Nautical

Nautical

of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics

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scandalize

Transportation; Nautical

to reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed. Also used in the past as a sign of ...

scow

Transportation; Nautical

1) a method of preapring an anchor for tripping by attaching an anchor cable to the crown and fixing to the ring by a light seizing (becue). 2) a type of clinker dinghy, usually beamy and slow

scudding

Transportation; Nautical

a term applied to a vessel when carried furiously along by a tempest.

scuttling

Transportation; Nautical

cutting a hole in an object or vessel, especially in order to sink a vessel deliberately.

a stabilizer deployed in the water for heaving to in heavy weather. It acts as a brake and keeps the hull in line with the wind and perpendicular to waves. Often in the form of a large bag made of ...

seaboots

Transportation; Nautical

high waterproof boots for use at sea. In leisure sailing, known as sailing wellies.

sea chest

Transportation; Nautical

a watertight box built against the hull of the ship communicating with the sea through a grillage, to which valves and piping are attached to allow water in for ballast, engine cooling, and ...