

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25
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A fitting used to secure a line under load

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Cleat

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26
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Aft lower corner of a sail

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Clew

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27
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Low wall that deflects running water on the deck

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Coaming

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28
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The area of the boat usually recessed into the deck where to boat is steered and sailed

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Cockpit

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29
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Entrance from the cockpit or deck to the cabin

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Companionway

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30
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The direction the boat is being steered

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Course

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31
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An eye formed by sewing a rope or metal ring into a sail

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Cringle

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32
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A line used to tension the luff of a sail

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Cunningham

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33
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A board that lowers vertically down from the bottom of the boat to provide sideways resistance

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Daggerboard

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34
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A fixed window

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Dead light

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35
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The horizontal surface that encloses the top of the hull

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Deck

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36
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Compass error caused by magnetic influences on the boat

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Deviation

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37
Q

A line used to tension the luff of a sail by pulling down the boom at the gooseneck

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Downhaul

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38
Q

In the direction the wind is blowing

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Downwind

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39
Q

Depth of boat below the water

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Draft

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40
Q

The curvature of a sail

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Draft

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41
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To let out a line that has a load on it

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Ease

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42
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Outgoing tide

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Ebb

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43
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Fitting used to lead a line fair and at the correct angle to a winch or cleat

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Fair lead

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44
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To lay out a line in parallel lengths so it can run freely

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Fake

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45
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An inflatable cushion placed between the boat and dock

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Fender

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46
Q

The distance over which the wind has blown uninterrupted

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Fetch

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47
Q

Raised edge around a shelf

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Fiddle rail

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48
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To lay in even loose folds

Like a sail

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Flake

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49
Q

Incoming tide

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Flood tide

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50
Q

Bottom edge of a sail

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Foot

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51
Q

A sail set forward of the mainsail often a jib or headsail

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Fore sail

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52
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A stay that supports the mast from forward

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Forestay

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53
Q

Height of boat above the waterline

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Freeboard

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54
Q

To stow a sail on a spar or stay

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Furl

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55
Q

Kitchen on a boat

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Galley

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56
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A large jib that extends aft of the mast

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Genoa

57
Q

To be moving backward

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Going Astern

58
Q

Articulated fitting that connects a boom to a mast

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Gooseneck

59
Q

A metal ring set into a sail

A

Grommet

60
Q

Top edge of deck where it joins the hull

A

Gunwale

61
Q

A line used to raise and lower a sail

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Halyard

62
Q

Metal clip or tab used to attach a sails luff to a stay

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Hank

63
Q

Covered opening in the deck

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Hatch

64
Q

Top of sail

A

Head

65
Q

Toilet on boat

A

Head

66
Q

Reinforcement at the head of sail

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Head board

67
Q

Metal or plastic cover that fits over a forestay to accept the luff tape of jib when its hoisted

A

Headfoil

68
Q

The stay between the top of the mast and the bow

A

Head stay

69
Q

To hold a boat almost stationary by setting the sails and rudder in opposition

A

Heave to

70
Q

The tiller or wheel from which the boat is steered

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Tiller

71
Q

The person steering the boat

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Helmsman

72
Q

Watertight structure of a boat

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Hull

73
Q

A line attached to the deck as a place to attach safety tethers

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Jack line

74
Q

A rope clutch

A

Jammer

75
Q

Triangular sail set forward of the mainmast

A

Jib

76
Q

To turn the boat so it’s stern passes through the wind

A

Jibe

77
Q

Line attached to the clew of a jib used to adjust its angle to the wind

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Jibsheet

78
Q

Appendix fin shaped structure filled with ballast attached to bottom of boat

A

Keel

79
Q

Aft edge of sail

A

Leech

80
Q

Tendacy of boat to turn downwind

A

Lee’s helm

81
Q

A wire supported by stanchions around the perimeter of the deck to keep crew from falling overboard

