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JJJ JULIET JJJ
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| JACOB'S LADDER |
rope or line ladder |
| JACK |
Knowledge or a friend of ours'. With
"Union", the British flag. |
| JACK
LINE |
Lines that running along the
deck between the bow and stern used to attach a safety harness tether |
| JACKSTAY |
1 : an iron rod, wooden bar or wire rope along a yard of a ship to which the sails are fastened
2 : a support of wood, iron, or rope running up a mast on which the
loop or collar of a yard travels |
| JAM
CLEAT |
A cleat with two teethed
jaws that hold a line in place |
| JAMING |
Particular method of taking a turn with a rope |
| JAWS |
Retractable levered fitting
through which a line runs, ie., spinnaker pole jaws |
| JETTY |
A breakwater or other
rabble built up to protect a harbor, anchorage or other area from the open
seas |
| JIB |
A foresail, smaller than a
genoa |
| JIFFY
REEF |
A set of blocks on the boom and a line fed through eyes on the sail that allow the sail to be pulled down to the boom, i.e. reefed, with one line rather than by tying it down at the reef points. |
| JUMP
(A LINE) |
To stand at the mast and pull
down on a halyard as another crewmate winches it in |
