General boating

General boating

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aboard

Boat; General boating

On or in a vessel (see also "close aboard").

abeam

Boat; General boating

On the beam, a relative bearing at right angles to the centerline of the ship's keel.

Of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel sailing directly away from the wind, with the sails set on opposite sides of the vessel - for example with the mainsail to port and the jib to starboard, to maximize ...

overwhelmed

Boat; General boating

Capsized or foundered.

fast

Boat; General boating

Fastened or held firmly (fast aground: stuck on the seabed; made fast: tied securely).

abaft the beam

Boat; General boating

Further aft than the beam: a relative bearing of greater than 90 degrees from the bow: "two points abaft the port beam".

luffing

Boat; General boating

1. When a sailing vessel is steered far enough to windward that the sail is no longer completely filled with wind (the luff of a fore-and-aft sail begins to flap first). 2. Loosening a sheet so far ...