Aback—Said of a sail when the wind blows on the back or wrong side of it and forces the boat sternwards.Abaft—Towards the stern, as abaft the mast.Abeam—At right angles to the length of the vessel, as a dock is abeam when it bears directly off one side.Aboard—On the vessel, as come aboard, get the anchor aboard, etc.About—To go about is to tack.Adrift—Broken loose, as the boat is adrift, the sheet is adrift, etc.Aft—Back or behind, as come aft, haul the mainsheet aft, meaning to pull it towards the stern.After—As after sails, meaning the sails set behind the mast. In a sloop the mainsail is an after sail and the jib a foreward one.Ahead—In front of, as a buoy is ahead when steering towards it.A-lee—An order to put the helm over towards the lee side. The helm is hard a-lee when it is as far over towards the lee side as it will go.Aloft—Up above.Alongside—Close to the side.Amidships—In line with the keel.Anchor—The instrument used to hold a vessel to the bottom, usually made of iron.Astern—Behind the vessel.Athwart—Across, as athwartships, meaning that a thing is lying across the vessel.Avast—An order to stop.A-weather—An order to put the helm towards the windward side.Ballast—Weight placed in or hung to the bottom of a boat to keep her upright.Beating—Tacking. Sailing towards the source of the wind by making a series of tacks.Becalmed—Being without enough wind to propel the boat.Beehole—A hole bored in a spar for a rope to pass through and move freely.Belay—To make a rope fast to cleat or pin.Bend—To bend is to fasten, as to bend a sail, i. e., lace it to the spars. Bend the cable, meaning to fasten it to the anchor.Bight—The slack or loop of a rope.Bilge—The inside of the lower part of the bottom of a boat, where the water she leaks in stands.Binnacle—A box for the steering compass which can be lighted at night.Blocks—The instrument through which ropes are rove so as to facilitate the hoisting and trimming of the sails, called by landsmen pulleys.Board—A tack.Bobstay—A rope generally of wire extending from the end of the bowsprit to the stem to hold the spar down.Bolt-rope—The rope sewn round the edge of a sail to strengthen it.Boom—The spar used to extend the foot of the mainsail or foresail.Bow—The forward end of a boat.Bowsprit—The spar thrust out from the bow upon which the jib is set.Burgee—The ensign or house flag of a yacht club.By the head—A boat is said to be by the head, when she is drawing more water forward than aft, or is out of trim owing to her bows being overloaded and depressed.By the stern—The opposite to by the head.By the wind—Same as on the wind, or close-hauled.Cable—A rope or chain used to anchor a boat.Capsize—To upset.Cast off—To loosen, as cast off that line.Casting—To pay a boat’s head off from a mooring by getting the sails aback or by using a spring line.Cat rig—A vessel with one mast, placed right in the bow, and carrying a single sail.Centerboard—A keel that can be lifted up and down. It is hung in a trunk or box which is built up inside the boat to keep the water out.Cleat—A piece of wood, iron or brass used to fasten or belay ropes to.Clews—The corners of a sail.Close-hauled—A vessel is close-hauled when she is sailing as close to the wind as possible.Coil—To gather a rope into a series of circles so that it will roll out again without getting tangled.Con—To direct a helmsman how to steer.Course—The direction or path which a boat sails.Cringle—An eye worked in the bolt rope of a sail for a small line to pass through.Crotch—Two pieces of wood put together like a pair of scissors and used to hold the boom up when the vessel is at anchor.Downhaul—A rope used to haul a sail down.Draught—The depth of water necessary to float a boat, the amount in feet and inches a vessel’s hull is immersed.Drift—To move sideways or sternways, as when a boat is becalmed. The drift of a tide or current is its velocity.Ensign—The national flag always flown furthest aft, either from the gaff end or on a flagpole over the stern.Fathom—Six feet. A measure used by seamen principally to designate depths of water.Flukes—The broad, arrow-shaped parts of an anchor.Fore—The part of a vessel nearest to the bow.Fore and aft—Parallel to the keel. A fore-and-after is a vessel without square