Home > Industry/Domain > Boat
Boat
Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.
3Categories 9559Terms
Add a new termContributors in Boat
Boat > General boating 
back and fill
Boat; General boating
To use the advantage of the tide being with you when the wind is not.
swigging
Boat; General boating
To take up the last bit of slack on a line such as a halyard, anchor line or dockline by taking a single turn round a cleat and alternately heaving on the rope above and below the ...
boxing the compass
Boat; General boating
To state all 32 points of the compass, starting at north, proceeding clockwise. Sometimes applied to a wind that is constantly shifting.
luff up
Boat; General boating
To steer a sailing vessel more towards the direction of the wind until the pressure is eased on the sheet.
Sub-categories
- General boating (4999)
- Sailboat (3520)
- Yacht (1024)