Nautical terms AND MORE…

Ebb tide: the period between high and low tide during which water flows away from shore.

Coracle: Thwart: a seat lying across a boat occupied by an oarsman. A small, round, or very broad boat made of wickerwork or interwoven laths covered with a waterproof layer of animal skin, canvas, tarred or oiled cloth, or the like.

Sea Gully (Gully): knife/also a folding Sea Gully.

The Boat…

The Jolly Roger

Mizzen Shrouds…

Hawser: heavy rope for mooring or towing (mooring is to secure a ship as with an anchor)

Boat locations: Stern: back of boat Bow: front of boat Astern: position behind the boat

Hollow, lowermost portion of a ship. Hull Hollow, lowermost portion of a ship.

Bulwark: a solid wall enclosing the perimeter of a weather or main deck for the protection of a persons or objects on deck.

Scuppers Hole in ship’s side to carry water overboard from deck (often on bulwark)

Mast: a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, rigging, etc. Spar: a stout pole like a mast.

Flying Jib: front jib Jibs Any of various triangular sails set forward of a fore-topmast staysails.

Jib-boom: spar forming a continuation of a bowsprit. Bowsprit: spar projecting from the upper end of the bow.

The Stays: a rope, cable, chain, usually one of a set, used for bracing uprights, such as masts.

Tack: (tackle) rope for extending the lower forward of a course. Gunwale: sheer strake of wooden vessel (strake: continuous course of planks or plates on a ship forming the hull shell, deck, etc.)

Forecastle: upper deck of a ship forward of the foremast, or the forward part of the ship with the sailor’s living quarters.

The after deck: located toward the stern (back) of the ship.

Other sailing terms… Yawed leeway Leeward To deviate temporarily from a straight course. The amount or angle of the drift of a ship to leeward from its heading. Point toward which the wind blows.