sails like a sloop or schooner.Foul—Entangled or caught, as a rope is foul, meaning it is caught in someway. To foul another boat is to run into it.Furl—To roll up and make sails fast so that the wind cannot distend them.Gaff—The spar that extends the head of a main or foresail.Gasket—A short piece of rope used to tie up sails with, frequently called a stop.Gripe—A boat is said to gripe when she tries to force her bow up in the wind, and has to be held off by putting the helm up.Halyards—Ropes used to hoist a sail.Hanks—Rings made fast to the luff of a jib to hold it to the stay up which it is hoisted. On small boats snap-hooks are generally used.Haul—To pull.Heel—A vessel is said to heel when she leans to one side. This term is often confused with careen.Helm—The tiller.Hitch—To hitch is to make fast. A hitch is a simple turn of rope used to make fast with.Hove-to—Brought to the wind and kept stationary by having the sails trimmed so that part of the canvas pushes the vessel backward and part pushes her forward; often confused with lying-to.Hull—The body of a vessel.Irons—A vessel is in irons when having lost steerageway she refuses to obey the helm.Jibing—Passing a sail from one side to the other when a vessel is sailing free.Keel—The largest and lowest timber of a vessel, upon which the hull is erected.Leach—The after edge of a sail.Leeward—The direction toward which the wind is blowing.Long leg—The tack upon which a vessel in beating to windward remains longest, owing to her point of destination not lying directly in the wind. See diagram.Log—The record kept of a vessel’s work. A ship’s diary. Also an instrument for ascertaining a vessel’s speed through the water.Luff—The fore edge of a sail, also an order to bring a vessel closer to the wind.Lying-to—A vessel is lying-to when she is brought close to the wind under short sail and allowed to ride out a storm. See hove-to.Moor—To anchor a vessel with two or more anchors. To tie up to a mooring.Mooring—A permanent anchor.Near—A vessel is said to be near when her sails are not properly full of wind, owing to her being steered too close.Miss-stay—To fail to tack or go about.Off and on—When beating to windward to approach the land on one tack and leave it on the other.Overhaul—To haul a rope through a block so as to see it all clear. To overtake another vessel.Painter—The rope attached to the bow of boat by which it is made fast.Part—To part a rope is to break it.Pay off—To pay off is to recede from the wind or from a dock.Peak up—To peak up a sail is to haul on the peak halyards so as to elevate the outer end of the gaff.Pooping—A vessel is said to be pooped when, owing to her not moving fast enough ahead, the sea breaks over her stern.Port—The left-hand side of a vessel looking forward, formerly called larboard. Designating color, red.Preventer—A rope used to prevent the straining or breaking of a spar or sail.Pennant—A narrow flag, also a short piece of rope commonly spelled pendant.Quarter—See diagram A.Rake—The inclination of a spar out of the perpendicular.Reef—To reduce a sail by rolling up and tying part of it to a spar.Reeve—To pass a rope through a block.Ride—As to ride at anchor.Right—A vessel is said to right when after being on her side she regains an upright position.Right the helm—To put it amidships.Rode—A hawser used to anchor with.Scope—The length of cable a vessel is riding to when at anchor.Serve—To wind cord or canvas round a rope or spar to protect it from chafing.Seize—To make fast by taking a number of turns with small line.Sheer—To sheer is to move away from the proper course. The sheer of a vessel is the fore-and-aft curve of the deck line.Ship—To ship is to take on board.Shiver—To shake the canvas by bringing the luff in the wind.Slack—The part of a rope that hangs loose.Slip—To slip is to let go of a cable without taking it on board.Snub—To check the cable when running out.Sound—To try the depth of water by casting the lead.Spill—To throw the wind out of a sail by putting the helm down or by easing the sheet.Spring—To spring a spar is to crack it.Spring—A rope used to cast or turn a vessel.Stand on—To keep a course—to proceed in the same direction.Stand-by—To be ready for action, as stand-by to let go the