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| LAND BREEZE |
An evening wind coming from
the land |
| LANDLOCKED |
Surrounded by land |
| LANYARD |
A short line, often with a
clip, used to fasten things together |
| LASH |
1) to tie something down or together
with line
2) a strike of a whip or cat-of-nine |
| LASK |
To sail with the wind on the quarter, i.e., well abaft the
beam
--from the glossary of Peter Padfield's "Maritime Supremacy and the
Opening of the Western Mind". Thanks--Ken Atkatz |
LATERAL
RESISTANCE |
The use of a
keel, centerboard, daggerboard or leeboard to keep a boat from being pushed
sideways by the wind |
| LATITUDE |
East and west circle lines running parallel to the Equator at 0o, measuring distance north and south at
90o |
| LAUNCH |
1) a small boat used as transport
to a larger vessel
2) to set a boat or ship afloat |
| LAY |
1) Lay the course, able to
fetch a given point when close-hauled
2) The twist of a line's strands,
if twisted left, it is left laid |
| LAZARETTE |
Stowage lockers in the cockpit |
| LAZY SHEET |
A line attached to a sail but not in
use when the boat is on the opposite tack as opposed to the working sheet |
| LEAD
LINE |
A weighted line, knotted at
fathoms, lowered from the deck and used to determine water depth |
| LEAGUE |
Three nautical miles |
| LEECH |
The trailing edge of a sail |
| LEECH LINE |
An integrated line in a sail used to
tighten the leech to create the proper shape in various wind conditions |
| LEE CLOTH |
Usually a piece of canvas attached to a
berth and fastened so as to keep one in bed when heeled |
| LEE HELM |
Sailing with the tiller over
to leeward by force of the wind |
| LEEWARD |
Toward the lee side, away
from the wind |
| LEEWAY |
The distance a boat slips
to leeward by force of the wind |
| LEG |
The distance sailed on one
tack. The course from one mark to another |
| LIFT |
A sudden wind shift away from
the bow |
| LIGHT
SAILS |
Sails, such as the spinnaker,
reacher and reaching staysail used when running or reaching |
| LIMBERS |
Holes in the bilge crossframes
to allow bilge water to drain to the lowest point |
| LINES |
Ropes |
| LIST |
When a boat leans to one side |
| LOA |
Refers to
Length Overall, the measurement from the leading edge of the bow to the
end of the stern or any overhang |
| LOCKER |
A closet or stowage compartment |
| LOG, LOG BOOK |
A record of all activities
of the boat and conditions. In the early days of sailing ships, the ship's records were written on shingles cut from logs. These shingles
were hinged and opened like a book. The record was called the "log book." Later on, when paper was
readily available and bound into books, the record maintained it name.
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| LONG-SPLICE |
Joining ends of two lines
in so that the splice will pass freely through a block |
| LONGITUDE |
North and south circle lines
pointing true north, measuring distance east and west 180 degrees from
the prime meridian at Greenwich, England. The International Date Line is
longitudinal |
| LOOSE-FOOTED |
A sail not attached to a boom
or secured to a boom at the track and clew only |
| LORAN |
A positioning systems using broadcast
radio waves from a known positions to determine your location. Is being
replaced by GPS |
| LUBBER
LINE |
A line on the forward side
of the compass bowl representing the bow of the ship and used to steer
a course |
| LUFF |
1) To alter course more nearly
into the wind
2) The forward edge of a sail |