A

Lifeline

82
Q

Fixed mark on a compass that indicates the boats heading

A

Lubber line

83
Q

Forward edge of Sail

A

Luff

84
Q

Fluttering of a sail when the boat is too close to the wind for the sails trim

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Luffing

85
Q

Direction toward the earths magnetic pole

A

Magnetic north

86
Q

Boom that supports the main sail

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Main boom

87
Q

Principal mast on a sail boat

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Main mast

88
Q

Sail attached to the aft side of main mast

A

Mainsail

89
Q

Line used to control the main boom and thereby trim the mainsail

A

Mainsheet

90
Q

To secure to a cleat

A

Make fast

91
Q

Fixed spar that holds up a sail or sails

A

Mast

92
Q

A wind vane attached to top of mast head

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Masthead fly

93
Q

To tie up a boat

A

Moor

94
Q

Permanently set anchor

A

Mooring

95
Q

Cone shaped buoy top used for navigation

A

Nun buoy

96
Q

Line used to tension the foot of the mainsail

A

Out haul

97
Q

Direction a boat is sailing relative to the wind

A

Point of sail

98
Q

To the left of boat

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Port

99
Q

A window that can be opened

A

Port light

100
Q

The effect of a prop that pushes the stern of the boat sideways

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Prop walk

101
Q

Flow of water off a propeller

A

Prop wash

102
Q

Guard rail at bow or stern which lifelines are connected to

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Pulpit

103
Q

Device that enhances boats visibility to radar

A

Radar reflector

104
Q

To reduce the size of a sail

A

Reef

105
Q

Line and or chain attached to anchor

A

Rode

106
Q

Mechanism for furling a sail by rolling it around its stay

A

Roller furling

107
Q

Movable appendage attached under the boat to steer it

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Rudder

108
Q

Adjustable rigging used to raise , lower or trim sails

A

Running rigging

109
Q

Length of webbing used to secure sails

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Sail tie

110
Q

Material from which sail is made

A

Sail cloth

111
Q

Sailing on a run with the wind on the same side of the boat as the mainsail

A

Sailing by the Lee

112
Q

The area in the cabin used for dining and lounging

A

Saloon

113
Q

Ratio of the length of anchor rode deployed to the vertical distance from bow to bottom

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Scope

114
Q

A drain

A

Scupper

115
Q

Wind that blows from the sea towards land

A

Sea breeze

116
Q

Marine valve often fitted to a thru hull fitting

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Seacock

117
Q

Device on a winch that enables it to grasp and gather the rail of a line as its wound on the winch

A

Self tailer

118
Q

Closable metal connector used in rigging

A

Shackle

119
Q

Line used to control the alignment of a sail to the wind

A

Sheet

120
Q

Electricity from shore

A

Shore power

121
Q

Temporary sheet used take load of a working sheet

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Short sheet

122
Q

Wire that provides athwartships support to the mast

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Shroud

123
Q

System of reefing a sail by lowering it partway to remove a slab from exposure to the wind

A

Slab reefing

124
Q

Period of tide where the tide is neither ebbing or flooding

A

Slack water

125
Q

Sailboat with one mast, a mainsail and one headsail

A

Sloop

126
Q

Block that opens to fit around the middle of a line

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Snatch block

127
Q

Large lightweight rounded sail used when sailing downwind

A

Spinnaker

128
Q

An athwartships strut on a mast that holds the shroud away from the mast

A

Spreader

129
Q

Metal post that supports lifelines

A

Stanchion

130
Q

Shrouds and stays that support spare but stay in place when not sailing

A

Standing rigging

131
Q

Vessel that must maintain its course and speed when two vessels converge

A

Stand on vessel

132
Q

Right side of the boat

A

Starboard

133
Q

Any course where the wind is blowing on the starboard side of the boat

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Starboard tack

134
Q

Any course where the wind is blowing on the port side of boat

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Port tack

135
Q

Standing rigging that supports mast in fore and aft direction

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Stay

136
Q

Fitting on the bow to which the forestay and jib tack are attached

A

Stem head fitting

137
Q

Aft part of boat

A

Stern

138
Q

Forward Lower corner of sail

A

Tack

139
Q

To change course of boat by turning to the bow through the wind

A

Tack

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