Boat

Boat

Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.

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fair

Boat; General boating

1. A smooth curve, usually referring to a line of the hull which has no deviations. 2. To make something flush. 3. A rope is fair when it has a clear run. 4. A wind or current ...

pinnace

Boat; General boating

1. A small vessel used as a tender to larger vessels. 2. A small "race built" galleon, squared rigged with either two or three masts.

jack

Boat; General boating

1. A sailor. Also jack tar or just tar. 2. A flag. Typically the flag was talked about as if it were a member of the crew. Strictly speaking, a flag is only a "jack" if it is ...

scow

Boat; General boating

1. A method of preparing an anchor for tripping by attaching an anchor cable to the crown and fixing to the ring by a light seizing (also known as becue). The seizing can be ...

tack

Boat; General boating

1. A leg of the route of a sailing vessel, particularly in relation to tacking (qv) and to starboard tack and port tack (also qv). 2. Hard tack: qv.

hog

Boat; General boating

1. A fore-and-aft structural member of the hull fitted over the keel to provide a fixing for the garboard planks. 2. A rough flat scrubbing brush for cleaning a ship’s bottom ...