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BRAVO BBB |
| BABY
STAY |
Secondary forestay supporting
the leading edge of the mast and used to flatten the mainsail in building
winds. Usually hydraulic |
| BACK |
1) The wind shifts its direction
counterclockwise
2) To trim a sail to windward |
| BACK
SPLICE |
A splice formed when a
crown knot is made in the end of a piece of line and the ends are woven
three times or more into the standing part of the line |
| BACKING
& FILLING |
Alternatively letting the
sails fill then spilling wind, to keep a boat in one place |
| BACKSPRING |
A spring line from the stern
of a boat to mid ships to stop forward movement |
| BACKSTAY |
Standing or running (adjustable)
wire rigging that supports the mast from the aft stern |
| BACKWIND |
Wind that is deflected from
it's normal course by the sails |
| BACKWIND
A SAIL |
Causing the wind to
fill the back or low pressure side of the sail, used to slow a boat |
| BAGGY
WINKLES |
Tassels of unravelled line
that are lashed around chafe spots to minimize chafing on the sails |
| BAIL |
To remove water from the boat |
| BAILERS |
Bilge troughs in a small boat
to funnel water overboard when underway |
| BALANCE |
Set up and trim of all equipment
and the sails so that there is a slight weather helm. |
| BALE |
Metal ring on a boom, pole
or mast used to attach blocks or shackles |
| BALLAST |
Weight in a boat to give it
stability and prevent over-heeling. Crew on the high side may be
called movable ballast |
| BALLOON
JIB |
A reaching headsail that has
a big draft and is usually light-weight |
| BARBER
HAUL |
A block and tackle set-up
used to change the athwart ships lead of the jib sheet |
| BARE BOAT CHARTER |
Chartering a boat that you
skipper yourself, no paid captain |
| BARE
POLES |
A boat under way with all
sails furled |
| BARGE |
To force (be high) your way
illegally between another boat and the starting line |
| BAROMETER |
An instrument that measures
atmospheric pressure in inches or millibars of mercury |
| BATTENS |
Light, thin strips of wood
or plastic inserted in batten pockets in the sail to stiffen the sail and
extend the leech |
| BEAM |
The greatest width of a boat |
| BEAM REACH |
Point of sail when the apparent
wind from directly abeam |
| BEAM WIND |
One which blows across a boat's
side |
| BEAMY |
Wide, a wide boat is
a beamy boat |
| BEAR |
To approach from windward
is to bear down, to bear off is to sail away to leeward |
| BEARING
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Direction of an object from
another in compass points or degrees |
| BEATING |
Working to windward by a series
of tacks A point of sail also known as sailing close hauled |
| BEAUFORT
SCALE |
A number system used to describe
wind forces and sea conditions from 0 for a flat calm to 12 for a hurricane |
| BECKET |
An eye in the end of a block
in which to secure a line |
| BEFORE
THE WIND |
Having the wind coming from
behind or aft the boat, going the same direction as the wind is blowing |
| BELAY |
To make fast a line to a cleat
or belaying pin |
| BELOW |
Beneath the decks, ie, inside
a cabin or in a hold |
| BEND |
To fasten one line end to
another using a knot |
| BERTH |
1)A narrow sailor's bed or the
slip where a boat is moored
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| BIGHT |
Any section a line between
the ends |
| BILGE |
The area of the hull below
the waterline. The lower internal part of a boat's hull, adjacent to the
keels. The place where water collects |
| BILGE PUMP |
A pump to drain the place
where water collects |
| BIMINI |
A weather protection covering, usually
mounted on a frame over a portion of the cockpit. Can be of fabric, i.e.,
canvas or hard material, i.e., fiberglass or plastic. |
| BINNACLE |
The pedestal usually where
the wheel is mounted that holds the compass and nav equipment |
| BITT |
A vertical post extending
above the deck for securing mooring lines |
| BITTER END |
The end of a line or last
link of chain |
| BLANKET |
To block the wind from
the sails of a boat that is to leeward |
| BLOCK |
A piece of hardware consisting
of a shive inside a frame which a line is run through. A line
through a block forms a tackle |
| BLOCK &
TACKLE |
Combination of blocks and line to afford
a mechanical advantage |
| BLOOPER |
Light-weight fore sail similar
to a spinnaker but set without a pole. |
| BOARD |
A leg or tack when sailing
close-hauled |
| BOAT SPEED |
Speed through the water, not
over ground |
| BOATSWAIN |
Crew member responsible for upkeep on
the hull, riggin and sails. Pronounced bo sun. |
| BOBSTAY |
A wire stay from the bow to
the end of a bowsprit to counteract the upward pull of a forestay |
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| BOLLARD |
A strong post securing lines |
| BOLT
ROPE |
A rope sewn to the edges of
a sail for additional strength and along the luff of some mainsails to
insert in a track on the mast in order to raise it |
| BOOM |
A spar at the foot of
a sail attached to the mast |
| BOOM
CRUTCH |
A notched support built off
the deck for the boom when the sail is furled |
| BOOM
PREVENTER |
A block and tackle attached
to the boom and the deck to prevent the main from flopping over when sailing
downwind |
| BOOM-VANG |
A block & tackle
secured to the boom to flatten the sail and to prevent it from lifting
when off the wind by a downward pull on the boom |
| BOOT-TOP |
A painted stripe along the
waterline delineating the topside from the bottom paint |
| BOSUN'S
CHAIR |
Canvas or wood seat attached
a halyard to raise and lower someone to work on the mast |
| BOTTOM |
1) The underside of the hull
that sits in the water
2) The ocean floor |
| BOW |
The forward end of the boat,
the pointy end |
| BOWDITCH,
Nathaniel |
The "author" of navigation
and seamanship, Bowditch's referring to his book |
| BOWLINE |
A knot used to form a loop
in the end of a line |
| BOWSPRIT |
A spar attached to and extending
forward from the bow to provide additional sail area |
| BRIDGE |
The area from which a vessel is
controlled, usually applied to engine powered vessels |
| BRIGHTWORK |
All wood that is varnished
or polished metal |
| BRING ABOUT |
To reverse directions, to
turn around |
| BRISTOL FASHION |
Keep in a seaman-like manner |
| BRIGHT WORK |
Wood trim and any metal needing
polishing on a vessel |
| BROACH |
To go over violently toward
the wind and lose steering , a "knock down" |
| BROAD
REACH |
A point of sail when the wind
comes from either quarter |
| BULKHEAD |
Vertical partition in a boat,
the "walls" |
| BULWARK |
A railing around the deck
of a boat to keep things from going overboard and the seas from coming
aboard |
| BUOY |
A floating mark or mooring
anchored in place sometimes with whistles or bells |
| BUOYANCY |
Degree of floatability |
| BURDENED
VESSEL |
The vessel without right-of-way
that must keep clear of a vessel that does have the right of way |
| BURGEE |
A small flag , usually triangular,
flown from the starboard spreader on a sailboat or the bow on power vessels
to denote yacht club affiliation |
| BY
THE LEE |
Sailing with the wind coming
from the same side that the sails are trimmed on |
| BY THE WIND |
Sailing close-hauled |