anchor.Starboard—The right-hand side looking forward. Designating color, green.Steer—To direct a vessel by employing the helm.Stow—To furl. Properly speaking, a boom sail or any sail that lowers down is stowed. Square sails are furled.Swig—To haul a rope by holding a turn round a cleat and pulling off laterally.Tack—To beat to windward. See diagram.Tackle—An assemblage of blocks and rope used to hoist and control sails, lift spars, etc.Taut—Tight.Tender—The small boat carried by a yacht generally called a dingey.Tow—To drag behind.Truck—The uttermost upper end of the mast through which the signal halyard is rove.Unbend—To untie, as—unbend the cable.Wake—The furrow left by the passage of the vessel through the water.Wear or veer—The opposite of tacking—to turn from the wind.Warp—A hawser used to make fast with. To warp is to haul or move a vessel by pulling on such a rope.Watch—A division of the crew, also the space of time they are on duty.Way—A vessel’s progress through the water. To get underway—to set sail, to move off.Weather—To weather a vessel or object is to pass to windward of it.Weather side—The side upon which the wind blows.Weather shore—The weather shore is the shore from off of which the wind blows if viewed from the sea, but it is the shore upon which the wind blows if viewed from the land.Weigh or way—To way the anchor is to lift it from the bottom.Wind’s eye—The exact direction from which the wind blows.Windward—Toward the place from where the wind comes. To go to windward of another vessel is to pass between her and the source of the wind.Yaw—To swerve from side to side as a vessel does when running free.
Aback—Said of a sail when the wind blows on the back or wrong side of it and forces the boat sternwards.
Abaft—Towards the stern, as abaft the mast.
Abeam—At right angles to the length of the vessel, as a dock is abeam when it bears directly off one side.
Aboard—On the vessel, as come aboard, get the anchor aboard, etc.
About—To go about is to tack.
Adrift—Broken loose, as the boat is adrift, the sheet is adrift, etc.
Aft—Back or behind, as come aft, haul the mainsheet aft, meaning to pull it towards the stern.
After—As after sails, meaning the sails set behind the mast. In a sloop the mainsail is an after sail and the jib a foreward one.
Ahead—In front of, as a buoy is ahead when steering towards it.
A-lee—An order to put the helm over towards the lee side. The helm is hard a-lee when it is as far over towards the lee side as it will go.
Aloft—Up above.
Alongside—Close to the side.
Amidships—In line with the keel.
Anchor—The instrument used to hold a vessel to the bottom, usually made of iron.
Astern—Behind the vessel.
Athwart—Across, as athwartships, meaning that a thing is lying across the vessel.
Avast—An order to stop.
A-weather—An order to put the helm towards the windward side.
Ballast—Weight placed in or hung to the bottom of a boat to keep her upright.
Beating—Tacking. Sailing towards the source of the wind by making a series of tacks.
Becalmed—Being without enough wind to propel the boat.
Beehole—A hole bored in a spar for a rope to pass through and move freely.
Belay—To make a rope fast to cleat or pin.
Bend—To bend is to fasten, as to bend a sail, i. e., lace it to the spars. Bend the cable, meaning to fasten it to the anchor.
Bight—The slack or loop of a rope.
Bilge—The inside of the lower part of the bottom of a boat, where the water she leaks in stands.
Binnacle—A box for the steering compass which can be lighted at night.
Blocks—The instrument through which ropes are rove so as to facilitate the hoisting and trimming of the sails, called by landsmen pulleys.
Board—A tack.
Bobstay—A rope generally of wire extending from the end of the bowsprit to the stem to hold the spar down.
Bolt-rope—The rope sewn round the edge of a sail to strengthen it.
Boom—The spar used to extend the foot of the mainsail or foresail.
Bow—The forward end of a boat.
Bowsprit—The spar thrust out from the bow upon which the jib is set.
Burgee—The ensign or house flag of a yacht club.
By the head—A boat is said to be by the head, when she is drawing more water forward than aft, or is out of trim owing to her bows being overloaded and depressed.
By the stern—The opposite to by the head.
