Sailing & yachting

Sailing & yachting

Sailing & yachting is an recreational activity and competitive sport in which the sailor steers a boat, in competitive sailors compete individually or as part of a crew to race to set start and finish points.

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Sailing & yachting

bear away

Sports; Sailing & yachting

To change course that takes the boat away from the wind. Also used as "bear off"

oar

Sports; Sailing & yachting

A piece of wood, usually, that has a wide flat part, a blade at the end. Oars are used to row rowboats.

bear off

Sports; Sailing & yachting

See "bear away"

oarlock

Sports; Sailing & yachting

An Oarlock is a device that an oar can be placed in, that provides the person rowing the rowboat the ability to use both oars at the same time, with relative ease. This would be different than ...

bear down on

Sports; Sailing & yachting

Sailing toward a place or thing.

OCS

Sports; Sailing & yachting

This stands for "On Course Side", and is ruling that a boat started a race to soon. The boat is disqualified and, altogether, the boat is assessed the maximum number of points.