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A B C of Sailing Terms

Just for fun! TheYachtMarket brings you
sailing terms that you may not be familiarN is for... Nipper - Short rope used to bind
with.  Why  not  test  yourself?a cable to the "messenger" (a moving line
propelled by the capstan) so that the cable
A  is  for...  Aft  -  Towards  the  sternis dragged along too (Used because the cable
is too large to be wrapped round the capstan
B is for... Baggywrinkle - A soft coveringitself). During the raising of an anchor the
for cables that prevents sail chafing fromnippers were attached and detached from the
occurring.(endless) messenger by the ship's boys. Hence
the  term  for  small  boys:  'nippers'.
C is for... Chock-a-block - Rigging blocks
that are so tight against one another thatO is for... Orlop deck - The lowest deck of a
they  cannot  be  further  tightened.ship of the line. The deck covering in the
hold.
D is for... Deadeye - A round wooden plank
which serves a similar purpose to a block inP is for... Pipe down - A signal on the
the standing rigging of large sailingbosun's pipe to signal the end of the day,
vessels.requiring lights (and smoking pipes) to be
extinguished and silence from the crew. A red
E is for... Embayed - The condition where alight  at  night.
sailing vessel is confined between two capes
or headlands, typically where the wind isQ is for... Quarterdeck - The aftermost deck
blowing  directly  onshore.of a warship. In the age of sail, the
quarterdeck was the preserve of the ship's
F is for... Fathom - A unit of length equalofficers.
to 6 feet (1.8 m), roughly measured as the
distance  between a man's outstretched hands.R is for... Ratlines - Rope ladders
permanently rigged from bulwarks and tops to
G is for... Gunwale - Upper edge of the hull.the mast to enable access to top masts and
yards. Also serve to provide lateral
H is for... Hand over fist - To climbstability  to  the  masts.
steadily upwards, from the motion of a sailor
climbing shrouds on a sailing shipS is for... Sampson post - A strong vertical
(originally  "hand  over  hand").post used to support a ship's windlass and
the  heel  of  a  ship's  bowsprit.
I is for... In Irons - When the bow of a
sailboat is headed into the wind and the boatT is for... Three sheets to the wind - On a
has  stalled  and  is  unable  to manoeuvre .three-masted ship, having the sheets of the
three lower courses loose will result in the
J is for... Jibboom - A spar used to extendship meandering aimlessly downwind. Also, a
the  bowsprit.sailor who has drunk strong spirits beyond
his  capacity.
K is for... Killick - A small anchor. A
fouled killick is the substantive badge ofU is for... Under the weather - Serving a
non-commissioned officers in the RN. Seamenwatch on the weather side of the ship,
promoted to the first step in the promotionexposed  to  wind  and  spray.
ladder are called 'Killick'. The badge
signifies that here is an Able Seaman skilledV is for... Vanishing angle - The maximum
to cope with the awkward job of dealing withdegree of heel after which a vessel becomes
a  fouled  anchor.unable  to  return  to  an  upright position.
L is for... Luffing - When a sailing vesselW is for... Windlass - A winch mechanism,
is steered far enough to windward that theusually with a horizontal axis. Used where
sail is no longer completely filled with windmechanical advantage greater than that
(the luff of the sail is usually where thisobtainable by block and tackle was needed
first  becomes  evident).(such  as raising the anchor on small ships).
M is for... Mainsheet - Sail control lineY is for... Yardarm - The very end of a yard.
that allows the most obvious effect onOften mistaken for a "yard", which refers to
mainsail trim. Primarily used to control thethe entire spar. As in to hang "from the
angle of the boom, and thereby the mainsail,yardarm" and the sun being "over the yardarm"
this control can also increase or decrease(late  enough  to  have  a  drink).
downward tension on the boom while sailing
upwind,  significantly  affecting sail shape.How many did you already know?!



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