By the wind—Same as on the wind, or close-hauled.
Cable—A rope or chain used to anchor a boat.
Capsize—To upset.
Cast off—To loosen, as cast off that line.
Casting—To pay a boat’s head off from a mooring by getting the sails aback or by using a spring line.
Cat rig—A vessel with one mast, placed right in the bow, and carrying a single sail.
Centerboard—A keel that can be lifted up and down. It is hung in a trunk or box which is built up inside the boat to keep the water out.
Cleat—A piece of wood, iron or brass used to fasten or belay ropes to.
Clews—The corners of a sail.
Close-hauled—A vessel is close-hauled when she is sailing as close to the wind as possible.
Coil—To gather a rope into a series of circles so that it will roll out again without getting tangled.
Con—To direct a helmsman how to steer.
Course—The direction or path which a boat sails.
Cringle—An eye worked in the bolt rope of a sail for a small line to pass through.
Crotch—Two pieces of wood put together like a pair of scissors and used to hold the boom up when the vessel is at anchor.
Downhaul—A rope used to haul a sail down.
Draught—The depth of water necessary to float a boat, the amount in feet and inches a vessel’s hull is immersed.
Drift—To move sideways or sternways, as when a boat is becalmed. The drift of a tide or current is its velocity.
Ensign—The national flag always flown furthest aft, either from the gaff end or on a flagpole over the stern.
Fathom—Six feet. A measure used by seamen principally to designate depths of water.
Flukes—The broad, arrow-shaped parts of an anchor.
Fore—The part of a vessel nearest to the bow.
Fore and aft—Parallel to the keel. A fore-and-after is a vessel without square sails like a sloop or schooner.
Foul—Entangled or caught, as a rope is foul, meaning it is caught in someway. To foul another boat is to run into it.
Furl—To roll up and make sails fast so that the wind cannot distend them.
Gaff—The spar that extends the head of a main or foresail.
Gasket—A short piece of rope used to tie up sails with, frequently called a stop.
Gripe—A boat is said to gripe when she tries to force her bow up in the wind, and has to be held off by putting the helm up.
Halyards—Ropes used to hoist a sail.
Hanks—Rings made fast to the luff of a jib to hold it to the stay up which it is hoisted. On small boats snap-hooks are generally used.
Haul—To pull.
Heel—A vessel is said to heel when she leans to one side. This term is often confused with careen.
Helm—The tiller.
Hitch—To hitch is to make fast. A hitch is a simple turn of rope used to make fast with.
Hove-to—Brought to the wind and kept stationary by having the sails trimmed so that part of the canvas pushes the vessel backward and part pushes her forward; often confused with lying-to.
Hull—The body of a vessel.
Irons—A vessel is in irons when having lost steerageway she refuses to obey the helm.
Jibing—Passing a sail from one side to the other when a vessel is sailing free.
Keel—The largest and lowest timber of a vessel, upon which the hull is erected.
Leach—The after edge of a sail.
Leeward—The direction toward which the wind is blowing.
Long leg—The tack upon which a vessel in beating to windward remains longest, owing to her point of destination not lying directly in the wind. See diagram.
Log—The record kept of a vessel’s work. A ship’s diary. Also an instrument for ascertaining a vessel’s speed through the water.
Luff—The fore edge of a sail, also an order to bring a vessel closer to the wind.
Lying-to—A vessel is lying-to when she is brought close to the wind under short sail and allowed to ride out a storm. See hove-to.
Moor—To anchor a vessel with two or more anchors. To tie up to a mooring.
Mooring—A permanent anchor.
Near—A vessel is said to be near when her sails are not properly full of wind, owing to her being steered too close.
Miss-stay—To fail to tack or go about.
Off and on—When beating to windward to approach the land on one tack and leave it on the other.
Overhaul—To haul a rope through a block so as to see it all clear. To overtake another vessel.
Painter—The rope attached to the bow of boat by which it is made fast.
Part—To part a rope is to break it.
Pay off—To pay off is to recede from the wind or from a dock.
