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Nautical terms AND MORE…
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Ebb tide: the period between high and low tide during which water flows away from shore.
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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.
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Sea Gully (Gully): knife/also a folding Sea Gully.
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The Boat…
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The Jolly Roger
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Mizzen Shrouds…
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Hawser: heavy rope for mooring or towing (mooring is to secure a ship as with an anchor)
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Boat locations: Stern: back of boat Bow: front of boat
Astern: position behind the boat
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Hollow, lowermost portion of a ship.
Hull Hollow, lowermost portion of a ship.
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Bulwark: a solid wall enclosing the perimeter of a weather or main deck for the protection of a persons or objects on deck.
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Scuppers Hole in ship’s side to carry water overboard from deck (often on bulwark)
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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.
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Flying Jib: front jib Jibs Any of various triangular sails set forward of a fore-topmast staysails.
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Jib-boom: spar forming a continuation of a bowsprit.
Bowsprit: spar projecting from the upper end of the bow.
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The Stays: a rope, cable, chain, usually one of a set, used for bracing uprights, such as masts.
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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.)
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Forecastle: upper deck of a ship forward of the foremast, or the forward part of the ship with the sailor’s living quarters.
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The after deck: located toward the stern (back) of the ship.
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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.
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