20 Terms
Contributors in General boating
General boating
abeam
Boat; General boating
On the beam, a relative bearing at right angles to the centerline of the ship's keel.
goosewinged
Boat; General boating
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 ...
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 ...