Peak up—To peak up a sail is to haul on the peak halyards so as to elevate the outer end of the gaff.
Pooping—A vessel is said to be pooped when, owing to her not moving fast enough ahead, the sea breaks over her stern.
Port—The left-hand side of a vessel looking forward, formerly called larboard. Designating color, red.
Preventer—A rope used to prevent the straining or breaking of a spar or sail.
Pennant—A narrow flag, also a short piece of rope commonly spelled pendant.
Quarter—See diagram A.
Rake—The inclination of a spar out of the perpendicular.
Reef—To reduce a sail by rolling up and tying part of it to a spar.
Reeve—To pass a rope through a block.
Ride—As to ride at anchor.
Right—A vessel is said to right when after being on her side she regains an upright position.
Right the helm—To put it amidships.
Rode—A hawser used to anchor with.
Scope—The length of cable a vessel is riding to when at anchor.
Serve—To wind cord or canvas round a rope or spar to protect it from chafing.
Seize—To make fast by taking a number of turns with small line.
Sheer—To sheer is to move away from the proper course. The sheer of a vessel is the fore-and-aft curve of the deck line.
Ship—To ship is to take on board.
Shiver—To shake the canvas by bringing the luff in the wind.
Slack—The part of a rope that hangs loose.
Slip—To slip is to let go of a cable without taking it on board.
Snub—To check the cable when running out.
Sound—To try the depth of water by casting the lead.
Spill—To throw the wind out of a sail by putting the helm down or by easing the sheet.
Spring—To spring a spar is to crack it.
Spring—A rope used to cast or turn a vessel.
Stand on—To keep a course—to proceed in the same direction.
Stand-by—To be ready for action, as stand-by to let go the anchor.
Starboard—The right-hand side looking forward. Designating color, green.
Steer—To direct a vessel by employing the helm.
Stow—To furl. Properly speaking, a boom sail or any sail that lowers down is stowed. Square sails are furled.
Swig—To haul a rope by holding a turn round a cleat and pulling off laterally.
Tack—To beat to windward. See diagram.
Tackle—An assemblage of blocks and rope used to hoist and control sails, lift spars, etc.
Taut—Tight.
Tender—The small boat carried by a yacht generally called a dingey.
Tow—To drag behind.
Truck—The uttermost upper end of the mast through which the signal halyard is rove.
Unbend—To untie, as—unbend the cable.
Wake—The furrow left by the passage of the vessel through the water.
Wear or veer—The opposite of tacking—to turn from the wind.
Warp—A hawser used to make fast with. To warp is to haul or move a vessel by pulling on such a rope.
Watch—A division of the crew, also the space of time they are on duty.
Way—A vessel’s progress through the water. To get underway—to set sail, to move off.
Weather—To weather a vessel or object is to pass to windward of it.
Weather side—The side upon which the wind blows.
Weather shore—The weather shore is the shore from off of which the wind blows if viewed from the sea, but it is the shore upon which the wind blows if viewed from the land.
Weigh or way—To way the anchor is to lift it from the bottom.
Wind’s eye—The exact direction from which the wind blows.
Windward—Toward the place from where the wind comes. To go to windward of another vessel is to pass between her and the source of the wind.
Yaw—To swerve from side to side as a vessel does when running free.
Diagram DDIAGRAM D.—BOAT, FROM 1 TO 6, IS BEARING AWAY OR KEEPING OFF FROM THE WIND; BOAT, FROM 8 TO 13, IS LUFFING OR NEARING THE WIND.
DIAGRAM D.—BOAT, FROM 1 TO 6, IS BEARING AWAY OR KEEPING OFF FROM THE WIND; BOAT, FROM 8 TO 13, IS LUFFING OR NEARING THE WIND.
DIAGRAM D.—BOAT, FROM 1 TO 6, IS BEARING AWAY OR KEEPING OFF FROM THE WIND; BOAT, FROM 8 TO 13, IS LUFFING OR NEARING THE WIND.
Spar and rigging plan of cat boatSPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF CAT BOAT.
SPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF CAT BOAT.
SPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF CAT BOAT.
Sail plan of cat boatSAIL PLAN OF CAT BOAT.
SAIL PLAN OF CAT BOAT.
SAIL PLAN OF CAT BOAT.
Spar and rigging plan of pole mast sloopSPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF POLE MAST SLOOP.
SPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF POLE MAST SLOOP.
SPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF POLE MAST SLOOP.
Sail plan of pole mast sloopSAIL PLAN OF POLE MAST SLOOP.
SAIL PLAN OF POLE MAST SLOOP.
SAIL PLAN OF POLE MAST SLOOP.
Sail plan of topsail sloopSAIL PLAN OF TOPSAIL SLOOP.
SAIL PLAN OF TOPSAIL SLOOP.
SAIL PLAN OF TOPSAIL SLOOP.
Spar and rigging plan of yawlSPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF YAWL.
SPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF YAWL.
SPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF YAWL.
Sail plan of yawlSAIL PLAN OF YAWL.
SAIL PLAN OF YAWL.
SAIL PLAN OF YAWL.
Sail plan of ketchSAIL PLAN OF KETCH.
SAIL PLAN OF KETCH.
SAIL PLAN OF KETCH.
Spar and rigging plan of schoonerSPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF SCHOONER.
SPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF SCHOONER.
SPAR AND RIGGING PLAN OF SCHOONER.
Sail plan of schoonerSAIL PLAN OF SCHOONER.
SAIL PLAN OF SCHOONER.
SAIL PLAN OF SCHOONER.
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Canoe Handling and SailingBy C. Bowyer Vaux(“Dot”)The Canoe—history, uses, limitations and varieties; practical management and care, and relative facts. New and revised edition with additional matter.Illustrated, cloth, 168 pagesPrice, postpaid, $1.00Small Boat SailingByKnightA very readable and instructive book containing useful information of all types of craft.Price, postpaid, $1.50Yacht Sails and how to handle themByCaptain Howard PattersonA comprehensive treatise on working and racing sail; how they are made; the running rigging belonging to them; the manner in which they are confined to there respective spars, stays, etc.; the way they are bent and unbent, etc. A book as applicable for the small boat as for the large yacht. It should be in the library of every Corinthian sailor. Illustrated. Convenient size for the pocket.Price, postpaid, $1.00Elements of Yacht DesignByNorman L. Skene, S. B.A simple and satisfactory explanation of the art of designing yachts. Contents—General Discussions, Methods of Calculations, Displacement, The Lateral Plane, Design, Stability, Ballast, The Sail Plan, Construction.Fully Illustrated with Diagrams and Tables.Price, postpaid, $2.00THE RUDDER PUB. COMPANY, 9 Murray Street, N. Y.
Canoe Handling and Sailing
By C. Bowyer Vaux(“Dot”)
The Canoe—history, uses, limitations and varieties; practical management and care, and relative facts. New and revised edition with additional matter.
Illustrated, cloth, 168 pages
Price, postpaid, $1.00
Small Boat Sailing
ByKnight
A very readable and instructive book containing useful information of all types of craft.
Price, postpaid, $1.50
Yacht Sails and how to handle them
ByCaptain Howard Patterson
A comprehensive treatise on working and racing sail; how they are made; the running rigging belonging to them; the manner in which they are confined to there respective spars, stays, etc.; the way they are bent and unbent, etc. A book as applicable for the small boat as for the large yacht. It should be in the library of every Corinthian sailor. Illustrated. Convenient size for the pocket.
Price, postpaid, $1.00
Elements of Yacht Design
ByNorman L. Skene, S. B.
A simple and satisfactory explanation of the art of designing yachts. Contents—General Discussions, Methods of Calculations, Displacement, The Lateral Plane, Design, Stability, Ballast, The Sail Plan, Construction.
Fully Illustrated with Diagrams and Tables.
Price, postpaid, $2.00
THE RUDDER PUB. COMPANY, 9 Murray Street, N. Y.