Sailing 101 Flashcards
Mast
The vertical pole that supports the sails.
Boom
The horizontal pole that supports the bottom edge of the main sail.
Bow
The front of the boat.
Stern
The back of the boat.
Aft
The opposite of forward.
Backstay
The support wire that runs from the mast down to the stern.
Forestay
The support wire that runs from the mast down to the bow. also called a headstay.
Sail Head
The top corner of a sail.
Sail Tack
Front bottom corner of the sail.
Sail Clew
The back, bottom edge of a sail.
Sail Foot
The bottom edge of a sail.
Sail Leech
The back edge of a sail.
Sail Luff
The front edge of a sail.
Sail Battens
Solid slats inserts into pockets along a sail’s leech.
Cunningham
The control line system near the tack of a sail used to adjust luff tension.