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Boat

Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.

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luff and touch her

Boat; General boating

To bring the vessel so close to wind that the sails shake.

moor

Boat; General boating

To attach a boat to a mooring buoy or post. Also, to a dock a ship.

yardarm

Boat; General boating

The very end of a yard. Often mistaken for a "yard", which refers to the entire spar. As in to hang "from the yardarm" and the sun being "over the yardarm" (late enough to have a ...

abandon ship

Boat; General boating

An imperative to leave the vessel immediately, usually in the face of some imminent danger.

yard

Boat; General boating

The horizontal spar from which a square sail is suspended.

yaw

Boat; General boating

A vessel's rotational motion about the vertical axis, causing the fore and aft ends to swing from side to side repetitively.

yarr

Boat; General boating

Acknowledgement of an order, or agreement. Also aye, aye.

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