Boating Dictionary

Triangular sail above a fore and aft mainsail

Pole oblique to the mast

A small bridge for getting on and off a vessel

Big gangboard generally used on ships

A ladder dropped laterally to climb up or down

To do a series of maintenance operations which prevent deterioration

Part of a rope used to collect or furl sails on a spar

System adopted in some particular valves to close a sea cock or exhaust

All hardware, blocks, chocks and shrouds which contribute to keep masting in position

Fore sail whose name comes from ‚Genoa‚ e and ‚Spinnaker‚

Big triangular sail overlapping the mainsail

Wind forms waves with white crests. Degree 2 in Beaufort scale

When the hull leans on or get stuck on the bottom, both intentionally or accidentally

Acronym of Greenwich Mean Time or Greenwich Meridian Time

Vang or reversed tripping line made up of a spar pushing boom downwards

Cartographic representations of Earth's surface

Term which represents the ‚G‚ in the international phonetic alphabet.

When a tackle made up of 2 or more ropes gathers in only one to exercise traction

The fitting where boom is fixed

Canvas supports at the sail edges

Electronic device that determines position in real time by interacting with several orbiting satellites.

A small anchor with four or five flukes

p class=Walkable wooden grill above floorings to let water exit

Reference meridian.

Carving in the mast/boom where the sail side is inserted

The entire capacity of a ship expressed as one gross ton for each 100 cubic feet of internal volume. It is calculated with the following formula:: length x widthx height x 0.25

Female part of a rudder pivot

The top edge of the deck which helps to walk on in case of heeled boat

Weak and irregular wind

To change tacks by steering away from the wind so that the leach of the sail swings across the eye of the wind.

Violent change of boom position

Compass containing a gyroscope instead of a magnet