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cape horn fever
Boat; General boating
The name of the fake illness a malingerer is pretending to suffer from.
courses
Boat; General boating
The lowest square sail on each mast– The mainsail, foresail, and the mizzen on a four masted ship (the after most mast usually sets a gaff driver or spanker instead of a square sail).
vanishing angle
Boat; General boating
The maximum degree of heel after which a vessel becomes unable to return to an upright position.
clew
Boat; General boating
The lower corners of square sails or the corner of a triangular sail at the end of the boom.
orlop deck
Boat; General boating
The lowest deck of a ship of the line. The deck covering in the hold.
