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bermudan rig
Boat; General boating
A triangular mainsail, without any upper spar, which is hoisted up the mast by a single halyard attached to the head of the sail. This configuration, introduced to Europe about 1920, allows the use ...
up-and-down
Boat; General boating
A description for the relative slackness of an anchor chain; this term means that the anchor chain is slack and hangs vertically down from the hawse pipe.
long stay
Boat; General boating
A description for the relative slackness of an anchor chain; this term means taught and extended.
turtleback deck
Boat; General boating
A deck that is not flat, but curved. The purpose is usually to shed water, but, in warships, it may be to make the deck more resistant to shells.
short stay
Boat; General boating
A description for the relative slackness of an anchor chain; this term means somewhat slack, but not vertical nor fully extended.
windbound
Boat; General boating
A condition wherein the ship is detained in one particular station by contrary winds.
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