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SSS SIERRA SSS
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| SALVAGE |
To save
or recover a vessel or cargo |
| SCUD |
To run before a gale with little or no sail set.... Also.... a gust of wind. Ragged low clouds,
moving rapidly beneath another cloud layer. American Heritage 3rd Edition.
Billie Johnston...Sailing Vessel Tango
Checking out your nautical terms.... actually, to name our new dog...... (Also happens to be the name of a friend's boat.) |
| SCUPPER |
A hole which allows water
to run off the deck |
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SCUTTLEBUTT
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a nautical term for a drinking fountain, or rumors. Derived from the cask containing
drinking water in the days of sail, around which the crew used to gather and talk
shop - Jeffrey Cizek |
SEA BREEZE
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Cool
air pulled ashore by rising thermal air currents caused by the air inland
rising as the land heats up |
| SEA ROOM |
A safe distance away from
a shore, jetty or other boat |
| SEA LAWYER |
An argumentative crew member |
| SEACOCK |
A valve in a line that restricts
the flow of water operated by a handle |
| SEIZE |
1) To bind with thread
2) To freeze up, as a valve |
| SET |
1) To raise a sail
2) The direction the current
is flowing |
| SHARPEN UP |
To come up more into the wind |
| SHEAVE (Shiv) |
The roller in a block |
| SHEER |
The upward curve in a deck |
| SHEET |
A line used to trim a sail |
| SHEET BEND |
A handy knot for joining two
ropes' ends |
SHIPPING LANE
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Path
through open water used for commercial vessel passage and so noted on chart |
| SHORT-SPLICE |
To permanently join two pieces
of rope. It will not pass through a block since it increases the diameter |
| SHROUDS |
Rigging which supports the
mast from the sides |
| SLACK AWAY |
To let out a line |
| SLACK
WATER |
Absence of current. The time
between flood and ebb tides when there is no current flow |
| SLOOP |
A one masted vessel carrying
a mainsail and a jib or genoa |
| SNATCH
BLOCK |
A block which opens on the
side so that the bight of a line can be led into the block and closed
without running the whole length through |
| SPARS |
Booms, gaffs, masts yards
and spars that attach to the mast |
| SPINNAKER |
A light-weight, spherical
sail used in reaching and running |
| SPLICE |
To join two ropes by tucking
their strands over and under each other in various manners |
| SPLIT
TACKS |
To take the opposite tack
when sailing to windward with another yacht |
| SNUB |
To stop the running out of
a line by taking a turn around a cleat |
| SPRING
LINE |
A dock line leading forward
or aft, to prevent a vessel from moving ahead or astern |
| SQUARE KNOT |
A knot consisting of two overhand
knots used for tying reef points |
| STANDING PART |
The part of a line that is
made fast |
| STANDING RIGGING |
The shrouds and stays that
support the mast |
| STAND ON VESSEL |
The one having the right of
way |
| STARBOARD |
The right side of a boat when
facing forward |
| STARBOARD TACK |
Sailing with the wind coming
over the starboard side |
| STAYS |
Rigging used to support the
mast from forward or aft |
| STAYSAIL |
A triangular sail set from
stays or 'flying' on halyard |
| STEERAGE WAY |
Sufficient
forward movement for the rudder to affect steering |
| STEM |
The upright post or bar of
a boat |
| STERN |
The afterpart of a boat |
| STOPS (or ties) |
Pieces of line or canvas strips
used to secure a sail when furling it |
| STOW |
To put stuff away |
STRUT
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Metal
support attached to the hull and propeller shaft to align |
| STUFFING
BOX |
The fitting that seals and
lubricates the propeller shaft where it passes through the hull |
