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| CABIN |
The room in a small boat,
sleeping quarters in a larger boat |
| CABLE |
The line or chain that is
secured to the anchor |
| CALKING/CAULKING |
Forcing material into the
seams of the planks in a boat's deck or sides to make them watertight |
| CALM |
Little or no wind and flat
seas |
| CAM CLEAT |
A spring-loaded cam that clamps a fed
line in its teeth |
| CAMBER |
The arch of the deck sloping
downward from the center towards the sides or of a sail under load |
| CAN BUOY |
A cylindrical green, odd numbered buoy
used in US waters to be kept to the left when returning from one body of water
to another |
| CANVAS |
Sails or sail area or the
sail cover, dodger, etc. usually made from cotton, linen or hemp, as opposed to
modern sailcloth |
| CAPSIZE |
To turn over, either a boat
or a knot on itself |
| CAPSTAN |
a machine for moving or raising heavy weights that consists of a vertical drum which can be rotated and around which cable is turned,
much like a windlass or winch |
| CAPTAIN |
The person in charge of the boat and
having legal responsibility for it and its passengers and crew |
| CAR |
The slider on a track to which blocks
or other hardware is attached to allow adjustment |
| CARDINAL
POINTS |
The compass points of north,
east, south and west. Intercardinal points are southeast, southwest, northwest
and northeast |
| CAST OFF |
To let go of a line, to be
free of one's mooring |
| CATAMARAN |
A craft with two hulls joined
by crossbeams |
| CAT
BOAT |
A small boat with the mast
stepped far forward, carrying a single sail |
| CAT RIG |
Rigged to carry only a mainsail,
no jib |
| CATENARY |
The curve of a rope hung between
two points such as the anchor rode or towing line |
CELESTIAL
NAVIGATION |
A method to
determine a position using the sun, moon and stars by measuring with a sextant
the apparent altitude of one of these objects above the horizon, recording the
sightings with an accurate clock and calculating using the Nautical Almanac |
| CENTER OF EFFORT |
The center of wind pressure
on the sail plan |
| CENTERBOARD |
A board that is raised and
lowered in a watertight box called the trunk or well to increase the draft
and lateral area of the hull |
| CENTERLINE |
The imaginary line that runs
down the middle of the boat from bow to stern |
| CHAFE |
Abrasion or wear |
| CHAFING
GEAR |
Canvas, rubber or other
material around a line or cable to protect it from wear and abrasion |
| CHAIN LOCKER |
Similar to an anchor locker, storage
area for the anchor chain |
| CHAIN
PLATES |
Metal straps or rods
bolted to the hull structure to which the shrouds are attached |
| CHANDLERY |
A marine hardware store |
| CHANNEL |
A navigable waterway, usually marked
that is charted as to depth. |
| CHART |
A nautical map |
| CHARTER |
To rent a boat |
| CHEEK BLOCK |
A block whose sheave is mounted
against the side of a surface such as a spar |
| CHINE |
The line of intersection between
the sides and bottom of a boat, where the deck joins the hull |
| CHOCK |
Deck fairlead used to direct
anchor or mooring lines |
| CHOP |
Short waves at rapid intervals |
| CHUM |
A fishing term for animal or vegetable matter (as chopped fish or corn) thrown overboard to attract fish |
| CIRCUMNAVIGATE |
To sail around the world |
| CLEAR |
Free, not entangled |
| CLEAR
FOR RUNNING |
A sheet or halyard coiled
so that it will run out quickly without becoming tangled |
| CLEAT |
A device of wood or metal
with two horns around which ropes are made fast, not good for bare feet |
| CLEW |
The lower, after corner of
a mainsail, jib, mizzen, and both lower corners of a spinnaker |
| CLEW OUTHAUL |
The tackle used to adjust
the clew in and out on the boom |
| CLOSE ABOARD |
In close proximity to |
| CLOSE-HAULED |
Sailing as close to the wind
as possible - "beating" and "on the wind" |
| CLOVIS PIN |
A pin that secures one fitting
to another. |
| CLOVE HITCH |
A knot to fasten a line to
a spar or another line |
| COAMING |
The low wall around a cockpit |
| COCKPIT |
The lowered area in the after
deck housing the tiller or wheel and for the use of the helmsman and crew |
| CODLINE |
According to "The Oxford Companion To Ships And The Sea", a codline is a: Small line laid up with eighteen threads. It was originally the line used in fishing for
cod, but also has a variety of uses on board ship for purposes where small rope would be
too large and clumsy. Cheers from the sloop LITTLE WING |
| COIL |
To lay a line down in circular
turns or to arrange in loops so it can be stowed. Line is sold by
the coil, which contain 200 fathoms |
| COME ABOUT |
To tack |
| COMPANIONWAY |
The area leading down from
the deck to the cabin., usually with steps (ladder) |
| COMPASS |
A glass dome containing a
magnetized card indicating the direction to magnetic north |
| COMPASS
COURSE |
The direction of a ship's
heading based on the ship's compass |
| COMPASS
ERROR |
The amount the compass is
deflected from the true direction by variation and deviation together |
| COMPASS
ROSE |
A circle graduated in points,
or degrees, or both, from which courses are laid |
| CORDAGE |
Any line or rope |
| COTTER
PIN |
A small double-pronged bendable
pin used to secure a clovis pin |
| COUNTER |
"The underside of the overhand
of the afterpart of the hull" |
| COURSE |
1) The compass direction steered
by the vessel
2) The sequence of marks rounded
in a race |
| COURSE
PROTRACTOR |
An instrument with a movable
arm to plot a course on a chart |
| COURTESY FLAG |
A smaller sized flag of the host
country flown from the starboard spreader |
| COWLS |
Scooped devices to direct airflow into
a boat |
| CQR ANCHOR |
Coastal Quick Release anchor, also
known as plow anchor designed to bury itself in the bottom |
| CRADLE |
The bridles on a spinnaker
pole which attach to the topping lift and the downhaul or the framework
that supports a boat when hauled out |
| CREW |
Everybody who helps sail a
boat but not the captain |
| CRINGLE |
A large eye of line around
a thimble worked in the leach and clew of a sail, ie, the reef cringle
and clew cringle |
| CROSS
BEARING |
Two or more bearings are noted
on the chart in order to determine the ship's position at the intersect |
| CUDDY |
A small shelter cabin in a
small boat |
| CUNNINGHAM |
A block and tackle system
invented by Briggs Cunningham and used to adjust the tension on the luff
of the mainsail |
| CURRENT |
The horizontal movement of
water which may be periodic caused by the tides or seasonal
winds |
| CUT |
The shape of a sail |
| CUTTER |
A sailboat with one mast, rigged with a
mainsail and two headsails |
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